Re: [PATCH v3 2/9] Documentation: KVM: s390: Describe KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_CMPXCHG

[Claudio Imbrenda]

On Thu, 17 Nov 2022 23:17:51 +0100
Janis Schoetterl-Glausch <scgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Describe the semantics of the new KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_CMPXCHG flag for
> absolute vm write memops which allows user space to perform (storage key
> checked) cmpxchg operations on guest memory.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Janis Schoetterl-Glausch <scgl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
> index eee9f857a986..204d128f23e0 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
> @@ -3753,7 +3753,8 @@ The fields in each entry are defined as follows:
>  :Parameters: struct kvm_s390_mem_op (in)
>  :Returns: = 0 on success,
>            < 0 on generic error (e.g. -EFAULT or -ENOMEM),
> -          > 0 if an exception occurred while walking the page tables  
> +          16 bit program exception code if the access causes such an exception
> +          other code > maximum 16 bit value with special meaning

I would write the number explicitly ( > 65535 or > 0xffff )

>  
>  Read or write data from/to the VM's memory.
>  The KVM_CAP_S390_MEM_OP_EXTENSION capability specifies what functionality is
> @@ -3771,6 +3772,8 @@ Parameters are specified via the following structure::
>  		struct {
>  			__u8 ar;	/* the access register number */
>  			__u8 key;	/* access key, ignored if flag unset */
> +			__u8 pad1[6];	/* ignored */
> +			__u64 old_p;	/* ignored if flag unset */
>  		};
>  		__u32 sida_offset; /* offset into the sida */
>  		__u8 reserved[32]; /* ignored */
> @@ -3853,8 +3856,22 @@ Absolute accesses are permitted for non-protected guests only.
>  Supported flags:
>    * ``KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_CHECK_ONLY``
>    * ``KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_SKEY_PROTECTION``
> +  * ``KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_CMPXCHG``
> +
> +The semantics of the flags common with logical acesses are as for logical
> +accesses.
> +
> +For write accesses, the KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_CMPXCHG might be supported.
> +In this case, instead of doing an unconditional write, the access occurs only
> +if the target location contains the "size" byte long value pointed to by
> +"old_p". This is performed as an atomic cmpxchg. "size" must be a power of two
> +up to and including 16.
> +The value at the target location is written to the location "old_p" points to.
> +If the exchange did not take place because the target value doesn't match the
> +old value KVM_S390_MEMOP_R_NO_XCHG is returned.
> +The KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_CMPXCHG flag is supported if KVM_CAP_S390_MEM_OP_EXTENSION
> +has bit 1 (i.e. bit with value 2) set.
>  
> -The semantics of the flags are as for logical accesses.
>  
>  SIDA read/write:
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^