Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: nVMX: trace nested vm entry

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Thu Jan 21 2021 - 17:28:28 EST


On Thu, Jan 21, 2021, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> This is very helpful to debug nested VMX issues.
>
> Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/trace.h | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 5 +++++
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 3 ++-
> 3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h b/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h
> index 2de30c20bc264..ec75efdac3560 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h
> @@ -554,6 +554,36 @@ TRACE_EVENT(kvm_nested_vmrun,
> __entry->npt ? "on" : "off")
> );
>
> +
> +/*
> + * Tracepoint for nested VMLAUNCH/VMRESUME
> + */
> +TRACE_EVENT(kvm_nested_vmenter,
> + TP_PROTO(__u64 rip, __u64 vmcs, __u64 nested_rip,
> + __u32 entry_intr_info),
> + TP_ARGS(rip, vmcs, nested_rip, entry_intr_info),
> +
> + TP_STRUCT__entry(
> + __field( __u64, rip )
> + __field( __u64, vmcs )
> + __field( __u64, nested_rip )
> + __field( __u32, entry_intr_info )
> + ),
> +
> + TP_fast_assign(
> + __entry->rip = rip;
> + __entry->vmcs = vmcs;
> + __entry->nested_rip = nested_rip;
> + __entry->entry_intr_info = entry_intr_info;
> + ),
> +
> + TP_printk("rip: 0x%016llx vmcs: 0x%016llx nrip: 0x%016llx "
> + "entry_intr_info: 0x%08x",
> + __entry->rip, __entry->vmcs, __entry->nested_rip,
> + __entry->entry_intr_info)

I still don't see why VMX can't share this with SVM. "npt' can easily be "tdp",
differentiating between VMCB and VMCS can be down with ISA, and VMX can give 0
for int_ctl (or throw in something else interesting/relevant).

trace_kvm_nested_vmenter(kvm_rip_read(vcpu),
vmx->nested.current_vmptr,
vmcs12->guest_rip,
0,
vmcs12->vm_entry_intr_info_field,
nested_cpu_has_ept(vmcs12),
KVM_ISA_VMX);

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h b/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h
index 2de30c20bc26..90f7cdb31fc1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h
@@ -522,12 +522,12 @@ TRACE_EVENT(kvm_pv_eoi,
);

/*
- * Tracepoint for nested VMRUN
+ * Tracepoint for nested VM-Enter. Note, vmcb==vmcs on VMX.
*/
-TRACE_EVENT(kvm_nested_vmrun,
+TRACE_EVENT(kvm_nested_vmenter,
TP_PROTO(__u64 rip, __u64 vmcb, __u64 nested_rip, __u32 int_ctl,
- __u32 event_inj, bool npt),
- TP_ARGS(rip, vmcb, nested_rip, int_ctl, event_inj, npt),
+ __u32 event_inj, bool tdp, __u32 isa),
+ TP_ARGS(rip, vmcb, nested_rip, int_ctl, event_inj, tdp, isa),

TP_STRUCT__entry(
__field( __u64, rip )
@@ -535,7 +535,8 @@ TRACE_EVENT(kvm_nested_vmrun,
__field( __u64, nested_rip )
__field( __u32, int_ctl )
__field( __u32, event_inj )
- __field( bool, npt )
+ __field( bool, tdp )
+ __field( __u32, isa )
),

TP_fast_assign(
@@ -544,14 +545,16 @@ TRACE_EVENT(kvm_nested_vmrun,
__entry->nested_rip = nested_rip;
__entry->int_ctl = int_ctl;
__entry->event_inj = event_inj;
- __entry->npt = npt;
+ __entry->tdp = tdp;
+ __entry->isa = isa;
),

- TP_printk("rip: 0x%016llx vmcb: 0x%016llx nrip: 0x%016llx int_ctl: 0x%08x "
- "event_inj: 0x%08x npt: %s",
- __entry->rip, __entry->vmcb, __entry->nested_rip,
+ TP_printk("rip: 0x%016llx %s: 0x%016llx nrip: 0x%016llx int_ctl: 0x%08x "
+ "event_inj: 0x%08x tdp: %s",
+ __entry->rip, __entry->isa == KVM_ISA_VMX ? "vmcs" : "vmcb",
+ __entry->vmcb, __entry->nested_rip,
__entry->int_ctl, __entry->event_inj,
- __entry->npt ? "on" : "off")
+ __entry->tdp ? "on" : "off")
);

TRACE_EVENT(kvm_nested_intercepts,