linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] KVM: x86: Factor out x86 instruction emulation with decoding

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Message-ID: <82a82abaab276fd75f0cb47f1a32d5a44fa3bec5.camel@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 21 Jan 2021 16:04:00 +0200
From:   Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
To:     Wei Huang <wei.huang2@....com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, pbonzini@...hat.com,
        vkuznets@...hat.com, seanjc@...gle.com, joro@...tes.org,
        bp@...en8.de, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, x86@...nel.org,
        jmattson@...gle.com, wanpengli@...cent.com, bsd@...hat.com,
        dgilbert@...hat.com, luto@...capital.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] KVM: x86: Factor out x86 instruction emulation
 with decoding

On Thu, 2021-01-21 at 01:55 -0500, Wei Huang wrote:
> Move the instruction decode part out of x86_emulate_instruction() for it
> to be used in other places. Also kvm_clear_exception_queue() is moved
> inside the if-statement as it doesn't apply when KVM are coming back from
> userspace.
> 
> Co-developed-by: Bandan Das <bsd@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bandan Das <bsd@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wei Huang <wei.huang2@....com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 63 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.h |  2 ++
>  2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 9a8969a6dd06..580883cee493 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -7298,6 +7298,43 @@ static bool is_vmware_backdoor_opcode(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
>  	return false;
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * Decode and emulate instruction. Return EMULATION_OK if success.
> + */
> +int x86_emulate_decoded_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int emulation_type,
> +				    void *insn, int insn_len)

Isn't the name of this function wrong? This function decodes the instruction.
So I would expect something like x86_decode_instruction.

> +{
> +	int r = EMULATION_OK;
> +	struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt = vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt;
> +
> +	init_emulate_ctxt(vcpu);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * We will reenter on the same instruction since
> +	 * we do not set complete_userspace_io.  This does not
> +	 * handle watchpoints yet, those would be handled in
> +	 * the emulate_ops.
> +	 */
> +	if (!(emulation_type & EMULTYPE_SKIP) &&
> +	    kvm_vcpu_check_breakpoint(vcpu, &r))
> +		return r;
> +
> +	ctxt->interruptibility = 0;
> +	ctxt->have_exception = false;
> +	ctxt->exception.vector = -1;
> +	ctxt->perm_ok = false;
> +
> +	ctxt->ud = emulation_type & EMULTYPE_TRAP_UD;
> +
> +	r = x86_decode_insn(ctxt, insn, insn_len);
> +
> +	trace_kvm_emulate_insn_start(vcpu);
> +	++vcpu->stat.insn_emulation;
> +
> +	return r;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(x86_emulate_decoded_instruction);
> +
>  int x86_emulate_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa,
>  			    int emulation_type, void *insn, int insn_len)
>  {
> @@ -7317,32 +7354,12 @@ int x86_emulate_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa,
>  	 */
>  	write_fault_to_spt = vcpu->arch.write_fault_to_shadow_pgtable;
>  	vcpu->arch.write_fault_to_shadow_pgtable = false;
> -	kvm_clear_exception_queue(vcpu);

I think that this change is OK, but I can't be 100% sure about this.

Best regards,
	Maxim Levitsky


>  
>  	if (!(emulation_type & EMULTYPE_NO_DECODE)) {
> -		init_emulate_ctxt(vcpu);
> -
> -		/*
> -		 * We will reenter on the same instruction since
> -		 * we do not set complete_userspace_io.  This does not
> -		 * handle watchpoints yet, those would be handled in
> -		 * the emulate_ops.
> -		 */
> -		if (!(emulation_type & EMULTYPE_SKIP) &&
> -		    kvm_vcpu_check_breakpoint(vcpu, &r))
> -			return r;
> -
> -		ctxt->interruptibility = 0;
> -		ctxt->have_exception = false;
> -		ctxt->exception.vector = -1;
> -		ctxt->perm_ok = false;
> -
> -		ctxt->ud = emulation_type & EMULTYPE_TRAP_UD;
> -
> -		r = x86_decode_insn(ctxt, insn, insn_len);
> +		kvm_clear_exception_queue(vcpu);
>  
> -		trace_kvm_emulate_insn_start(vcpu);
> -		++vcpu->stat.insn_emulation;
> +		r = x86_emulate_decoded_instruction(vcpu, emulation_type,
> +						    insn, insn_len);
>  		if (r != EMULATION_OK)  {
>  			if ((emulation_type & EMULTYPE_TRAP_UD) ||
>  			    (emulation_type & EMULTYPE_TRAP_UD_FORCED)) {
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
> index c5ee0f5ce0f1..fc42454a4c27 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
> @@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ bool kvm_mtrr_check_gfn_range_consistency(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gfn_t gfn,
>  					  int page_num);
>  bool kvm_vector_hashing_enabled(void);
>  void kvm_fixup_and_inject_pf_error(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t gva, u16 error_code);
> +int x86_emulate_decoded_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int emulation_type,
> +				    void *insn, int insn_len);
>  int x86_emulate_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa,
>  			    int emulation_type, void *insn, int insn_len);
>  fastpath_t handle_fastpath_set_msr_irqoff(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);