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Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 13:33:48 +0100 From: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@...aro.org> To: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com> Cc: "kvm\@vger.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-arm-kernel\@lists.infradead.org" <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>, "kvmarm\@lists.cs.columbia.edu" <kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu>, "christoffer.dall\@linaro.org" <christoffer.dall@...aro.org>, Marc Zyngier <Marc.Zyngier@....com>, "peter.maydell\@linaro.org" <peter.maydell@...aro.org>, "agraf\@suse.de" <agraf@...e.de>, "drjones\@redhat.com" <drjones@...hat.com>, "pbonzini\@redhat.com" <pbonzini@...hat.com>, "zhichao.huang\@linaro.org" <zhichao.huang@...aro.org>, "jan.kiszka\@siemens.com" <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>, "dahi\@linux.vnet.ibm.com" <dahi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, "r65777\@freescale.com" <r65777@...escale.com>, "bp\@suse.de" <bp@...e.de>, Gleb Natapov <gleb@...nel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>, Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@....com>, "open list\:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>, open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 06/12] KVM: arm64: guest debug, add SW break point support Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com> writes: > Hi Alex, > > On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 03:27:09PM +0100, Alex Bennée wrote: >> This adds support for SW breakpoints inserted by userspace. >> >> We do this by trapping all guest software debug exceptions to the >> hypervisor (MDCR_EL2.TDE). The exit handler sets an exit reason of >> KVM_EXIT_DEBUG with the kvm_debug_exit_arch structure holding the >> exception syndrome information. >> >> It will be up to userspace to extract the PC (via GET_ONE_REG) and >> determine if the debug event was for a breakpoint it inserted. If not >> userspace will need to re-inject the correct exception restart the >> hypervisor to deliver the debug exception to the guest. >> >> Any other guest software debug exception (e.g. single step or HW >> assisted breakpoints) will cause an error and the VM to be killed. This >> is addressed by later patches which add support for the other debug >> types. >> >> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@...aro.org> >> Reviewed-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@...aro.org> >> >> --- >> v2 >> - update to use new exit struct >> - tweak for C setup >> - do our setup in debug_setup/clear code >> - fixed up comments >> v3: >> - fix spacing in KVM_GUESTDBG_VALID_MASK >> - fix and clarify wording on kvm_handle_guest_debug >> - handle error case in kvm_handle_guest_debug >> - re-word the commit message >> v4 >> - rm else leg >> - add r-b-tag >> >> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt >> index ba635c7..33c8143 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt >> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt > > Not sure why, but your patches seem to drop the diffstat which makes it > slightly more onerous for reviewers trying to figure out which bits touch > their trees. Are you removing it manually? No - I'm running: git pps -v 4 origin/master..HEAD -o guestdbg.patches Where pps is an alias: pps = format-patch --cover-letter --summary Manually expanding the alias gives the same results. I'll have a dig to see what's going on. > > Will -- Alex Bennée -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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