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Message-ID: <76290ca2-96c8-8f13-bedf-485913c2fcd6@arm.com>
Date:   Fri, 6 Oct 2017 15:43:20 +0100
From:   Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
To:     Julien Thierry <julien.thierry@....com>,
        Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@...aro.org>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu, christoffer.dall@...aro.org,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 2/2] kvm: arm64: handle single-step of userspace mmio
 instructions

On 06/10/17 15:26, Julien Thierry wrote:
> 
> 
> On 06/10/17 15:00, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> On 06/10/17 14:47, Alex Bennée wrote:
>>>
>>> Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com> writes:
>>>
>>>> On 06/10/17 13:37, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>>>>> On 06/10/17 12:39, Alex Bennée wrote:
>>>>>> The system state of KVM when using userspace emulation is not complete
>>>>>> until we return into KVM_RUN. To handle mmio related updates we wait
>>>>>> until they have been committed and then schedule our KVM_EXIT_DEBUG.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've introduced a new function kvm_arm_maybe_return_debug() to wrap up
>>>>>> the differences between arm/arm64 which is currently null for arm.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@...aro.org>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>   arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h   |  2 ++
>>>>>>   arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h |  1 +
>>>>>>   arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c            | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>>   arch/arm64/kvm/handle_exit.c      |  9 +++------
>>>>>>   virt/kvm/arm/arm.c                |  2 +-
>>>>>>   virt/kvm/arm/mmio.c               |  3 ++-
>>>>>>   6 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>>>>>> index 4a879f6ff13b..aec943f6d123 100644
>>>>>> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>>>>>> @@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ static inline void kvm_arm_init_debug(void) {}
>>>>>>   static inline void kvm_arm_setup_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) {}
>>>>>>   static inline void kvm_arm_clear_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) {}
>>>>>>   static inline void kvm_arm_reset_debug_ptr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) {}
>>>>>> +static inline int  kvm_arm_maybe_return_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>>>>>> +						struct kvm_run *run) {}
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   int kvm_arm_vcpu_arch_set_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>>>>>>   			       struct kvm_device_attr *attr);
>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>>>>>> index e923b58606e2..fa67d21662f6 100644
>>>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>>>>>> @@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ void kvm_arm_init_debug(void);
>>>>>>   void kvm_arm_setup_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
>>>>>>   void kvm_arm_clear_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
>>>>>>   void kvm_arm_reset_debug_ptr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
>>>>>> +int  kvm_arm_maybe_return_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run);
>>>>>>   int kvm_arm_vcpu_arch_set_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>>>>>>   			       struct kvm_device_attr *attr);
>>>>>>   int kvm_arm_vcpu_arch_get_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c
>>>>>> index dbadfaf850a7..a10a18c55c87 100644
>>>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c
>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c
>>>>>> @@ -221,3 +221,24 @@ void kvm_arm_clear_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>>>>>   		}
>>>>>>   	}
>>>>>>   }
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +/*
>>>>>> + * When KVM has successfully emulated the instruction we might want to
>>>>>> + * return we a KVM_EXIT_DEBUG. We can only do this once the emulation
>>>>>> + * is complete though so for userspace emulations we have to wait
>>>>>> + * until we have re-entered KVM.
>>>>>> + *
>>>>>> + * Return > 0 to return to guest, 0 (and set exit_reason) on proper
>>>>>> + * exit to userspace.
>>>>>> + */
>>>>>> +
>>>>>> +int kvm_arm_maybe_return_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
>>>>>> +{
>>>>>> +	if (vcpu->guest_debug & KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP) {
>>>>>> +		run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_DEBUG;
>>>>>> +		run->debug.arch.hsr = ESR_ELx_EC_SOFTSTP_LOW << ESR_ELx_EC_SHIFT;
>>>>>> +		return 0;
>>>>>> +	}
>>>>>> +	return 1;
>>>>>> +}
>>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/handle_exit.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/handle_exit.c
>>>>>> index c918d291cb58..7b04f59217bf 100644
>>>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/handle_exit.c
>>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/handle_exit.c
>>>>>> @@ -202,13 +202,10 @@ static int handle_trap_exceptions(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
>>>>>>   		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;
>>>>>> -	}
>>>>>> +	if (handled)
>>>>>> +		return kvm_arm_maybe_return_debug(vcpu, run);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -	return handled;
>>>>>> +	return 0;
>>>>>>   }
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   /*
>>>>>> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c b/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c
>>>>>> index b9f68e4add71..3d28fe2daa26 100644
>>>>>> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c
>>>>>> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c
>>>>>> @@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   	if (run->exit_reason == KVM_EXIT_MMIO) {
>>>>>>   		ret = kvm_handle_mmio_return(vcpu, vcpu->run);
>>>>>> -		if (ret)
>>>>>> +		if (ret < 1)
>>>>>>   			return ret;
>>>>>>   	}
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/mmio.c b/virt/kvm/arm/mmio.c
>>>>>> index b6e715fd3c90..e43e3bd6222f 100644
>>>>>> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/mmio.c
>>>>>> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/mmio.c
>>>>>> @@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ int kvm_handle_mmio_return(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
>>>>>>   		vcpu_set_reg(vcpu, vcpu->arch.mmio_decode.rt, data);
>>>>>>   	}
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -	return 0;
>>>>>> +	/* If debugging in effect we may need to return now */
>>>>>> +	return kvm_arm_maybe_return_debug(vcpu, run);
>>>>>
>>>>> Ah, that's how you do it. OK. Then the patch splitting is wrong, because
>>>>> everything is broken after patch #1.
>>>>
>>>> Actually, it is not broken at all. I'm just confused by the very
>>>> esoteric flow.
>>>
>>> We could just merge the whole patch in one but I wanted to show the
>>> difference between in-kernel and out-of-kernel emulation.
>>>
>>> I could also move the step handling to the mmio leg in
>>> kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run but you mentioned you use the mmio completion
>>> elsewhere anyway?
>> Yes, look at the end of io_mem_abort(). This is used by the vgic to
>> complete a read emulation in the kernel.
>>
>> And actually, this means that we shouldn't have to mess with
>> handle_exit. Just check for the return value of kvm_handle_mmio_return
>> in the call sites (including the one in io_mem_abort), and exit if we
>> need to single-step...
>>
> 
> I think we need to mess with handle_exit (or at least something else 
> than kvm_handle_mmio call sites) because the patches don't only fix MMIO 
> single stepping, but also other emulated stuff (system register 
> accesses, ...).

Ah, true. I was too focussed on the the MMIO problem.

> But with your suggestion maybe we can at least handle both MMIO cases in 
> a similar manner. I think we still need the code in handle_exit, or add 
> more code to deal case by case with other emulated instructions.
Fair enough.

	M.
-- 
Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny...

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