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

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Message-ID: <20241014144622.876731-3-david@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2024 16:46:14 +0200
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
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	linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux.dev,
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Subject: [PATCH v2 2/7] Documentation: s390-diag.rst: make diag500 a generic KVM hypercall

Let's make it a generic KVM hypercall, allowing other subfunctions to
be more independent of virtio.

This is a preparation for documenting a new hypercall.

Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
---
 Documentation/virt/kvm/s390/s390-diag.rst | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/s390/s390-diag.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/s390/s390-diag.rst
index ca85f030eb0b..d9b7c6cbc99e 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/s390/s390-diag.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/s390/s390-diag.rst
@@ -35,15 +35,16 @@ DIAGNOSE function codes not specific to KVM, please refer to the
 documentation for the s390 hypervisors defining them.
 
 
-DIAGNOSE function code 'X'500' - KVM virtio functions
------------------------------------------------------
+DIAGNOSE function code 'X'500' - KVM functions
+----------------------------------------------
 
-If the function code specifies 0x500, various virtio-related functions
-are performed.
+If the function code specifies 0x500, various KVM-specific functions
+are performed, including virtio functions.
 
-General register 1 contains the virtio subfunction code. Supported
-virtio subfunctions depend on KVM's userspace. Generally, userspace
-provides either s390-virtio (subcodes 0-2) or virtio-ccw (subcode 3).
+General register 1 contains the subfunction code. Supported subfunctions
+depend on KVM's userspace. Regarding virtio subfunctions, generally
+userspace provides either s390-virtio (subcodes 0-2) or virtio-ccw
+(subcode 3).
 
 Upon completion of the DIAGNOSE instruction, general register 2 contains
 the function's return code, which is either a return code or a subcode
-- 
2.46.1