[Xen-devel] [PATCH 4 of 5] docs: Document HYPERVISOR_update_descriptor

[Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

# HG changeset patch
# User Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>
# Date 1351855019 -3600
# Node ID bb43f655bcc863d681fe30cea477f12333dd0cc6
# Parent  433d5d988e30e66a9c1f53a9b2c027692f9de11c
docs: Document HYPERVISOR_update_descriptor

Mark-up for inclusion of generated docs.

Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ian.campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>

diff -r 433d5d988e30 -r bb43f655bcc8 xen/include/public/arch-x86/xen.h
--- a/xen/include/public/arch-x86/xen.h Fri Nov 02 12:16:44 2012 +0100
+++ b/xen/include/public/arch-x86/xen.h Fri Nov 02 12:16:59 2012 +0100
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ typedef unsigned long xen_pfn_t;
 #endif
 
 /*
- * SEGMENT DESCRIPTOR TABLES
+ * `incontents 200 segdesc Segment Descriptor Tables
  */
 /*
  * ` enum neg_errnoval
@@ -83,11 +83,24 @@ typedef unsigned long xen_pfn_t;
  * start of the GDT because some stupid OSes export hard-coded selector values
  * in their ABI. These hard-coded values are always near the start of the GDT,
  * so Xen places itself out of the way, at the far end of the GDT.
+ *
+ * NB The LDT is set using the MMUEXT_SET_LDT op of HYPERVISOR_mmuext_op
  */
 #define FIRST_RESERVED_GDT_PAGE  14
 #define FIRST_RESERVED_GDT_BYTE  (FIRST_RESERVED_GDT_PAGE * 4096)
 #define FIRST_RESERVED_GDT_ENTRY (FIRST_RESERVED_GDT_BYTE / 8)
 
+
+/*
+ * ` enum neg_errnoval
+ * ` HYPERVISOR_update_descriptor(u64 pa, u64 desc);
+ * `
+ * ` @pa   The machine physical address of the descriptor to
+ * `       update. Must be either a descriptor page or writable.
+ * ` @desc The descriptor value to update, in the same format as a
+ * `       native descriptor table entry.
+ */
+
 /* Maximum number of virtual CPUs in legacy multi-processor guests. */
 #define XEN_LEGACY_MAX_VCPUS 32
 

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