Re: [qemu-s390x] [PATCH v3 2/7] s390x/css: IO instr handler ending control

[Thomas Huth]

On 17.10.2017 16:04, Halil Pasic wrote:
> CSS code needs to tell the IO instruction handlers located in how should

locate in? ... sorry, I've got trouble to parse this sentence ...

> the emulated instruction be ended. Currently this is done by returning
> generic (POSIX) error codes, and mapping them to outcomes like condition
> codes. This makes bugs easy to create and hard to recognise.
> 
> As a preparation for moving a way form (mis)using generic error codes for

s/a way/away/ ?

> flow control let us introduce a type which tells the instruction
> handler function how to end the instruction, in a more straight-forward
> and less ambiguous way.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Halil Pasic <address@hidden>
> ---
>  include/hw/s390x/css.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/hw/s390x/css.h b/include/hw/s390x/css.h
> index 69b374730e..7e0dbd162f 100644
> --- a/include/hw/s390x/css.h
> +++ b/include/hw/s390x/css.h
> @@ -99,6 +99,22 @@ typedef struct CcwDataStream {
>      hwaddr cda;
>  } CcwDataStream;
>  
> +/*
> + * IO instructions conclude according this. Currently we have only

Maybe rather "terminate like this" or "finish like this"? I'm not a
native speaker, but "conclude" sounds a little bit strange to me here.

> + * cc codes. Valid values are 0,1,2,3 and the generic semantic for
> + * IO instructions is described briefly. For more details consult the PoP.
> + */
> +typedef enum IOInstEnding {
> +    /* produced expected result */
> +    IOINST_CC_EXPECTED = 0,
> +    /* status conditions were present or produced alternate result */
> +    IOINST_CC_STATUS_PRESENT = 1,
> +    /* inst. ineffective because busy with previously initiated function */
> +    IOINST_CC_BUSY = 2,
> +    /* inst. ineffective because not operational */
> +    IOINST_CC_NOT_OPERATIONAL = 3
> +} IOInstEnding;
> +
>  typedef struct SubchDev SubchDev;
>  struct SubchDev {
>      /* channel-subsystem related things: */
> 

With the patch description fixed:

Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <address@hidden>