Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 10/13] s390x/css: introduce and realize ccw-request callback

[Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>]

On Tue, 2 May 2017 10:15:19 +0800
Dong Jia Shi <bjsdjshi@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> * Auger Eric <eric.auger@redhat.com> [2017-05-01 19:28:23 +0200]:

> > >  static void vfio_ccw_io_notifier_handler(void *opaque)
> > >  {
> > >      VFIOCCWDevice *vcdev = opaque;
> > > +    struct ccw_io_region *region = vcdev->io_region;
> > > +    S390CCWDevice *cdev = S390_CCW_DEVICE(vcdev);
> > > +    CcwDevice *ccw_dev = CCW_DEVICE(cdev);
> > > +    SubchDev *sch = ccw_dev->sch;
> > > +    SCSW *s = &sch->curr_status.scsw;
> > > +    IRB irb;
> > >  
> > >      if (!event_notifier_test_and_clear(&vcdev->io_notifier)) {
> > >          return;
> > >      }
> > > +
> > > +    if (pread(vcdev->vdev.fd, region,
> > > +              vcdev->io_region_size, vcdev->io_region_offset) == -1) {
> > is it possible to read less bytes than requested?
> Currently, impossible. The kernel side returns either the full region,
> or an error.
> But we surely could make it more friendly for a partial return. I will
> add a check for that case, and generate a channel program check for it.

I think a channel-control check would be more appropriate here.