vmcp.h

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/*
 * Copyright IBM Corp. 2004, 2005
 * Interface implementation for communication with the z/VM control program
 * Version 1.0
 * Author(s): Christian Borntraeger <[email protected]>
 *
 *
 * z/VMs CP offers the possibility to issue commands via the diagnose code 8
 * this driver implements a character device that issues these commands and
 * returns the answer of CP.
 *
 * The idea of this driver is based on cpint from Neale Ferguson
 */

#include <linux/ioctl.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>

#define VMCP_GETCODE _IOR(0x10, 1, int)
#define VMCP_SETBUF _IOW(0x10, 2, int)
#define VMCP_GETSIZE _IOR(0x10, 3, int)

struct vmcp_session {
    unsigned int bufsize;
    char *response;
    int resp_size;
    int resp_code;
    /* As we use copy_from/to_user, which might     *
     * sleep and cannot use a spinlock              */
    struct mutex mutex;
};