Re: [PATCH] KVM: s390: Remove false WARN_ON_ONCE for the PQAP instruction

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On 05.05.20 09:53, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> On Tue,  5 May 2020 09:35:25 +0200
> Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> In LPAR we will only get an intercept for FC==3 for the PQAP
>> instruction. Running nested under z/VM can result in other intercepts as
>> well, for example PQAP(QCI). So the WARN_ON_ONCE is not right. Let
>> us simply remove it.
> 
> While I agree with removing the WARN_ON_ONCE, I'm wondering why z/VM
> gives us intercepts for those fcs... is that just a result of nesting
> (or the z/VM implementation), or is there anything we might want to do?

Yes nesting. 
The ECA bit for interpretion is an effective one. So if the ECA bit is off
in z/VM (no crypto cards) our ECA bit is basically ignored as these bits
are ANDed.
I asked Tony to ask the z/VM team if that is the case here.

> 
>>
>> Cc: Pierre Morel <pmorel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reported-by: Qian Cai <cailca@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  arch/s390/kvm/priv.c | 4 +++-
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c b/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c
>> index 69a824f9ef0b..bbe46c6aedbf 100644
>> --- a/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c
>> +++ b/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c
>> @@ -626,10 +626,12 @@ static int handle_pqap(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>  	 * available for the guest are AQIC and TAPQ with the t bit set
>>  	 * since we do not set IC.3 (FIII) we currently will only intercept
>>  	 * the AQIC function code.
>> +	 * Note: running nested under z/VM can result in intercepts, e.g.
> 
> s/intercepts/intercepts for other function codes/
> 
>> +	 * for PQAP(QCI). We do not support this and bail out.
>>  	 */
>>  	reg0 = vcpu->run->s.regs.gprs[0];
>>  	fc = (reg0 >> 24) & 0xff;
>> -	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(fc != 0x03))
>> +	if (fc != 0x03)
>>  		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>>  
>>  	/* PQAP instruction is allowed for guest kernel only */
> 



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