--- man2/s390_guarded_storage.2 | 150 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 150 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man2/s390_guarded_storage.2 diff --git a/man2/s390_guarded_storage.2 b/man2/s390_guarded_storage.2 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4d72713 --- /dev/null +++ b/man2/s390_guarded_storage.2 @@ -0,0 +1,150 @@ +.TH S390_GUARDED_STORAGE 2 2018-01-14 "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +s390_guarded_storage \- operations with z/Architecture guarded storage facility +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <asm/guarded_storage.h> +.PP +.BI "int s390_guarded_storage(int " command ", stuct gs_cb *" gs_cb ");" +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.BR s390_guarded_storage () +system calls enables the use of guarded storage facility (specific to the s390 +architecture) for user space processes. +.PP +.\" The description is based on +.\" http://www-05.ibm.com/de/linux-on-z-ws-us/agenda/pdfs/8_-_Linux_Whats_New_-_Stefan_Raspl.pdf +.\" and "z/Architecture Principles of Operation" obtained from +.\" http://publibfi.boulder.ibm.com/epubs/pdf/dz9zr011.pdf +The guarded storage facility is a hardware feature that allows marking up to +64 memory regions (as of z14) as guarded; +reading a pointed with a newly introduced "Load Guarded" (LGG) or "Load Logical +and Shift Guarded" (LLGFSG) instructions will do a range check on the loaded +value and invoke a (previously set up) user space handler if one of the guarded +regions is affected. +.PP +The +.\" The command description is copied from v4.12-rc1~139^2~56^2 commit message +.I command +argument indicates which function to perform. +The following commands are supported: +.TP +.B GS_ENABLE +Enable the guarded storage facility for the current task. +The initial content of the guarded storage control block will be all zeros. +After the enalement, the user space code can use the "Load Guarded Storage +Controls" (LGSC) instruction (or the +.BR load_gs_cb () +function wrapper provided in the +.B asm/guarded_storage.h +header) to load an arbitrary control block. +While a task is enabled, the kernel will save and restore the current content +of the guarded storage registers on context switch. +.TP +.B GS_DISABLE +Disables the use of the guarded storage facility for the current task. +The kernel will cease to save and restore the content of the guarded storage +registers, the task specific content of these registers is lost. +.TP +.B GS_SET_BC_CB +Set a broadcast guarded storage control block to the one provided in the +.I gs_cb +argument. +This is called per thread and associates a specific guarded storage control +block with the current task. +This control block will be used in the broadcast command +.BR GS_BROADCAST . +.TP +.B GS_CLEAR_BC_CB +Clears the broadcast guarded storage control block. +The guarded storage control block no longer has the association established +by the +.B GS_SET_BC_CB +command. +.TP +.B GS_BROADCAST +Sends a broadcast to all thread siblings of the current task. +Every sibling that has established a broadcast guarded storage control block +will load this control block and will be enabled for guarded storage. +The broadcast guarded storage control block is used up, a second broadcast +without a refresh of the stored control block with +.B GS_SET_BC_CB +will not have any effect. +.PP +The +.I gs_cb +argument specifies the address of a guarded storage control block structure and +is currently used only by the +.B GS_SET_BC_CB +command; all other aforementioned commands ignore this argument. +.SH RETURN VALUE +On success, the return value of +.BR s390_guarded_storage () +returns 0. +.PP +On error, \-1 is returned, and +.IR errno +is set appropriately. +.SH ERRORS +.TP +.B EFAULT +.I command +was +.BR GS_SET_BC_CB +and the copying of the guarded storage control block structure pointed by the +.I gs_cb +argument has failed. +.TP +.B EINVAL +The value of +.I command +is not recognised. +.TP +.B ENOMEM +.I command +was one of +.BR GS_ENABLE " or " GS_SET_BC_CB , +and the allocation of a new guarded storage control block has failed. +.TP +.B EOPNOTSUPP +The guarded storage is not supported by the hardware. +.SH VERSIONS +.\" 916cda1aa1b412d7cf2991c3af7479544942d121, v4.12-rc1~139^2~56^2 +This system call is available since Linux 4.12. +.SH CONFORMING TO +This Linux-specific system call is available only on the s390 architecture. +.PP +The guarded storage facility is available beginning with System z14. +.SH NOTES +Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call, use +.BR syscall (2) +to call it. +.PP +The description of the guarded storage facility along with related instructions +and Guarded Storage Control Block and Guarded Storage Event Parameter List +structure layouts is available in "z/Architecture Principles of Operations" +starting from the twelfth edition. +.PP +The +.B gs_cb +structure has a field +.B gsepla +(Guarded Storage Event Parameter List Address), which is a user space pointer to +Guarded Storage Event Parameter List structure (that contains the address of the +aforementioned event handler in the +.B gseha +field), and its layout is available as a +.B gs_epl +structure type definition in the +.B asm/guarded_storage.h +header. +.\" .PP +.\" For the example of using the guarded storage facility, see +.\" .UR https://developer.ibm.com/javasdk/2017/09/25/concurrent-scavenge-using-guarded-storage-facility-works/ +.\" the article with the description of its usage in the Java Garbage Collection +.\" .UE +.PP +.PP +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR syscall (2) -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
