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authorPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2020-09-20 17:31:15 -0400
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2020-09-20 17:31:15 -0400
commit32251b07d532174d66941488c112ec046f646157 (patch)
treea03471f1ac2e6956d397f56088cc9251b99109a8
parentb73815a18de154d712d0a4b4932a4b1b37c99580 (diff)
parentf20d4e924b4465822c4a35290b85aadf88ddf466 (diff)
Merge tag 'kvm-s390-master-5.9-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvms390/linux into kvm-master
KVM: s390: add documentation for KVM_CAP_S390_DIAG318 diag318 code was merged in 5.9-rc1, let us add some missing documentation
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@@ -6173,3 +6173,23 @@ specific interfaces must be consistent, i.e. if one says the feature
is supported, than the other should as well and vice versa. For arm64
see Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vcpu.rst "KVM_ARM_VCPU_PVTIME_CTRL".
For x86 see Documentation/virt/kvm/msr.rst "MSR_KVM_STEAL_TIME".
+
+8.25 KVM_CAP_S390_DIAG318
+-------------------------
+
+:Architectures: s390
+
+This capability enables a guest to set information about its control program
+(i.e. guest kernel type and version). The information is helpful during
+system/firmware service events, providing additional data about the guest
+environments running on the machine.
+
+The information is associated with the DIAGNOSE 0x318 instruction, which sets
+an 8-byte value consisting of a one-byte Control Program Name Code (CPNC) and
+a 7-byte Control Program Version Code (CPVC). The CPNC determines what
+environment the control program is running in (e.g. Linux, z/VM...), and the
+CPVC is used for information specific to OS (e.g. Linux version, Linux
+distribution...)
+
+If this capability is available, then the CPNC and CPVC can be synchronized
+between KVM and userspace via the sync regs mechanism (KVM_SYNC_DIAG318).