.. _opal-quiesce:

OPAL_QUIESCE
============

The host OS can use OPAL_QUIESCE to ensure CPUs under host control are not
executing OPAL. This is useful in crash or shutdown scenarios to try to
ensure that CPUs are not holding locks, and is intended to be used with
OPAL_SIGNAL_SYSTEM_RESET, for example.

Arguments
---------
::

  uint32_t quiesce_type
    QUIESCE_HOLD        Wait for all target(s) currently executing OPAL to
                        return to the host. Any new OPAL call that is made
                        will be held off until QUIESCE_RESUME.
    QUIESCE_REJECT      Wait for all target(s) currently executing OPAL to
                        return to the host. Any new OPAL call that is made
                        will fail with OPAL_BUSY until QUIESCE_RESUME.
    QUIESCE_LOCK_BREAK  After QUIESCE_HOLD or QUIESCE_REJECT is successful,
                        the CPU can call QUIESCE_LOCK_BREAK to skip all
                        locking in OPAL to give the best chance of making
                        progress in the crash/debug paths. The host should
                        ensure all other CPUs are stopped (e.g., with
                        OPAL_SIGNAL_SYSTEM_RESET) before this call is made, to
                        avoid concurrency.
    QUIESCE_RESUME      Undo the effects of QUIESCE_HOLD/QUIESCE_REJECT and
                        QUIESCE_LOCK_BREAK calls.
    QUIESCE_RESUME_FAST_REBOOT
                        As above, but also reset the tracking of OS calls
                        into firmware as part of fast reboot (secondaries
                        will never return to OS, but instead be released
                        into a new OS boot).

  int32_t target_cpu
    cpu_nr >= 0        The cpu server number of the target cpu to reset.
    -1                 All cpus except the current one should be quiesced.

Returns
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OPAL_SUCCESS
  The quiesce call was successful.

OPAL_PARTIAL
  Some or all of the CPUs executing OPAL when the call was made did not
  return to the host after a timeout of 1 second. This is a best effort
  at quiescing OPAL, and QUIESCE_RESUME must be called to resume normal
  firmware operation.

OPAL_PARAMETER
  A parameter was incorrect.

OPAL_BUSY
  This CPU was not able to complete the operation, either because another
  has concurrently started quiescing the system, or because it has not
  successfully called QUIESCE_HOLD or QUIESCE_REJECT before attempting
  QUIESCE_LOCK_BREAK or QUIESCE_RESUME.