The Linux Kernel
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Linux kernel licensing rules
The Linux kernel user’s and administrator’s guide
The Linux kernel user-space API guide
Working with the kernel development community
Development tools for the kernel
How to write kernel documentation
Kernel Hacking Guides
Linux Tracing Technologies
Kernel Maintainer Handbook
The Linux driver implementer’s API guide
Core API Documentation
InfiniBand
Linux Media Subsystem Documentation
Linux Networking Documentation
The Linux Input Documentation
Linux GPU Driver Developer’s Guide
Security Documentation
Linux Sound Subsystem Documentation
Linux Kernel Crypto API
Linux Filesystems API
Linux Memory Management Documentation
BPF Documentation
Linux PCI Bus Subsystem
Assembler Annotations
SuperH Interfaces Guide
x86 architecture specifics
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The Linux Kernel
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KVM for x86 systems
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Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV)
Overview
SEV Key Management
References
KVM CPUID bits
The KVM halt polling system
Halt Polling Interval
Module Parameters
Further Notes
Linux KVM Hypercall
KVM Hypercalls Documentation
The x86 kvm shadow mmu
Acronyms
Virtual and real hardware supported
Translation
Memory
Events
Shadow pages
Reverse map
Synchronized and unsynchronized pages
Reaction to events
Emulating cr0.wp
Large pages
Fast invalidation of MMIO sptes
Further reading
KVM-specific MSRs
Custom MSR list
Nested VMX
Overview
Terminology
Running nested VMX
ABIs
Authors
Running nested guests with KVM
Use Cases
Enabling “nested” (x86)
Additional nested-related kernel parameters (x86)
Starting a nested guest (x86)
Enabling “nested” (s390x)
Live migration with nested KVM
Reporting bugs from nested setups
Timekeeping Virtualization for X86-Based Architectures
1. Overview
2. Timing Devices
3. TSC Hardware
4. Virtualization Problems