** Description changed: + SRU Justification: + ================== + + [Impact] + + * Hardware diagnose data (diag 318) of KVM guest kernel cannot be + handled. + + * A fix is needed to enhance problem determination of guest kernel under + KVM using DIAG 0x318 instruction execution. + + * The s390x diagnose 318 instruction sets the control program name code + (CPNC) and control program version code (CPVC) to provide useful + information regarding the OS during debugging. + + * The CPNC is explicitly set to 4 to indicate a Linux/KVM environment. + + [Fix] + + * In general the following 9 patches (backports) are needed: + + * "[PATCH 1/9] s390/sclp: get machine once during read scp/cpu info" + https://launchpadlibrarian.net/581388471/0001-s390-sclp-get-machine-once-during-read-scp-cpu-info.patch + + * "[PATCH 2/9] s390/sclp: rework sclp boundary checks" + https://launchpadlibrarian.net/581388472/0002-s390-sclp-rework-sclp-boundary-checks.patch + + * "[PATCH 3/9] s390/sclp: read sccb from mem based on provided length" + https://launchpadlibrarian.net/581388474/0003-s390-sclp-read-sccb-from-mem-based-on-provided-lengt.patch + + * "[PATCH 4/9] s390/sclp: check sccb len before filling in data" + https://launchpadlibrarian.net/581388476/0004-s390-sclp-check-sccb-len-before-filling-in-data.patch + + * "[PATCH 5/9] s390/sclp: use cpu offset to locate cpu entries" + https://launchpadlibrarian.net/581389965/0005-s390-sclp-use-cpu-offset-to-locate-cpu-entries.patch + + * "[PATCH 6/9] s390/sclp: add extended-length sccb support for kvm guest" + https://launchpadlibrarian.net/581389970/0006-s390-sclp-add-extended-length-sccb-support-for-kvm-g.patch + + * "[PATCH 7/9] s390: guest support for diagnose 0x318" + https://launchpadlibrarian.net/581389974/0007-s390-guest-support-for-diagnose-0x318.patch + + * "[PATCH 8/9] s390x: pv: Remove sclp boundary checks" + https://launchpadlibrarian.net/581389981/0008-s390x-pv-Remove-sclp-boundary-checks.patch + + * "[PATCH 9/9] s390x: pv: Fix diag318 PV fencing" + https://launchpadlibrarian.net/581389982/0009-s390x-pv-Fix-diag318-PV-fencing.patch + + [Test Case] + + * Setup an IBM Z or LinuxONE LPAR with Ubuntu Server as KVM host. + + * And setup an Ubuntu KVM virtual machine on top. + + * It can then be observed if the CPNC (diag318 data) has been + successfully set by looking at the s390dbf messages for the KVM guest. + + * The CPNC will always be 4 (denotes Linux environment). + + * Another way to test this is by running the sync_regs_test under + tools/testing/selftests/kvm/s390x/sync_regs_test. Just running the + kernel self test suite can trigger this. + + * It is important that the patched qemu is tested with correct patched kernel, since one required the other - they can be found here: + qemu: https://launchpad.net/~ci-train-ppa-service/+archive/ubuntu/4767 + kernel: https://launchpad.net/~fheimes/+archive/ubuntu/lp1953334 + + [Where problems could occur] + + * The approach here is to provide additional debug and diagnose + information on top. + + * Hence even if the diag318 changes are broken, the existing + functionality shouldn't be harmed. + + * However, with the functional changes broken code could be introduced (e.g. due to erroneous pointer arithmetic for example) that does not compile or causes crashes. But this is what the test builds are for + qemu: https://launchpad.net/~ci-train-ppa-service/+archive/ubuntu/4767 + (kernel: https://launchpad.net/~fheimes/+archive/ubuntu/lp1953334) + + * On top the diag318 diagnose data might not properly provided - maybe + empty or wrong. Again that is what the test builds and the verification + later is targeted at. + + [Other] + + * LP#1953334 is related to this bug and covers the Kernel part. + __________ + Hardware diagnose data (diag 318) of KVM guest kernel cannot be handled. Fix needed to enhance problem determination of guest kernel under KVM Solution provided by Collin: All patches are provided to enable the DIAGNOSE 0x318 problem determination aid for a QEMU guest. Analogous KVM patches are required. This solution required the prerequisite Extended-Length SCCB patches as well. I've applied a bugfix related to resetting the diag318 to one of the patches (one line fix -- upstream conversation here: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-11/msg03618.html)
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