[RFC PATCH] KVM: arm64: don't single-step for non-emulated faults

From: Alex BennÃe
Date: Wed Nov 07 2018 - 12:20:45 EST


Not all faults handled by handle_exit are instruction emulations. For
example a ESR_ELx_EC_IABT will result in the page tables being updated
but the instruction that triggered the fault hasn't actually executed
yet. We use the simple heuristic of checking for a changed PC before
seeing if kvm_arm_handle_step_debug wants to claim we stepped an
instruction.

Signed-off-by: Alex BennÃe <alex.bennee@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/handle_exit.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/handle_exit.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/handle_exit.c
index e5e741bfffe1..b8252e72f882 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/handle_exit.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/handle_exit.c
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ static exit_handle_fn kvm_get_exit_handler(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
static int handle_trap_exceptions(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
{
int handled;
+ unsigned long old_pc = *vcpu_pc(vcpu);

/*
* See ARM ARM B1.14.1: "Hyp traps on instructions
@@ -233,7 +234,8 @@ static int handle_trap_exceptions(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
* kvm_arm_handle_step_debug() sets the exit_reason on the kvm_run
* structure if we need to return to userspace.
*/
- if (handled > 0 && kvm_arm_handle_step_debug(vcpu, run))
+ if (handled > 0 && *vcpu_pc(vcpu) != old_pc &&
+ kvm_arm_handle_step_debug(vcpu, run))
handled = 0;

return handled;
--
2.17.1