Re: [RFC 5/8] KVM: arm64: Explicitly handle MDSELR_EL1 traps as UNDEFINED

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Tue Apr 16 2024 - 04:16:04 EST


On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 06:46:13 +0100,
Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 4/12/24 16:35, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > kvm_init_nv_sysregs() to ensure that these new registers have the
> > correct RES0/RES1 behaviour depending on the supported feature set for
> > the guest.
>
> Following might be sufficient for MDSELR_EL1, but wondering if these fine
> grained control registers (HDFG[RW]TR2_EL2) need to be completely defined
> for the entire guest feature set, probably required.

Yes, you should check for all features defining a valid bit in these
registers, and apply the correct mask if the feature isn't advertised
to the guest, even if KVM doesn't currently support the feature at
all. This is a bit cumbersome at first, but we don't have to revisit
it when the feature gets enabled, which is a massive maintainability
improvement.

It also means that we just have to read the documentation and match it
against the code, which should be pretty trivial.

>
> /* HDFG[RW]TR2_EL2 */
> res0 = res1 = 0;
> if (!kvm_has_feat(kvm, ID_AA64DFR0_EL1, DebugVer, V8P9))
> res0 |= HDFGRTR2_EL2_nMDSELR_EL1;
> set_sysreg_masks(kvm, HDFGRTR2_EL2, res0 | HDFGRTR2_EL2_RES0, res1);
> set_sysreg_masks(kvm, HDFGWTR2_EL2, res0 | HDFGWTR2_EL2_RES0, res1);

Yup, this looks sensible for that particular bit. A few more to
go... ;-)

Thanks,

M.

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