[GIT PULL 1/1] docs: kvm: add documentation for KVM_CAP_S390_DIAG318

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From: Collin Walling <walling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Documentation for the s390 DIAGNOSE 0x318 instruction handling.

Signed-off-by: Collin Walling <walling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20200625150724.10021-2-walling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Message-Id: <20200625150724.10021-2-walling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index d2b733dc7892..51191b56e61c 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -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).
-- 
2.25.4




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