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>
Reviewed-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index deb494f759ed..be4bdcd2d489 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -3728,7 +3728,8 @@ 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 > 0xffff with special meaning.
Read or write data from/to the VM's memory.
The KVM_CAP_S390_MEM_OP_EXTENSION capability specifies what functionality is
@@ -3746,6 +3747,8 @@ 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_addr; /* ignored if flag unset */
};
__u32 sida_offset; /* offset into the sida */
__u8 reserved[32]; /* ignored */
@@ -3828,8 +3831,21 @@ 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 accesses are as for logical
+accesses.
+
+For write accesses, the KVM_S390_MEMOP_F_CMPXCHG flag is supported if
+KVM_CAP_S390_MEM_OP_EXTENSION has flag KVM_S390_MEMOP_EXTENSION_CAP_CMPXCHG set.
+In this case, instead of doing an unconditional write, the access occurs
+only if the target location contains the value pointed to by "old_addr".
+This is performed as an atomic cmpxchg with the length specified by the "size"
+parameter. "size" must be a power of two up to and including 16.
+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.
+In this case the value "old_addr" points to is replaced by the target value.
-The semantics of the flags are as for logical accesses.
SIDA read/write:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
--
2.34.1
