Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] KVM: arm64: handle single-stepping trapped instructions

From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Fri Oct 06 2017 - 08:27:31 EST


On 06/10/17 12:39, Alex BennÃe wrote:
> If we are using guest debug to single-step the guest we need to ensure
> we exit after emulating the instruction. This only affects
> instructions completely emulated by the kernel. For userspace emulated
> instructions we need to exit and return to complete the emulation.
>
> We fake debug.arch.hsr to contain ESR_ELx_EC_SOFTSTP_LOW so QEMU knows
> it was a single-step event (and without altering the userspace ABI).
>
> Signed-off-by: Alex BennÃe <alex.bennee@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kvm/handle_exit.c | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
> 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/handle_exit.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/handle_exit.c
> index 7debb74843a0..c918d291cb58 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/handle_exit.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/handle_exit.c
> @@ -178,6 +178,39 @@ static exit_handle_fn kvm_get_exit_handler(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> return arm_exit_handlers[hsr_ec];
> }
>
> +/*
> + * When handling traps we need to ensure exit the guest if we
> + * completely emulated the instruction while single-stepping. Stuff to
> + * be emulated in userspace needs to complete that first.
> + */
> +
> +static int handle_trap_exceptions(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
> +{
> + int handled;
> +
> + /*
> + * See ARM ARM B1.14.1: "Hyp traps on instructions
> + * that fail their condition code check"
> + */
> + if (!kvm_condition_valid(vcpu)) {
> + kvm_skip_instr(vcpu, kvm_vcpu_trap_il_is32bit(vcpu));
> + handled = 1;
> + } else {
> + exit_handle_fn exit_handler;
> +
> + exit_handler = kvm_get_exit_handler(vcpu);
> + handled = exit_handler(vcpu, run);
> + }
> +
> + if (handled && (vcpu->guest_debug & KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP)) {
> + handled = 0;
> + run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_DEBUG;
> + run->debug.arch.hsr = ESR_ELx_EC_SOFTSTP_LOW << ESR_ELx_EC_SHIFT;
> + }

Doesn't this break an MMIO read? The registers haven't been updated yet,
and the debugger may not see the right thing...

How about something like:

if (handled && (vcpu->guest_debug & KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP)) {
if (run->exit_reason == KVM_EXIT_MMIO)
kvm_handle_mmio_return(vcpu, run);
[...]
}

Or am I missing something?

Thanks,

M.
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