Re: [PATCH] target/arm: fix incorrect current EL bug in aarch32 exception emulation

[Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>]

Hi, Peter,
Could you take this fix as high priority? This bug has made qemu-system-arm
broken.

On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 10:02:32PM +0800, Changbin Du wrote:
> The arm_current_el() should be invoked after mode switching. Otherwise, we
> get a wrong current EL value, since current EL is also determined by
> current mode.
> 
> Fixes: 4a2696c0d4 ("target/arm: Set PAN bit as required on exception entry")
> Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
> ---
>  target/arm/helper.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/target/arm/helper.c b/target/arm/helper.c
> index b7b6887241..163c91a1cc 100644
> --- a/target/arm/helper.c
> +++ b/target/arm/helper.c
> @@ -9172,7 +9172,6 @@ static void take_aarch32_exception(CPUARMState *env, int new_mode,
>  
>      /* Change the CPU state so as to actually take the exception. */
>      switch_mode(env, new_mode);
> -    new_el = arm_current_el(env);
>  
>      /*
>       * For exceptions taken to AArch32 we must clear the SS bit in both
> @@ -9184,6 +9183,10 @@ static void take_aarch32_exception(CPUARMState *env, int new_mode,
>      env->condexec_bits = 0;
>      /* Switch to the new mode, and to the correct instruction set.  */
>      env->uncached_cpsr = (env->uncached_cpsr & ~CPSR_M) | new_mode;
> +
> +    /* This must be after mode switching. */
> +    new_el = arm_current_el(env);
> +
>      /* Set new mode endianness */
>      env->uncached_cpsr &= ~CPSR_E;
>      if (env->cp15.sctlr_el[new_el] & SCTLR_EE) {
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 

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Cheers,
Changbin Du