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docs: kvm: properly format code blocks and lists
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Add a '::' so that a code block is interpreted properly and also add a
blank line before the start of a list.

Fixes: fdc09dd ("KVM: stats: Add documentation for binary statistics interface")
Signed-off-by: Ioana Ciornei <ioana.ciornei@nxp.com>
Reviewed-by: Jing Zhang <jingzhangos@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210722100356.635078-4-ciorneiioana@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
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Ioana Ciornei authored and Jonathan Corbet committed Jul 25, 2021
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Expand Up @@ -5201,6 +5201,7 @@ trailing ``'\0'``, is indicated by the ``name_size`` field in the header.
The descriptors block is only needed to be read once for the lifetime of the
file descriptor contains a sequence of ``struct kvm_stats_desc``, each followed
by a string of size ``name_size``.
::

#define KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT 0
#define KVM_STATS_TYPE_MASK (0xF << KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT)
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The following flags are supported:

Bits 0-3 of ``flags`` encode the type:

* ``KVM_STATS_TYPE_CUMULATIVE``
The statistics data is cumulative. The value of data can only be increased.
Most of the counters used in KVM are of this type.
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The corresponding ``size`` field for this type is always 1.

Bits 4-7 of ``flags`` encode the unit:

* ``KVM_STATS_UNIT_NONE``
There is no unit for the value of statistics data. This usually means that
the value is a simple counter of an event.
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Bits 8-11 of ``flags``, together with ``exponent``, encode the scale of the
unit:

* ``KVM_STATS_BASE_POW10``
The scale is based on power of 10. It is used for measurement of time and
CPU clock cycles. For example, an exponent of -9 can be used with
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