Re: [RFC PATCH] kvm: arm64: handle single-step of hyp emulated mmio instructions

From: Christoffer Dall
Date: Thu Nov 23 2017 - 05:20:03 EST


Replying to myself here, because I'm an idiot...

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 09:41:58PM +0100, Christoffer Dall wrote:

[...]
>
> > case ARM_EXCEPTION_TRAP:
> > return handle_trap_exceptions(vcpu, run);
> > case ARM_EXCEPTION_HYP_GONE:
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c
> > index 945e79c641c4..a6712f179b52 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c
> > @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
> > #include <asm/kvm_emulate.h>
> > #include <asm/kvm_hyp.h>
> > #include <asm/fpsimd.h>
> > +#include <asm/debug-monitors.h>
> >
> > static bool __hyp_text __fpsimd_enabled_nvhe(void)
> > {
> > @@ -263,7 +264,11 @@ static bool __hyp_text __populate_fault_info(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > return true;
> > }
> >
> > -static void __hyp_text __skip_instr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > +/* Skip an instruction which has been emulated. Returns true if
> > + * execution can continue or false if we need to exit hyp mode because
> > + * single-step was in effect.
> > + */
> > +static bool __hyp_text __skip_instr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > {
> > *vcpu_pc(vcpu) = read_sysreg_el2(elr);
> >
> > @@ -276,6 +281,14 @@ static void __hyp_text __skip_instr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > }
> >
> > write_sysreg_el2(*vcpu_pc(vcpu), elr);
> > +
> > + if (vcpu->guest_debug & KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP) {
> > + vcpu->arch.fault.esr_el2 =
> > + (ESR_ELx_EC_SOFTSTP_LOW << ESR_ELx_EC_SHIFT) | 0x22;
> > + return false;
> > + } else {
> > + return true;
> > + }
> > }
> >
> > int __hyp_text __kvm_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > @@ -336,13 +349,21 @@ int __hyp_text __kvm_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > int ret = __vgic_v2_perform_cpuif_access(vcpu);
> >
> > if (ret == 1) {
> > - __skip_instr(vcpu);
> > - goto again;
> > + if (__skip_instr(vcpu))
> > + goto again;
> > + else
> > + exit_code = ARM_EXCEPTION_TRAP;
> > }
> >
> > if (ret == -1) {
> > - /* Promote an illegal access to an SError */
> > - __skip_instr(vcpu);
> > + /* Promote an illegal access to an
> > + * SError. If we would be returning
> > + * due to single-step clear the SS
> > + * bit so handle_exit knows what to
> > + * do after dealing with the error.
> > + */
> > + if (!__skip_instr(vcpu))
> > + *vcpu_cpsr(vcpu) &= ~DBG_SPSR_SS;
>
> Could this be overriding guest state if the guest is debugging itself
> and we don't have (vcpu->guest_debug & KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP) ?
>

... this is nonsense, __kvm_skip_intr will check for
KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP, so there's no issue here.

Sorry about the noise.
-Christoffer