Re: [PATCH RESEND v4 2/2] arm/arm64: KVM: Add KVM_GET/SET_VCPU_EVENTS

From: gengdongjiu
Date: Sat Jun 16 2018 - 21:30:40 EST


> >>>>> --- a/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
> >>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
> >>>>> @@ -124,6 +124,18 @@ struct kvm_sync_regs { struct
> >>>>> kvm_arch_memory_slot { };
> >>>>>
> >>>>> +/* for KVM_GET/SET_VCPU_EVENTS */ struct kvm_vcpu_events {
> >>>>> + struct {
> >>>>> + __u8 serror_pending;
> >>>>> + __u8 serror_has_esr;
> >>>>> + /* Align it to 8 bytes */
> >>>>> + __u8 pad[6];
> >>>>> + __u64 serror_esr;
> >>>>> + } exception;
> >>>>> + __u32 reserved[12];
> >>>>> +};
> >>>>> +
> >>>>
> >>>> You haven't defined __KVM_HAVE_VCPU_EVENTS for 32bit, so presumably
> >>>> this struct will never be used. Why is it here?
> >>
> >>> if not add it for 32 bits. the 32 arm platform will build Fail, whether you have good
> >>> idea to avoid this Failure if not add this struct for the 32 bit?
> >>
> >> How does this 32bit code build without this patch?
> >> If do you provide the struct, how will that code build with older headers?
> >>
> >> As far as I can see, this is what the __KVM_HAVE_VCPU_EVENTS define is for.
> >>
> >> This should be both, or neither. Having just the struct is useless.
> > It because the caller of kvm_arm_vcpu_get/set_events() is in "virt/kvm/arm/arm.c".
> > the virt/kvm/arm/arm.c will used by both arm64 and arm.
> > so It needs to add kvm_arm_vcpu_get/set_events() for the 32 bits,
> > however, kvm_arm_vcpu_get/set_events() will directly return,
>
> So you are adding a uapi struct that user-space can't actually use, to avoid a kernel build-error. Fine, it just looks really strange.
>
> 32bit user-space shouldn't try to call this as check-extension reports it as not present. If it does, it gets -EINVAL back, which is also the
> default for kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl().

It indeed looks strange. Because "virt/kvm/arm/arm.c" is shared by arm64 and arm32, if not adding, it will build-error. Do you have a better idea to avoid adding in arm32?
I still not think out a good method. 32 user-space will not call this KVM_GET/SET_VCPU_EVENTS IOCTL as check-extension reports it as not present.

>
>
> Thanks,
>
> James