Re: [PATCH 1/1] s390x/protvirt: allow to IPL secure execution guests with -no-reboot

[Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>]

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On 7/21/20 12:32 PM, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
> Right now -no-reboot does prevent secure execution guests from running.

s/-no-reboot/--no-reboot/

> This is right from an implementation aspect, as we have modeled the
> transition from non-secure to secure as a program directed IPL.

s/secure/protected/

> From a user perspective, this is not the behavior of least surprise.
> 
> We should implement the IPL into secure mode similar to the functions

s/secure/protected/

> that we use for kdump/kexec. In other words we do not stop here when
> -no-reboot is specified on the command line. Like function 0 or function
> 1 Function 10 is not a classic reboot. For example it can only be called

s/Function/function/ and maybe also add a comma

> once. To call it a 2nd time a real reboot/reset must happen in-between.
> So function code 10 is more or less a state transition reset, but not a
> "standard" reset or reboot.
> 
> Fixes: 4d226deafc44 ("s390x: protvirt: Support unpack facility")
> Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>

Reviewed-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>

> ---
>  hw/s390x/ipl.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/s390x/ipl.c b/hw/s390x/ipl.c
> index ce21494c08..e312a35133 100644
> --- a/hw/s390x/ipl.c
> +++ b/hw/s390x/ipl.c
> @@ -633,7 +633,8 @@ void s390_ipl_reset_request(CPUState *cs, enum s390_reset reset_type)
>          }
>      }
>      if (reset_type == S390_RESET_MODIFIED_CLEAR ||
> -        reset_type == S390_RESET_LOAD_NORMAL) {
> +        reset_type == S390_RESET_LOAD_NORMAL ||
> +        reset_type == S390_RESET_PV) {
>          /* ignore -no-reboot, send no event  */
>          qemu_system_reset_request(SHUTDOWN_CAUSE_SUBSYSTEM_RESET);
>      } else {
> 



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