powerpc/papr_scm: Implement support for H_SCM_FLUSH hcall

Add support for ND_REGION_ASYNC capability if the device tree
indicates 'ibm,hcall-flush-required' property in the NVDIMM node.
Flush is done by issuing H_SCM_FLUSH hcall to the hypervisor.

If the flush request failed, the hypervisor is expected to
to reflect the problem in the subsequent nvdimm H_SCM_HEALTH call.

This patch prevents mmap of namespaces with MAP_SYNC flag if the
nvdimm requires an explicit flush[1].

References:
[1] https://github.com/avocado-framework-tests/avocado-misc-tests/blob/master/memory/ndctl.py.data/map_sync.c

Signed-off-by: Shivaprasad G Bhat <sbhat@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com>
[mpe: Use unsigned long / long instead of uint64_t/int64_t]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/161703936121.36.7260632399582101498.stgit@e1fbed493c87

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/papr_hcalls.rst b/Documentation/powerpc/papr_hcalls.rst
index 48fcf1255a33..648f278eea8f 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/papr_hcalls.rst
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/papr_hcalls.rst
@@ -275,6 +275,20 @@ Health Bitmap Flags:
 Given a DRC Index collect the performance statistics for NVDIMM and copy them
 to the resultBuffer.
 
+**H_SCM_FLUSH**
+
+| Input: *drcIndex, continue-token*
+| Out: *continue-token*
+| Return Value: *H_SUCCESS, H_Parameter, H_P2, H_BUSY*
+
+Given a DRC Index Flush the data to backend NVDIMM device.
+
+The hcall returns H_BUSY when the flush takes longer time and the hcall needs
+to be issued multiple times in order to be completely serviced. The
+*continue-token* from the output to be passed in the argument list of
+subsequent hcalls to the hypervisor until the hcall is completely serviced
+at which point H_SUCCESS or other error is returned by the hypervisor.
+
 References
 ==========
 .. [1] "Power Architecture Platform Reference"