Re: [PATCH v2 2/7] Documentation: s390-diag.rst: make diag500 a generic KVM hypercall

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On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 09:35:27PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 14.10.24 20:04, Heiko Carstens wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 04:46:14PM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> > If so, it would be nice to document that too; but that is not
> > necessarily your problem.
> 
> I can squash:
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/s390/s390-diag.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/s390/s390-diag.rst
> index d9b7c6cbc99e..48a326d41cc0 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/s390/s390-diag.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/s390/s390-diag.rst
> @@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ Upon completion of the DIAGNOSE instruction, general register 2 contains
>  the function's return code, which is either a return code or a subcode
>  specific value.
> +If the specified subfunction is not supported, a SPECIFICATION exception
> +will be triggered.
> +

Looks good. Thanks!

> > I guess we won't see too many new diag 500 subcodes, or would it make
> > sense to implement some query subcode?
> 
> In the context of STORAGE LIMIT, a "query" subfunction is not really beneficial:
> 
> it's either one invocation of "query", conditionally followed by one invocation of "STORAGE LIMIT"
> vs. one invocation of "STORAGE LIMIT".
> 
> Once there might be a bunch of other subfunctions, a "query" might make more sense.

"If only there would be a query subcode available, so that the program
check handling would not be necessary; but in particular my new subcode
is not worth adding it" :)

Anyway, I do not care too much.




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