[PATCH] selftests/kvm/x86_64: set rax before vmcall

[PATCH] selftests/kvm/x86_64: set rax before vmcall

[Andrei Vagin]

kvm_hypercall has to place the hypercall number in rax.

Trace events show that kvm_pv_test doesn't work properly:
     kvm_pv_test-53132: kvm_hypercall: nr 0x0 a0 0x0 a1 0x0 a2 0x0 a3 0x0
     kvm_pv_test-53132: kvm_hypercall: nr 0x0 a0 0x0 a1 0x0 a2 0x0 a3 0x0
     kvm_pv_test-53132: kvm_hypercall: nr 0x0 a0 0x0 a1 0x0 a2 0x0 a3 0x0

With this change, it starts working as expected:
     kvm_pv_test-54285: kvm_hypercall: nr 0x5 a0 0x0 a1 0x0 a2 0x0 a3 0x0
     kvm_pv_test-54285: kvm_hypercall: nr 0xa a0 0x0 a1 0x0 a2 0x0 a3 0x0
     kvm_pv_test-54285: kvm_hypercall: nr 0xb a0 0x0 a1 0x0 a2 0x0 a3 0x0

Signed-off-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@gmail.com>
---
 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c
index ead7011ee8f6..5d85e1c021da 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c
@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ uint64_t kvm_hypercall(uint64_t nr, uint64_t a0, uint64_t a1, uint64_t a2,
 
 	asm volatile("vmcall"
 		     : "=a"(r)
-		     : "b"(a0), "c"(a1), "d"(a2), "S"(a3));
+		     : "a"(nr), "b"(a0), "c"(a1), "d"(a2), "S"(a3));
 	return r;
 }
 
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2.35.3

Re: [PATCH] selftests/kvm/x86_64: set rax before vmcall

[Oliver Upton]

Hi Andrei,

On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 12:30:11PM -0700, Andrei Vagin wrote:
> kvm_hypercall has to place the hypercall number in rax.
> 
> Trace events show that kvm_pv_test doesn't work properly:
>      kvm_pv_test-53132: kvm_hypercall: nr 0x0 a0 0x0 a1 0x0 a2 0x0 a3 0x0
>      kvm_pv_test-53132: kvm_hypercall: nr 0x0 a0 0x0 a1 0x0 a2 0x0 a3 0x0
>      kvm_pv_test-53132: kvm_hypercall: nr 0x0 a0 0x0 a1 0x0 a2 0x0 a3 0x0
> 
> With this change, it starts working as expected:
>      kvm_pv_test-54285: kvm_hypercall: nr 0x5 a0 0x0 a1 0x0 a2 0x0 a3 0x0
>      kvm_pv_test-54285: kvm_hypercall: nr 0xa a0 0x0 a1 0x0 a2 0x0 a3 0x0
>      kvm_pv_test-54285: kvm_hypercall: nr 0xb a0 0x0 a1 0x0 a2 0x0 a3 0x0
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@gmail.com>
> ---

Good find, this is a rather silly bug. May I suggest the following for
the changelog to better describe the problem (and blame the original
commit):

KVM: selftests: Actually pass function in %rax when calling hypercall

The KVM hypercall ABI requires the caller to pass the hypercall function
number via %rax. Unfortunately, kvm_hypercall() in selftests falls
short and doesn't set the value of %rax.

In turn, trace events show that kvm_pv_test doesn't work properly:

     kvm_pv_test-53132: kvm_hypercall: nr 0x0 a0 0x0 a1 0x0 a2 0x0 a3 0x0
     kvm_pv_test-53132: kvm_hypercall: nr 0x0 a0 0x0 a1 0x0 a2 0x0 a3 0x0
     kvm_pv_test-53132: kvm_hypercall: nr 0x0 a0 0x0 a1 0x0 a2 0x0 a3 0x0

Fix the issue by taking the function number as an input operand to %rax.

Fixes: ac4a4d6de22e ("selftests: kvm: test enforcement of paravirtual cpuid features")

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Thanks,
Oliver