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[v5,14/19] s390x: Add individual loadparm assignment to CCW device

Message ID 20241020012953.1380075-15-jrossi@linux.ibm.com (mailing list archive)
State New
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Series s390x: Add Full Boot Order Support | expand

Commit Message

Jared Rossi Oct. 20, 2024, 1:29 a.m. UTC
From: Jared Rossi <jrossi@linux.ibm.com>

Add a loadparm property to the VirtioCcwDevice object so that different
loadparms can be defined on a per-device basis for CCW boot devices.

The machine/global loadparm is still supported. If both a global and per-device
loadparm are defined, the per-device value will override the global value for
that device, but any other devices that do not specify a per-device loadparm
will still use the global loadparm.

It is invalid to assign a loadparm to a non-boot device.

Signed-off-by: Jared Rossi <jrossi@linux.ibm.com>
---
 hw/s390x/ccw-device.h       |  2 ++
 hw/s390x/ipl.h              |  3 +-
 include/hw/s390x/ipl/qipl.h |  1 +
 hw/s390x/ccw-device.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 hw/s390x/ipl.c              | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
 hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c  | 18 +---------
 hw/s390x/sclp.c             |  9 ++---
 pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c     | 10 ++++--
 8 files changed, 102 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)

Comments

Thomas Huth Oct. 21, 2024, 12:26 p.m. UTC | #1
On 20/10/2024 03.29, jrossi@linux.ibm.com wrote:
> From: Jared Rossi <jrossi@linux.ibm.com>
> 
> Add a loadparm property to the VirtioCcwDevice object so that different
> loadparms can be defined on a per-device basis for CCW boot devices.
> 
> The machine/global loadparm is still supported. If both a global and per-device
> loadparm are defined, the per-device value will override the global value for
> that device, but any other devices that do not specify a per-device loadparm
> will still use the global loadparm.
> 
> It is invalid to assign a loadparm to a non-boot device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jared Rossi <jrossi@linux.ibm.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
Thomas Huth Oct. 31, 2024, 8:45 a.m. UTC | #2
On 20/10/2024 03.29, jrossi@linux.ibm.com wrote:
> From: Jared Rossi <jrossi@linux.ibm.com>
> 
> Add a loadparm property to the VirtioCcwDevice object so that different
> loadparms can be defined on a per-device basis for CCW boot devices.
> 
> The machine/global loadparm is still supported. If both a global and per-device
> loadparm are defined, the per-device value will override the global value for
> that device, but any other devices that do not specify a per-device loadparm
> will still use the global loadparm.
> 
> It is invalid to assign a loadparm to a non-boot device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jared Rossi <jrossi@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>   hw/s390x/ccw-device.h       |  2 ++
>   hw/s390x/ipl.h              |  3 +-
>   include/hw/s390x/ipl/qipl.h |  1 +
>   hw/s390x/ccw-device.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   hw/s390x/ipl.c              | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>   hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c  | 18 +---------
>   hw/s390x/sclp.c             |  9 ++---
>   pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c     | 10 ++++--
>   8 files changed, 102 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/s390x/ccw-device.h b/hw/s390x/ccw-device.h
> index 5feeb0ee7a..1e1737c0f3 100644
> --- a/hw/s390x/ccw-device.h
> +++ b/hw/s390x/ccw-device.h
> @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ struct CcwDevice {
>       CssDevId dev_id;
>       /* The actual busid of the virtual subchannel. */
>       CssDevId subch_id;
> +    /* If set, use this loadparm value when device is boot target */
> +    uint8_t loadparm[8];
>   };
>   typedef struct CcwDevice CcwDevice;
>   
> diff --git a/hw/s390x/ipl.h b/hw/s390x/ipl.h
> index fa394c339d..b670bad551 100644
> --- a/hw/s390x/ipl.h
> +++ b/hw/s390x/ipl.h
> @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
>   
>   #define DIAG308_FLAGS_LP_VALID 0x80
>   
> -int s390_ipl_set_loadparm(uint8_t *loadparm);
> +void s390_ipl_convert_loadparm(char *ascii_lp, uint8_t *ebcdic_lp);
> +void s390_ipl_fmt_loadparm(uint8_t *loadparm, char *str, Error **errp);
>   void s390_ipl_update_diag308(IplParameterBlock *iplb);
>   int s390_ipl_prepare_pv_header(Error **errp);
>   int s390_ipl_pv_unpack(void);
> diff --git a/include/hw/s390x/ipl/qipl.h b/include/hw/s390x/ipl/qipl.h
> index 0ef04af027..b67d2ae061 100644
> --- a/include/hw/s390x/ipl/qipl.h
> +++ b/include/hw/s390x/ipl/qipl.h
> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
>   
>   #define QIPL_ADDRESS  0xcc
>   #define LOADPARM_LEN    8
> +#define NO_LOADPARM "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"
>   
>   /*
>    * The QEMU IPL Parameters will be stored at absolute address
> diff --git a/hw/s390x/ccw-device.c b/hw/s390x/ccw-device.c
> index 14c24e3890..230cc09e03 100644
> --- a/hw/s390x/ccw-device.c
> +++ b/hw/s390x/ccw-device.c
> @@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
>   #include "ccw-device.h"
>   #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
>   #include "qemu/module.h"
> +#include "ipl.h"
> +#include "qapi/visitor.h"
> +#include "qemu/ctype.h"
> +#include "qapi/error.h"
>   
>   static void ccw_device_refill_ids(CcwDevice *dev)
>   {
> @@ -37,10 +41,52 @@ static bool ccw_device_realize(CcwDevice *dev, Error **errp)
>       return true;
>   }
>   
> +static void ccw_device_get_loadparm(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
> +                                 const char *name, void *opaque,
> +                                 Error **errp)
> +{
> +    CcwDevice *dev = CCW_DEVICE(obj);
> +    char *str = g_strndup((char *) dev->loadparm, sizeof(dev->loadparm));
> +
> +    visit_type_str(v, name, &str, errp);
> +    g_free(str);
> +}
> +
> +static void ccw_device_set_loadparm(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
> +                                 const char *name, void *opaque,
> +                                 Error **errp)
> +{
> +    CcwDevice *dev = CCW_DEVICE(obj);
> +    char *val;
> +    int index;
> +
> +    index = object_property_get_int(obj, "bootindex", NULL);
> +
> +    if (index < 0) {
> +        error_setg(errp, "LOADPARM is only valid for boot devices!");
> +    }
> +
> +    if (!visit_type_str(v, name, &val, errp)) {
> +        return;
> +    }
> +
> +    s390_ipl_fmt_loadparm(dev->loadparm, val, errp);
> +}
> +
> +static const PropertyInfo ccw_loadparm = {
> +    .name  = "ccw_loadparm",
> +    .description = "Up to 8 chars in set of [A-Za-z0-9. ] to pass"
> +            " to the guest loader/kernel",
> +    .get = ccw_device_get_loadparm,
> +    .set = ccw_device_set_loadparm,
> +};
> +
>   static Property ccw_device_properties[] = {
>       DEFINE_PROP_CSS_DEV_ID("devno", CcwDevice, devno),
>       DEFINE_PROP_CSS_DEV_ID_RO("dev_id", CcwDevice, dev_id),
>       DEFINE_PROP_CSS_DEV_ID_RO("subch_id", CcwDevice, subch_id),
> +    DEFINE_PROP("loadparm", CcwDevice, loadparm, ccw_loadparm,
> +            typeof(uint8_t[8])),
>       DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
>   };

  Hi Jared,

while doing more tests with these new boot order patches, I realized that 
really *all* virtio-ccw devices now have a "loadparm" property, also devices 
like virtio-gpu and virtio-tablet, where it does not make sense at all.

Wouldn't it be better to add this property only to the virtio-ccw-blk device?

Also, is there a way to specify the "loadparm" property for virtio-scsi 
devices? It does not seem to be available for "scsi-hd" ?

   Thomas
Jared Rossi Nov. 5, 2024, 8:22 p.m. UTC | #3
On 10/31/24 4:45 AM, Thomas Huth wrote:
> On 20/10/2024 03.29, jrossi@linux.ibm.com wrote:
>> From: Jared Rossi <jrossi@linux.ibm.com>
>>
>> Add a loadparm property to the VirtioCcwDevice object so that different
>> loadparms can be defined on a per-device basis for CCW boot devices.
>>
>> The machine/global loadparm is still supported. If both a global and 
>> per-device
>> loadparm are defined, the per-device value will override the global 
>> value for
>> that device, but any other devices that do not specify a per-device 
>> loadparm
>> will still use the global loadparm.
>>
>> It is invalid to assign a loadparm to a non-boot device.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jared Rossi <jrossi@linux.ibm.com>
>> ---
>>   hw/s390x/ccw-device.h       |  2 ++
>>   hw/s390x/ipl.h              |  3 +-
>>   include/hw/s390x/ipl/qipl.h |  1 +
>>   hw/s390x/ccw-device.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   hw/s390x/ipl.c              | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>>   hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c  | 18 +---------
>>   hw/s390x/sclp.c             |  9 ++---
>>   pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c     | 10 ++++--
>>   8 files changed, 102 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/hw/s390x/ccw-device.h b/hw/s390x/ccw-device.h
>> index 5feeb0ee7a..1e1737c0f3 100644
>> --- a/hw/s390x/ccw-device.h
>> +++ b/hw/s390x/ccw-device.h
>> @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ struct CcwDevice {
>>       CssDevId dev_id;
>>       /* The actual busid of the virtual subchannel. */
>>       CssDevId subch_id;
>> +    /* If set, use this loadparm value when device is boot target */
>> +    uint8_t loadparm[8];
>>   };
>>   typedef struct CcwDevice CcwDevice;
>>   diff --git a/hw/s390x/ipl.h b/hw/s390x/ipl.h
>> index fa394c339d..b670bad551 100644
>> --- a/hw/s390x/ipl.h
>> +++ b/hw/s390x/ipl.h
>> @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@
>>     #define DIAG308_FLAGS_LP_VALID 0x80
>>   -int s390_ipl_set_loadparm(uint8_t *loadparm);
>> +void s390_ipl_convert_loadparm(char *ascii_lp, uint8_t *ebcdic_lp);
>> +void s390_ipl_fmt_loadparm(uint8_t *loadparm, char *str, Error **errp);
>>   void s390_ipl_update_diag308(IplParameterBlock *iplb);
>>   int s390_ipl_prepare_pv_header(Error **errp);
>>   int s390_ipl_pv_unpack(void);
>> diff --git a/include/hw/s390x/ipl/qipl.h b/include/hw/s390x/ipl/qipl.h
>> index 0ef04af027..b67d2ae061 100644
>> --- a/include/hw/s390x/ipl/qipl.h
>> +++ b/include/hw/s390x/ipl/qipl.h
>> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
>>     #define QIPL_ADDRESS  0xcc
>>   #define LOADPARM_LEN    8
>> +#define NO_LOADPARM "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"
>>     /*
>>    * The QEMU IPL Parameters will be stored at absolute address
>> diff --git a/hw/s390x/ccw-device.c b/hw/s390x/ccw-device.c
>> index 14c24e3890..230cc09e03 100644
>> --- a/hw/s390x/ccw-device.c
>> +++ b/hw/s390x/ccw-device.c
>> @@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
>>   #include "ccw-device.h"
>>   #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
>>   #include "qemu/module.h"
>> +#include "ipl.h"
>> +#include "qapi/visitor.h"
>> +#include "qemu/ctype.h"
>> +#include "qapi/error.h"
>>     static void ccw_device_refill_ids(CcwDevice *dev)
>>   {
>> @@ -37,10 +41,52 @@ static bool ccw_device_realize(CcwDevice *dev, 
>> Error **errp)
>>       return true;
>>   }
>>   +static void ccw_device_get_loadparm(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
>> +                                 const char *name, void *opaque,
>> +                                 Error **errp)
>> +{
>> +    CcwDevice *dev = CCW_DEVICE(obj);
>> +    char *str = g_strndup((char *) dev->loadparm, 
>> sizeof(dev->loadparm));
>> +
>> +    visit_type_str(v, name, &str, errp);
>> +    g_free(str);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void ccw_device_set_loadparm(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
>> +                                 const char *name, void *opaque,
>> +                                 Error **errp)
>> +{
>> +    CcwDevice *dev = CCW_DEVICE(obj);
>> +    char *val;
>> +    int index;
>> +
>> +    index = object_property_get_int(obj, "bootindex", NULL);
>> +
>> +    if (index < 0) {
>> +        error_setg(errp, "LOADPARM is only valid for boot devices!");
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    if (!visit_type_str(v, name, &val, errp)) {
>> +        return;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    s390_ipl_fmt_loadparm(dev->loadparm, val, errp);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static const PropertyInfo ccw_loadparm = {
>> +    .name  = "ccw_loadparm",
>> +    .description = "Up to 8 chars in set of [A-Za-z0-9. ] to pass"
>> +            " to the guest loader/kernel",
>> +    .get = ccw_device_get_loadparm,
>> +    .set = ccw_device_set_loadparm,
>> +};
>> +
>>   static Property ccw_device_properties[] = {
>>       DEFINE_PROP_CSS_DEV_ID("devno", CcwDevice, devno),
>>       DEFINE_PROP_CSS_DEV_ID_RO("dev_id", CcwDevice, dev_id),
>>       DEFINE_PROP_CSS_DEV_ID_RO("subch_id", CcwDevice, subch_id),
>> +    DEFINE_PROP("loadparm", CcwDevice, loadparm, ccw_loadparm,
>> +            typeof(uint8_t[8])),
>>       DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
>>   };
>
>  Hi Jared,
>
> while doing more tests with these new boot order patches, I realized 
> that really *all* virtio-ccw devices now have a "loadparm" property, 
> also devices like virtio-gpu and virtio-tablet, where it does not make 
> sense at all.
>
> Wouldn't it be better to add this property only to the virtio-ccw-blk 
> device?
>
> Also, is there a way to specify the "loadparm" property for 
> virtio-scsi devices? It does not seem to be available for "scsi-hd" ?
>
>   Thomas
>

Hi Thomas,

Yes, the loadparm applies to all CCW devices.  I tried to point this out 
in the
cover letter of V2, but I guess it wasn’t clear what I meant, so I apologize
for not bringing more attention to it.  But also yes, as a result of this,
non-CCW type devices do not have the loadparm attribute, which is why
scsi-hd is not included.

The attribute could be implemented on a device-type basis, but it would 
not be
*only* virtio-blk-ccw.  Any device that can generate an IPLB could set the
loadparm.  I agree, though, that it doesn’t really make sense for some 
device
types like virtio-gpu since they cannot have the prerequisite bootindex.

I’ll try to quickly put together a more efficient implementation of the
loadparm that isn't too disruptive.

Regards,
  Jared Rossi
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Patch

diff --git a/hw/s390x/ccw-device.h b/hw/s390x/ccw-device.h
index 5feeb0ee7a..1e1737c0f3 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/ccw-device.h
+++ b/hw/s390x/ccw-device.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@  struct CcwDevice {
     CssDevId dev_id;
     /* The actual busid of the virtual subchannel. */
     CssDevId subch_id;
+    /* If set, use this loadparm value when device is boot target */
+    uint8_t loadparm[8];
 };
 typedef struct CcwDevice CcwDevice;
 
diff --git a/hw/s390x/ipl.h b/hw/s390x/ipl.h
index fa394c339d..b670bad551 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/ipl.h
+++ b/hw/s390x/ipl.h
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ 
 
 #define DIAG308_FLAGS_LP_VALID 0x80
 
-int s390_ipl_set_loadparm(uint8_t *loadparm);
+void s390_ipl_convert_loadparm(char *ascii_lp, uint8_t *ebcdic_lp);
+void s390_ipl_fmt_loadparm(uint8_t *loadparm, char *str, Error **errp);
 void s390_ipl_update_diag308(IplParameterBlock *iplb);
 int s390_ipl_prepare_pv_header(Error **errp);
 int s390_ipl_pv_unpack(void);
diff --git a/include/hw/s390x/ipl/qipl.h b/include/hw/s390x/ipl/qipl.h
index 0ef04af027..b67d2ae061 100644
--- a/include/hw/s390x/ipl/qipl.h
+++ b/include/hw/s390x/ipl/qipl.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ 
 
 #define QIPL_ADDRESS  0xcc
 #define LOADPARM_LEN    8
+#define NO_LOADPARM "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"
 
 /*
  * The QEMU IPL Parameters will be stored at absolute address
diff --git a/hw/s390x/ccw-device.c b/hw/s390x/ccw-device.c
index 14c24e3890..230cc09e03 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/ccw-device.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/ccw-device.c
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ 
 #include "ccw-device.h"
 #include "hw/qdev-properties.h"
 #include "qemu/module.h"
+#include "ipl.h"
+#include "qapi/visitor.h"
+#include "qemu/ctype.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
 
 static void ccw_device_refill_ids(CcwDevice *dev)
 {
@@ -37,10 +41,52 @@  static bool ccw_device_realize(CcwDevice *dev, Error **errp)
     return true;
 }
 
+static void ccw_device_get_loadparm(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
+                                 const char *name, void *opaque,
+                                 Error **errp)
+{
+    CcwDevice *dev = CCW_DEVICE(obj);
+    char *str = g_strndup((char *) dev->loadparm, sizeof(dev->loadparm));
+
+    visit_type_str(v, name, &str, errp);
+    g_free(str);
+}
+
+static void ccw_device_set_loadparm(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
+                                 const char *name, void *opaque,
+                                 Error **errp)
+{
+    CcwDevice *dev = CCW_DEVICE(obj);
+    char *val;
+    int index;
+
+    index = object_property_get_int(obj, "bootindex", NULL);
+
+    if (index < 0) {
+        error_setg(errp, "LOADPARM is only valid for boot devices!");
+    }
+
+    if (!visit_type_str(v, name, &val, errp)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    s390_ipl_fmt_loadparm(dev->loadparm, val, errp);
+}
+
+static const PropertyInfo ccw_loadparm = {
+    .name  = "ccw_loadparm",
+    .description = "Up to 8 chars in set of [A-Za-z0-9. ] to pass"
+            " to the guest loader/kernel",
+    .get = ccw_device_get_loadparm,
+    .set = ccw_device_set_loadparm,
+};
+
 static Property ccw_device_properties[] = {
     DEFINE_PROP_CSS_DEV_ID("devno", CcwDevice, devno),
     DEFINE_PROP_CSS_DEV_ID_RO("dev_id", CcwDevice, dev_id),
     DEFINE_PROP_CSS_DEV_ID_RO("subch_id", CcwDevice, subch_id),
+    DEFINE_PROP("loadparm", CcwDevice, loadparm, ccw_loadparm,
+            typeof(uint8_t[8])),
     DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
 };
 
diff --git a/hw/s390x/ipl.c b/hw/s390x/ipl.c
index 8c490eeb52..656996b500 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/ipl.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/ipl.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ 
 #include "qemu/config-file.h"
 #include "qemu/cutils.h"
 #include "qemu/option.h"
+#include "qemu/ctype.h"
 #include "standard-headers/linux/virtio_ids.h"
 
 #define KERN_IMAGE_START                0x010000UL
@@ -397,12 +398,43 @@  static CcwDevice *s390_get_ccw_device(DeviceState *dev_st, int *devtype)
     return ccw_dev;
 }
 
+void s390_ipl_fmt_loadparm(uint8_t *loadparm, char *str, Error **errp)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    /* Initialize the loadparm with spaces */
+    memset(loadparm, ' ', LOADPARM_LEN);
+    for (i = 0; i < LOADPARM_LEN && str[i]; i++) {
+        uint8_t c = qemu_toupper(str[i]); /* mimic HMC */
+
+        if (qemu_isalnum(c) || c == '.' || c == ' ') {
+            loadparm[i] = c;
+        } else {
+            error_setg(errp, "LOADPARM: invalid character '%c' (ASCII 0x%02x)",
+                       c, c);
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void s390_ipl_convert_loadparm(char *ascii_lp, uint8_t *ebcdic_lp)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    /* Initialize the loadparm with EBCDIC spaces (0x40) */
+    memset(ebcdic_lp, '@', LOADPARM_LEN);
+    for (i = 0; i < LOADPARM_LEN && ascii_lp[i]; i++) {
+        ebcdic_lp[i] = ascii2ebcdic[(uint8_t) ascii_lp[i]];
+    }
+}
+
 static bool s390_gen_initial_iplb(S390IPLState *ipl)
 {
     DeviceState *dev_st;
     CcwDevice *ccw_dev = NULL;
     SCSIDevice *sd;
     int devtype;
+    uint8_t *lp;
 
     dev_st = get_boot_device(0);
     if (dev_st) {
@@ -413,6 +445,8 @@  static bool s390_gen_initial_iplb(S390IPLState *ipl)
      * Currently allow IPL only from CCW devices.
      */
     if (ccw_dev) {
+        lp = ccw_dev->loadparm;
+
         switch (devtype) {
         case CCW_DEVTYPE_SCSI:
             sd = SCSI_DEVICE(dev_st);
@@ -445,40 +479,20 @@  static bool s390_gen_initial_iplb(S390IPLState *ipl)
             break;
         }
 
-        if (!s390_ipl_set_loadparm(ipl->iplb.loadparm)) {
-            ipl->iplb.flags |= DIAG308_FLAGS_LP_VALID;
+        /* If the device loadparm is empty use the global machine loadparm */
+        if (memcmp(lp, NO_LOADPARM, 8) == 0) {
+            lp = S390_CCW_MACHINE(qdev_get_machine())->loadparm;
         }
 
+        s390_ipl_convert_loadparm((char *)lp, ipl->iplb.loadparm);
+        ipl->iplb.flags |= DIAG308_FLAGS_LP_VALID;
+
         return true;
     }
 
     return false;
 }
 
-int s390_ipl_set_loadparm(uint8_t *loadparm)
-{
-    MachineState *machine = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
-    char *lp = object_property_get_str(OBJECT(machine), "loadparm", NULL);
-
-    if (lp) {
-        int i;
-
-        /* lp is an uppercase string without leading/embedded spaces */
-        for (i = 0; i < 8 && lp[i]; i++) {
-            loadparm[i] = ascii2ebcdic[(uint8_t) lp[i]];
-        }
-
-        if (i < 8) {
-            memset(loadparm + i, 0x40, 8 - i); /* fill with EBCDIC spaces */
-        }
-
-        g_free(lp);
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    return -1;
-}
-
 static bool is_virtio_ccw_device_of_type(IplParameterBlock *iplb,
                                          int virtio_id)
 {
@@ -534,7 +548,7 @@  static void update_machine_ipl_properties(IplParameterBlock *iplb)
         ascii_loadparm[i] = 0;
         object_property_set_str(machine, "loadparm", ascii_loadparm, &err);
     } else {
-        object_property_set_str(machine, "loadparm", "", &err);
+        object_property_set_str(machine, "loadparm", "        ", &err);
     }
     if (err) {
         warn_report_err(err);
diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
index 529e53f308..fe03f716f3 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
@@ -722,28 +722,12 @@  static void machine_set_loadparm(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
 {
     S390CcwMachineState *ms = S390_CCW_MACHINE(obj);
     char *val;
-    int i;
 
     if (!visit_type_str(v, name, &val, errp)) {
         return;
     }
 
-    for (i = 0; i < sizeof(ms->loadparm) && val[i]; i++) {
-        uint8_t c = qemu_toupper(val[i]); /* mimic HMC */
-
-        if (('A' <= c && c <= 'Z') || ('0' <= c && c <= '9') || (c == '.') ||
-            (c == ' ')) {
-            ms->loadparm[i] = c;
-        } else {
-            error_setg(errp, "LOADPARM: invalid character '%c' (ASCII 0x%02x)",
-                       c, c);
-            return;
-        }
-    }
-
-    for (; i < sizeof(ms->loadparm); i++) {
-        ms->loadparm[i] = ' '; /* pad right with spaces */
-    }
+    s390_ipl_fmt_loadparm(ms->loadparm, val, errp);
 }
 
 static void ccw_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
diff --git a/hw/s390x/sclp.c b/hw/s390x/sclp.c
index e725dcd5fd..8757626b5c 100644
--- a/hw/s390x/sclp.c
+++ b/hw/s390x/sclp.c
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@  static void read_SCP_info(SCLPDevice *sclp, SCCB *sccb)
     MachineState *machine = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
     int cpu_count;
     int rnsize, rnmax;
-    IplParameterBlock *ipib = s390_ipl_get_iplb();
     int required_len = SCCB_REQ_LEN(ReadInfo, machine->possible_cpus->len);
     int offset_cpu = s390_has_feat(S390_FEAT_EXTENDED_LENGTH_SCCB) ?
                      offsetof(ReadInfo, entries) :
@@ -171,12 +170,8 @@  static void read_SCP_info(SCLPDevice *sclp, SCCB *sccb)
         read_info->rnmax2 = cpu_to_be64(rnmax);
     }
 
-    if (ipib && ipib->flags & DIAG308_FLAGS_LP_VALID) {
-        memcpy(&read_info->loadparm, &ipib->loadparm,
-               sizeof(read_info->loadparm));
-    } else {
-        s390_ipl_set_loadparm(read_info->loadparm);
-    }
+    s390_ipl_convert_loadparm((char *)S390_CCW_MACHINE(machine)->loadparm,
+                                read_info->loadparm);
 
     sccb->h.response_code = cpu_to_be16(SCLP_RC_NORMAL_READ_COMPLETION);
 }
diff --git a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c
index 34ef27d7a6..ab4709e16e 100644
--- a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c
+++ b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c
@@ -183,8 +183,14 @@  static void css_setup(void)
 static void boot_setup(void)
 {
     char lpmsg[] = "LOADPARM=[________]\n";
+    have_iplb = store_iplb(&iplb);
+
+    if (memcmp(iplb.loadparm, NO_LOADPARM, LOADPARM_LEN) != 0) {
+        ebcdic_to_ascii((char *) iplb.loadparm, loadparm_str, LOADPARM_LEN);
+    } else {
+        sclp_get_loadparm_ascii(loadparm_str);
+    }
 
-    sclp_get_loadparm_ascii(loadparm_str);
     memcpy(lpmsg + 10, loadparm_str, 8);
     puts(lpmsg);
 
@@ -193,8 +199,6 @@  static void boot_setup(void)
      * so we don't taint our decision-making process during a reboot.
      */
     memset((char *)S390EP, 0, 6);
-
-    have_iplb = store_iplb(&iplb);
 }
 
 static bool find_boot_device(void)