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From: vince <liuwf0302@gmail.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: ryan.roberts@arm.com, will@kernel.org,
	julien.thierry.kdev@gmail.com, vince <liuwf0302@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 3/3] arm64: Sync guest instruction patches for GDB breakpoints
Date: Wed,  1 Apr 2026 12:20:34 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260401042034.755639-4-liuwf0302@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260401042034.755639-3-liuwf0302@gmail.com>

---
 arm/aarch64/gdb.c |  8 ++++++++
 include/kvm/gdb.h | 10 ++++++++++
 x86/gdb.c         |  4 ++++
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arm/aarch64/gdb.c b/arm/aarch64/gdb.c
index cbe854b..7872686 100644
--- a/arm/aarch64/gdb.c
+++ b/arm/aarch64/gdb.c
@@ -203,6 +203,14 @@ size_t kvm_gdb__arch_reg_pkt_size(void)
 	return GDB_REGS_SIZE;
 }
 
+void kvm_gdb__arch_sync_guest_insn(void *host, size_t len)
+{
+	char *start = host;
+	char *end = start + len;
+
+	__builtin___clear_cache(start, end);
+}
+
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 /* Helpers: which SP to expose as GDB register 31                     */
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
diff --git a/include/kvm/gdb.h b/include/kvm/gdb.h
index 623dad0..8e10cd7 100644
--- a/include/kvm/gdb.h
+++ b/include/kvm/gdb.h
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ size_t kvm_gdb__arch_reg_pkt_size(void);
 /* GDB signal number to report on stop (SIGTRAP=5) */
 int kvm_gdb__arch_signal(struct kvm_cpu *vcpu);
 
+/*
+ * Make a guest instruction patch visible to later instruction fetches.
+ * host points at the host virtual address backing the patched guest bytes.
+ */
+void kvm_gdb__arch_sync_guest_insn(void *host, size_t len);
+
 /*
  * Returns true if the KVM_EXIT_DEBUG exit was caused by a software
  * breakpoint (INT3 / #BP exception), as opposed to a hardware debug
@@ -133,6 +139,10 @@ static inline bool kvm_gdb__active(struct kvm *kvm)
 	return false;
 }
 
+static inline void kvm_gdb__arch_sync_guest_insn(void *host, size_t len)
+{
+}
+
 #endif
 
 #endif /* KVM__GDB_H */
diff --git a/x86/gdb.c b/x86/gdb.c
index f0fa941..91d8a5a 100644
--- a/x86/gdb.c
+++ b/x86/gdb.c
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ size_t kvm_gdb__arch_reg_pkt_size(void)
 	return GDB_REGS_SIZE;
 }
 
+void kvm_gdb__arch_sync_guest_insn(void *host, size_t len)
+{
+}
+
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
 /* Helpers: read/write KVM register structures                        */
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------ */
-- 
2.34.1



      reply	other threads:[~2026-04-01  4:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-18 15:41 [PATCH kvmtool 0/2] Add GDB stub and step-debug support for x86 and arm64 vince
2026-03-18 15:41 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86: Add GDB stub and step-debug support vince
2026-03-18 15:41 ` [PATCH 2/2] arm64: " vince
2026-03-25 14:24   ` Ben Horgan
2026-03-27  2:37     ` [PATCH kvmtool " vince
2026-03-25  6:48 ` [PATCH kvmtool 0/2] Add GDB stub and step-debug support for x86 and arm64 vince
2026-03-27  2:48 ` [PATCH v2 " vince
2026-03-27  2:48   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] x86: Add GDB stub and step-debug support vince
2026-03-27  2:48   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] arm64: " vince
2026-04-01  4:20   ` [PATCH v3 0/3] Add GDB remote debug stub for x86 and arm64 vince
2026-04-01  4:20     ` [PATCH v3 1/3] x86: Add GDB stub and step-debug support vince
2026-04-01  4:20       ` [PATCH v3 2/3] arm64: " vince
2026-04-01  4:20         ` vince [this message]

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