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authorShivaprasad G Bhat <sbhat@linux.ibm.com>2021-03-29 20:36:43 +0300
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>2021-04-14 16:04:07 +0300
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powerpc/papr_scm: Implement support for H_SCM_FLUSH hcall
Add support for ND_REGION_ASYNC capability if the device tree indicates 'ibm,hcall-flush-required' property in the NVDIMM node. Flush is done by issuing H_SCM_FLUSH hcall to the hypervisor. If the flush request failed, the hypervisor is expected to to reflect the problem in the subsequent nvdimm H_SCM_HEALTH call. This patch prevents mmap of namespaces with MAP_SYNC flag if the nvdimm requires an explicit flush[1]. References: [1] https://github.com/avocado-framework-tests/avocado-misc-tests/blob/master/memory/ndctl.py.data/map_sync.c Signed-off-by: Shivaprasad G Bhat <sbhat@linux.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com> [mpe: Use unsigned long / long instead of uint64_t/int64_t] Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161703936121.36.7260632399582101498.stgit@e1fbed493c87
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diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/papr_hcalls.rst b/Documentation/powerpc/papr_hcalls.rst
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@@ -275,6 +275,20 @@ Health Bitmap Flags:
Given a DRC Index collect the performance statistics for NVDIMM and copy them
to the resultBuffer.
+**H_SCM_FLUSH**
+
+| Input: *drcIndex, continue-token*
+| Out: *continue-token*
+| Return Value: *H_SUCCESS, H_Parameter, H_P2, H_BUSY*
+
+Given a DRC Index Flush the data to backend NVDIMM device.
+
+The hcall returns H_BUSY when the flush takes longer time and the hcall needs
+to be issued multiple times in order to be completely serviced. The
+*continue-token* from the output to be passed in the argument list of
+subsequent hcalls to the hypervisor until the hcall is completely serviced
+at which point H_SUCCESS or other error is returned by the hypervisor.
+
References
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.. [1] "Power Architecture Platform Reference"