From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Hou Wenlong <houwenlong.hwl@antgroup.com>,
Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@antgroup.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 05/10] KVM: x86: Honor KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_HW_BP when checking for code breakpoints in emulation
Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 15:26:33 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260515222638.1949982-6-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260515222638.1949982-1-seanjc@google.com>
From: Hou Wenlong <houwenlong.hwl@antgroup.com>
When KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_HW_BP is enabled, i.e. userspace is usurping the
guest's hardware debug registers, the guest's effective breakpoints are
controlled by userspace rather than by the guest itself. Honor the
KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_HW_BP behavior when handling code #DBs in the emulator so
that userspace (and the guest) gets consistent behavior for code #DBs
regardless of whether an instruction is executed natively or emulated by
KVM.
To aid in userspace debug, don't treat code breakpoints as inhibited if
KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_HW_BP is enabled as accurately emulating x86 architecture
is obviously a non-goal of guest-debug.
Fixes: 4a1e10d5b5d8 ("KVM: x86: handle hardware breakpoints during emulation")
Signed-off-by: Hou Wenlong <houwenlong.hwl@antgroup.com>
[sean: massage changelog]
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 35 ++++++++++-------------------------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 8b07bd2f8310..279e2734e088 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -9319,6 +9319,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_skip_emulated_instruction);
static bool kvm_is_code_breakpoint_inhibited(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
+ if (vcpu->guest_debug & KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_HW_BP)
+ return false;
+
if (kvm_get_rflags(vcpu) & X86_EFLAGS_RF)
return true;
@@ -9335,6 +9338,8 @@ static bool kvm_is_code_breakpoint_inhibited(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
static bool kvm_vcpu_check_code_breakpoint(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
int emulation_type, int *r)
{
+ unsigned long dr7 = kvm_get_eff_dr7(vcpu);
+
WARN_ON_ONCE(emulation_type & EMULTYPE_NO_DECODE);
/*
@@ -9355,34 +9360,14 @@ static bool kvm_vcpu_check_code_breakpoint(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
EMULTYPE_TRAP_UD | EMULTYPE_VMWARE_GP | EMULTYPE_PF))
return false;
- if (unlikely(vcpu->guest_debug & KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_HW_BP) &&
- (vcpu->arch.guest_debug_dr7 & DR7_BP_EN_MASK)) {
- struct kvm_run *kvm_run = vcpu->run;
- unsigned long eip = kvm_get_linear_rip(vcpu);
- u32 dr6 = kvm_vcpu_check_hw_bp(eip, 0,
- vcpu->arch.guest_debug_dr7,
- vcpu->arch.eff_db);
-
- if (dr6 != 0) {
- kvm_run->debug.arch.dr6 = dr6 | DR6_ACTIVE_LOW;
- kvm_run->debug.arch.pc = eip;
- kvm_run->debug.arch.exception = DB_VECTOR;
- kvm_run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_DEBUG;
- *r = 0;
- return true;
- }
- }
-
- if (unlikely(vcpu->arch.dr7 & DR7_BP_EN_MASK) &&
+ if (unlikely(dr7 & DR7_BP_EN_MASK) &&
!kvm_is_code_breakpoint_inhibited(vcpu)) {
unsigned long eip = kvm_get_linear_rip(vcpu);
- u32 dr6 = kvm_vcpu_check_hw_bp(eip, 0,
- vcpu->arch.dr7,
- vcpu->arch.db);
+ u32 dr6 = kvm_vcpu_check_hw_bp(eip, 0, dr7,
+ vcpu->arch.eff_db);
- if (dr6 != 0) {
- kvm_queue_exception_p(vcpu, DB_VECTOR, dr6);
- *r = 1;
+ if (dr6) {
+ *r = kvm_inject_emulated_db(vcpu, dr6);
return true;
}
}
--
2.54.0.563.g4f69b47b94-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-15 22:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-15 22:26 [PATCH v3 00/10] KVM: x86: Improve #DB handling in the emulator Sean Christopherson
2026-05-15 22:26 ` [PATCH v3 01/10] KVM: VMX: Refresh GUEST_PENDING_DBG_EXCEPTIONS.BS on all injected #DBs Sean Christopherson
2026-05-15 22:26 ` [PATCH v3 02/10] KVM: x86: Capture "struct x86_exception" in inject_emulated_exception() Sean Christopherson
2026-05-15 22:26 ` [PATCH v3 03/10] KVM: x86: Set guest DR6 by kvm_queue_exception_p() in instruction emulation Sean Christopherson
2026-05-15 22:26 ` [PATCH v3 04/10] KVM: x86: Honor KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_HW_BP when emulating MOV DR (in emulator) Sean Christopherson
2026-05-15 22:26 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2026-05-15 22:26 ` [PATCH v3 06/10] KVM: x86: Move KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP handling into kvm_inject_emulated_db() Sean Christopherson
2026-05-15 22:26 ` [PATCH v3 07/10] KVM: x86: Drop kvm_vcpu_do_singlestep() now that it's been gutted Sean Christopherson
2026-05-15 22:26 ` [PATCH v3 08/10] KVM: selftests: Add all (known) EFLAGS bit definitions Sean Christopherson
2026-05-15 22:26 ` [PATCH v3 09/10] KVM: selftests: Verify guest debug DR7.GD checking during instruction emulation Sean Christopherson
2026-05-15 22:26 ` [PATCH v3 10/10] KVM: selftests: Verify VMX's GUEST_PENDING_DBG_EXCEPTIONS.BS Consistency Check Sean Christopherson
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