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    powerpc/pseries: PAPR system parameter API · 419e27f3
    Nathan Lynch authored
    Introduce a set of APIs for retrieving and updating PAPR system
    parameters. This encapsulates the toil of temporary RTAS work area
    management, RTAS function call retries, and translation of RTAS call
    statuses to conventional error values.
    
    There are several places in the kernel that already retrieve system
    parameters by calling the RTAS ibm,get-system-parameter function
    directly. These will be converted to papr_sysparm_get() in changes to
    follow.
    
    As for updating system parameters, current practice is to use
    sys_rtas() from user space; there are no in-kernel users of the RTAS
    ibm,set-system-parameter function. However this will become deprecated
    in time because it is not compatible with lockdown.
    
    The papr_sysparm_* APIs will form the common basis for in-kernel
    and user space access to system parameters. The code to expose the
    set/get capabilities to user space will follow.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarNathan Lynch <nathanl@linux.ibm.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230125-b4-powerpc-rtas-queue-v3-14-26929c8cce78@linux.ibm.com
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