Re: [PATCH 5/6] KVM: SVM: pass a proper reason in kvm_emulate_instruction()

[David Edmondson]

On Monday, 2021-04-12 at 16:04:02 GMT, Sean Christopherson wrote:

> +Aaron
>
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2021, David Edmondson wrote:
>> From: Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> Declare various causes of emulation and use them as appropriate.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: David Edmondson <david.edmondson@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h |  6 ++++++
>>  arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c         |  3 ++-
>>  arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c          | 26 +++++++++++++++-----------
>>  3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>> index 79e9ca756742..e1284680cbdc 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>> @@ -1535,6 +1535,12 @@ enum {
>>  	EMULREASON_IO_COMPLETE,
>>  	EMULREASON_UD,
>>  	EMULREASON_PF,
>> +	EMULREASON_SVM_NOASSIST,
>> +	EMULREASON_SVM_RSM,
>> +	EMULREASON_SVM_RDPMC,
>> +	EMULREASON_SVM_CR,
>> +	EMULREASON_SVM_DR,
>> +	EMULREASON_SVM_AVIC_UNACCEL,
>
> Passing these to userspace arguably makes them ABI, i.e. they need to go into
> uapi/kvm.h somewhere.  That said, I don't like passing arbitrary values for what
> is effectively the VM-Exit reason.  Why not simply pass the exit reason, assuming
> we do indeed want to dump this info to userspace?

That would suffice, yes.

> What is the intended end usage of this information?  Actual emulation?  Debug?
> Logging?

Debug (which implies logging, given that I want this to happen on
systems that are in service).

> Depending on what you're trying to do with the info, maybe there's a better
> option.  E.g. Aaron is working on a series that includes passing pass the code
> stream (instruction bytes) to userspace on emulation failure, though I'm not
> sure if he's planning on providing the VM-Exit reason.

Having the instruction stream will be good.

Aaron: do you have anything to share now? In what time frame do you
think you might submit patches?

I'm happy to re-work this to make the exit reason available, if that's
the appropriate direction.

dme.
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