Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/3] s390x/css: generate channel path initialized CRW for channel path hotplug

[Cornelia Huck]

On Thu, 27 Jul 2017 03:54:18 +0200
Dong Jia Shi <address@hidden> wrote:

> When a channel path is hot plugged into a CSS, we should generate
> a channel path initialized CRW (channel report word). The current
> code does not do that, instead it puts a stub function with a TODO
> reminder there.
> 
> This implements the css_generate_chp_crws() function by:
> 1. refactor the existing code.
> 2. add an @add parameter to provide future callers with the
>    capability of generating channel path permanent error with
>    facility not initialized CRW.
> 3. add a @hotplugged parameter, so to opt out generating initialized
>    CRWs for predefined channel paths.

I'm not 100% sure whether the logic is correct here. Let me elaborate:

The current code flow when hotplugging a device is:
- Generate the schib.
- Check if any of the chpids refers to a not yet existing channel path;
  generate it if that is the case.
- Post a crw for the subchannel.

The second step is where the current code seems to be not quite correct
already. It is fine for coldplugged devices, but I really think we need
to make sure that all referenced channel paths are in place before we
hotplug a new device. It was not really relevant when we just had one
very virtual channel path, and 3270 is experimental so it is not a
problem in practice.

This, of course, implies we need deeper changes. We need to create the
channel paths before the subchannel is created and refuse hotplug of a
device if not all channel paths it needs are defined. This means we
need some things before we can claim real channel path support:
- Have a way to specify channel paths on the command line resp. when
  hotplugging. This implies they need to be real objects.
- Have a way to specify which channel paths belong to a subchannel in
  the same context. Keep existing device types working with the current
  method.
- Give channel paths states: Defined, configured. The right time for a
  CRW is the transition between those states.
- Only queue a 'device come' CRW for a subchannel if at least one of
  its channel paths is in the configured state. Detach or make not
  operational a subchannel if all of its paths are deconfigured.

Something along those lines also matches better what I've seen on z/VM
or LPAR. I realize that it's not easy :(

tl;dr: I don't think we want chp crws until after we have a good chp
model.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Dong Jia Shi <address@hidden>
> ---
>  hw/s390x/3270-ccw.c       |  3 ++-
>  hw/s390x/css.c            | 55 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  hw/s390x/s390-ccw.c       |  2 +-
>  hw/s390x/virtio-ccw.c     |  3 ++-
>  include/hw/s390x/css.h    |  8 ++++---
>  include/hw/s390x/ioinst.h |  1 +
>  6 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)