Re: [PATCH 6/6] KVM: x86: Emulator support for TF

Jan Kiszka
2010-02-23T10:11:14Z

Gleb Natapov wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 06:51:23PM +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> Support both guest- as well as host-owned EFLAGS.TF while emulating
>> instructions. For guest-owned TF, we simply inject DB and update DR6.BS
>> after completing an instruction that has TF set on entry. To support
>> guest single-stepping under host control, we store the pending step
>> along with its CS and RIP and trigger a corresponding user space exit
>> once guest execution is about to resume. This check is is also required
>> in the VMX emulation loop during invalid guest states.
>>
> Emulator currently is a total mess. It is not a good time to add more mess
> there right now IMO.

Then let's clean up what you consider "mess" in this feature. Unless
there are plans to clean up the emulator for the next or next-but-one
kernel release, I do not want to wait for this.

>
>> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 5 +++
>> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 6 +++
>> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 65 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>> 3 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>> index d46e791..d69d8aa 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>> @@ -362,8 +362,11 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
>> u64 *mce_banks;
>>
>> /* used for guest single stepping over the given code position */
>> + bool singlestep_pending;
>> u16 singlestep_cs;
>> + u16 singlestep_pending_cs;
>> unsigned long singlestep_rip;
>> + unsigned long singlestep_pending_rip;
> If we are going to have many of those rip/cs pairs may be it is better
> to add structure linear_ip and have functions is_same_ip().

Agreed.

>
>> /* fields used by HYPER-V emulation */
>> u64 hv_vapic;
>> };
>> @@ -820,4 +823,6 @@ int kvm_cpu_get_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *v);
>> void kvm_define_shared_msr(unsigned index, u32 msr);
>> void kvm_set_shared_msr(unsigned index, u64 val, u64 mask);
>>
>> +int kvm_check_guest_singlestep(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
>> +
>> #endif /* _ASM_X86_KVM_HOST_H */
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> index d772476..317828f 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> @@ -3489,6 +3489,12 @@ static int handle_invalid_guest_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>> goto out;
>> if (need_resched())
>> schedule();
>> +
>> + if (unlikely(vcpu->arch.singlestep_pending)) {
>> + ret = kvm_check_guest_singlestep(vcpu);
>> + if (ret == 0)
>> + goto out;
>> + }
>> }
>>
>> vmx->emulation_required = 0;
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>> index 19e8b28..6ebebb9 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>> @@ -3441,6 +3441,27 @@ static void cache_all_regs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>> vcpu->arch.regs_dirty = ~0;
>> }
>>
>> +static u16 get_segment_selector(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int seg)
>> +{
>> + struct kvm_segment kvm_seg;
>> +
>> + kvm_get_segment(vcpu, &kvm_seg, seg);
>> + return kvm_seg.selector;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void queue_singlestep(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>> +{
>> + if (vcpu->guest_debug & KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP) {
>> + vcpu->arch.singlestep_pending = true;
>> + vcpu->arch.singlestep_pending_cs =
>> + get_segment_selector(vcpu, VCPU_SREG_CS);
>> + vcpu->arch.singlestep_pending_rip = kvm_rip_read(vcpu);
> Why should we remember rip where TF happened? We should exit
> immediately to userspace anyway, no?

I think MMIO exits takes precedence, so this is intended to exit after
they completed, ie. after the instruction is fully finished.

>
>> + } else {
>> + vcpu->arch.dr6 |= DR6_BS;
>> + kvm_queue_exception(vcpu, DB_VECTOR);
> What if instruction emulation generated fault?

Fault-like exceptions will trigger before that, and the instruction
won't complete. Do we have any trap-like exceptions to worry about?

>
>> + }
>> +}
>> +
>> int emulate_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>> unsigned long cr2,
>> u16 error_code,
>> @@ -3449,6 +3470,7 @@ int emulate_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>> int r, shadow_mask;
>> struct decode_cache *c;
>> struct kvm_run *run = vcpu->run;
>> + bool singlestep;
>>
>> kvm_clear_exception_queue(vcpu);
>> vcpu->arch.mmio_fault_cr2 = cr2;
>> @@ -3515,8 +3537,12 @@ int emulate_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>> }
>> }
>>
>> + singlestep = vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt.eflags & X86_EFLAGS_TF;
>> +
>> if (emulation_type & EMULTYPE_SKIP) {
>> kvm_rip_write(vcpu, vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt.decode.eip);
>> + if (singlestep)
>> + queue_singlestep(vcpu);
> Instruction that wasn't emulated shouldn't generate faults.
>

Skipping here doesn't mean it's not emulated. A valid question might be
if we should catch it here or in skip_emulated_instruction.

>> return EMULATE_DONE;
>> }
>>
>> @@ -3549,6 +3575,9 @@ int emulate_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>>
>> kvm_x86_ops->set_rflags(vcpu, vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt.eflags);
>>
>> + if (singlestep)
>> + queue_singlestep(vcpu);
>> +
> if vcpu->mmio_is_write == true we can still exit with DO_MMIO, so
> instruction is not yes completely executed. This queue_singlestep
> mechanism looks bogus anyway. emulate_instruction() caller should
> initiate exit to userspace space if required.

That's while it is _queued_, not immediately delivered: MMIO exits will
continue to take precedence.

>
>> if (vcpu->mmio_is_write) {
>> vcpu->mmio_needed = 0;
>> return EMULATE_DO_MMIO;
>> @@ -4450,6 +4479,26 @@ out:
>> return r;
>> }
>>
>> +int kvm_check_guest_singlestep(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>> +{
>> + unsigned long rip = kvm_rip_read(vcpu);
>> +
>> + vcpu->arch.singlestep_pending = false;
>> +
>> + if (vcpu->arch.singlestep_pending_cs !=
>> + get_segment_selector(vcpu, VCPU_SREG_CS) ||
>> + vcpu->arch.singlestep_pending_rip != rip)
>> + return 1;
>> +
> Again how this check can be false?

E.g. someone fiddled with the VCPU state, resetting the guest.

>
>> + vcpu->run->debug.arch.dr6 = DR6_BS | DR6_FIXED_1;
>> + vcpu->run->debug.arch.dr7 = 0;
>> + vcpu->run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_DEBUG;
>> + vcpu->run->debug.arch.pc = get_segment_base(vcpu, VCPU_SREG_CS) + rip;
>> + vcpu->run->debug.arch.exception = DB_VECTOR;
>> +
>> + return 0;
>> +}
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_check_guest_singlestep);
>>
>> static int __vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>> {
>> @@ -4471,6 +4520,12 @@ static int __vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>
>> r = 1;
>> while (r > 0) {
>> + if (unlikely(vcpu->arch.singlestep_pending)) {
>> + r = kvm_check_guest_singlestep(vcpu);
>> + if (r == 0)
>> + break;
>> + }
>> +
> Why not use existing mechanism to cause run loop to exit to userspace
> i.e return 0 from vcpu_enter_guest(), instead of adding special cases here?
>

I wanted to exit in case of vcpu->arch.mp_state != KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE
as well, but thinking about this again it's actually more reasonable to
exit once the VCPU unblocks again, e.g. once halt resumes.

>> if (vcpu->arch.mp_state == KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE)
>> r = vcpu_enter_guest(vcpu);
>> else {
>> @@ -4828,14 +4883,6 @@ static gpa_t get_tss_base_addr_read(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>> return kvm_mmu_gva_to_gpa_read(vcpu, base_addr, NULL);
>> }
>>
>> -static u16 get_segment_selector(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int seg)
>> -{
>> - struct kvm_segment kvm_seg;
>> -
>> - kvm_get_segment(vcpu, &kvm_seg, seg);
>> - return kvm_seg.selector;
>> -}
>> -
>> static int kvm_load_realmode_segment(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u16 selector, int seg)
>> {
>> struct kvm_segment segvar = {
>> @@ -5607,6 +5654,8 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_reset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>> vcpu->arch.dr6 = DR6_FIXED_1;
>> vcpu->arch.dr7 = DR7_FIXED_1;
>>
>> + vcpu->arch.singlestep_pending = false;
>> +
>> return kvm_x86_ops->vcpu_reset(vcpu);
>> }
>>
>> --
>> 1.6.0.2
>
> --
> Gleb.

Thanks,
Jan

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