From: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
To: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>, Oliver Upton <oupton@kernel.org>
Cc: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>,
Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>,
Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tabba@google.com
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: arm64: Flush external_mdscr_el1 to the pKVM hyp vCPU
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 15:36:42 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260726143643.303456-2-fuad.tabba@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260726143643.303456-1-fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
flush_debug_state() propagates the guest's debug_owner and the
owner-selected debug register state to the hyp vCPU, but not
external_mdscr_el1. While the host owns the debug registers, the world
switch loads MDSCR_EL1 from external_mdscr_el1 (ctxt_mdscr_el1()),
where the host's KDE/MDE/SS bits live. A non-protected guest under
KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_HW or single-step therefore runs with MDSCR_EL1.MDE/SS
clear in hardware, and its watchpoints, breakpoints and single-step
never fire.
Propagate external_mdscr_el1 to the hyp vCPU alongside the host-owned
debug state.
Fixes: 4ad3a0b87f2ec ("KVM: arm64: Don't hijack guest context MDSCR_EL1")
Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <fuad.tabba@linux.dev>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-main.c | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-main.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-main.c
index d3c69de698f48..104026ee70e80 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-main.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/hyp-main.c
@@ -108,10 +108,16 @@ static void flush_debug_state(struct pkvm_hyp_vcpu *hyp_vcpu)
hyp_vcpu->vcpu.arch.debug_owner = host_vcpu->arch.debug_owner;
- if (kvm_guest_owns_debug_regs(&hyp_vcpu->vcpu))
+ if (kvm_guest_owns_debug_regs(&hyp_vcpu->vcpu)) {
hyp_vcpu->vcpu.arch.vcpu_debug_state = host_vcpu->arch.vcpu_debug_state;
- else if (kvm_host_owns_debug_regs(&hyp_vcpu->vcpu))
+ } else if (kvm_host_owns_debug_regs(&hyp_vcpu->vcpu)) {
hyp_vcpu->vcpu.arch.external_debug_state = host_vcpu->arch.external_debug_state;
+ /*
+ * The world switch loads MDSCR_EL1 from external_mdscr_el1
+ * (ctxt_mdscr_el1()).
+ */
+ hyp_vcpu->vcpu.arch.external_mdscr_el1 = host_vcpu->arch.external_mdscr_el1;
+ }
}
static void sync_debug_state(struct pkvm_hyp_vcpu *hyp_vcpu)
--
2.39.5
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-26 14:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-26 14:36 [PATCH 0/2] KVM: arm64: Fix host-directed debug for non-protected pKVM guests Fuad Tabba
2026-07-26 14:36 ` Fuad Tabba [this message]
2026-07-26 14:36 ` [PATCH 2/2] KVM: arm64: selftests: Add a userspace watchpoint test Fuad Tabba
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