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From: Rowan Hart <rowanbhart@gmail.com>
To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Cc: "Pierrick Bouvier" <pierrick.bouvier@linaro.org>,
	"Alexandre Iooss" <erdnaxe@crans.org>,
	"Richard Henderson" <richard.henderson@linaro.org>,
	"Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>,
	"Eduardo Habkost" <eduardo@habkost.net>,
	"Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@linaro.org>,
	"Mahmoud Mandour" <ma.mandourr@gmail.com>,
	"Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	novafacing <rowanbhart@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 2/8] Add register write API
Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 02:43:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250521094333.4075796-3-rowanbhart@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250521094333.4075796-1-rowanbhart@gmail.com>

From: novafacing <rowanbhart@gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: novafacing <rowanbhart@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Rowan Hart <rowanbhart@gmail.com>
---
 include/qemu/qemu-plugin.h | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 plugins/api.c              | 26 ++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/qemu/qemu-plugin.h b/include/qemu/qemu-plugin.h
index 3a850aa216..68c8632fd7 100644
--- a/include/qemu/qemu-plugin.h
+++ b/include/qemu/qemu-plugin.h
@@ -254,9 +254,6 @@ typedef struct {
  * @QEMU_PLUGIN_CB_NO_REGS: callback does not access the CPU's regs
  * @QEMU_PLUGIN_CB_R_REGS: callback reads the CPU's regs
  * @QEMU_PLUGIN_CB_RW_REGS: callback reads and writes the CPU's regs
- *
- * Note: currently QEMU_PLUGIN_CB_RW_REGS is unused, plugins cannot change
- * system register state.
  */
 enum qemu_plugin_cb_flags {
     QEMU_PLUGIN_CB_NO_REGS,
@@ -871,7 +868,8 @@ struct qemu_plugin_register;
 /**
  * typedef qemu_plugin_reg_descriptor - register descriptions
  *
- * @handle: opaque handle for retrieving value with qemu_plugin_read_register
+ * @handle: opaque handle for retrieving value with qemu_plugin_read_register or
+ *          writing value with qemu_plugin_write_register
  * @name: register name
  * @feature: optional feature descriptor, can be NULL
  */
@@ -893,6 +891,41 @@ typedef struct {
 QEMU_PLUGIN_API
 GArray *qemu_plugin_get_registers(void);
 
+/**
+ * qemu_plugin_read_register() - read register for current vCPU
+ *
+ * @handle: a @qemu_plugin_reg_handle handle
+ * @buf: A GByteArray for the data owned by the plugin
+ *
+ * This function is only available in a context that register read access is
+ * explicitly requested via the QEMU_PLUGIN_CB_R_REGS flag.
+ *
+ * Returns the size of the read register. The content of @buf is in target byte
+ * order. On failure returns -1.
+ */
+QEMU_PLUGIN_API
+int qemu_plugin_read_register(struct qemu_plugin_register *handle,
+                              GByteArray *buf);
+
+/**
+ * qemu_plugin_write_register() - write register for current vCPU
+ *
+ * @handle: a @qemu_plugin_reg_handle handle
+ * @buf: A GByteArray for the data owned by the plugin
+ *
+ * This function is only available in a context that register write access is
+ * explicitly requested via the QEMU_PLUGIN_CB_W_REGS flag.
+ *
+ * The size of @buf must be at least the size of the requested register.
+ * Attempting to write a register with @buf smaller than the register size
+ * will result in a crash or other undesired behavior.
+ *
+ * Returns the number of bytes written. On failure returns 0.
+ */
+QEMU_PLUGIN_API
+int qemu_plugin_write_register(struct qemu_plugin_register *handle,
+                              GByteArray *buf);
+
 /**
  * qemu_plugin_read_memory_vaddr() - read from memory using a virtual address
  *
@@ -915,22 +948,6 @@ QEMU_PLUGIN_API
 bool qemu_plugin_read_memory_vaddr(uint64_t addr,
                                    GByteArray *data, size_t len);
 
-/**
- * qemu_plugin_read_register() - read register for current vCPU
- *
- * @handle: a @qemu_plugin_reg_handle handle
- * @buf: A GByteArray for the data owned by the plugin
- *
- * This function is only available in a context that register read access is
- * explicitly requested via the QEMU_PLUGIN_CB_R_REGS flag.
- *
- * Returns the size of the read register. The content of @buf is in target byte
- * order. On failure returns -1.
- */
-QEMU_PLUGIN_API
-int qemu_plugin_read_register(struct qemu_plugin_register *handle,
-                              GByteArray *buf);
-
 /**
  * qemu_plugin_scoreboard_new() - alloc a new scoreboard
  *
diff --git a/plugins/api.c b/plugins/api.c
index 3c9d4832e9..79b2dc20b8 100644
--- a/plugins/api.c
+++ b/plugins/api.c
@@ -433,6 +433,25 @@ GArray *qemu_plugin_get_registers(void)
     return create_register_handles(regs);
 }
 
+int qemu_plugin_read_register(struct qemu_plugin_register *reg, GByteArray *buf)
+{
+    g_assert(current_cpu);
+
+    return gdb_read_register(current_cpu, buf, GPOINTER_TO_INT(reg) - 1);
+}
+
+int qemu_plugin_write_register(struct qemu_plugin_register *reg, 
+                               GByteArray *buf)
+{
+    g_assert(current_cpu);
+
+    if (buf->len == 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return gdb_write_register(current_cpu, buf->data, GPOINTER_TO_INT(reg) - 1);
+}
+
 bool qemu_plugin_read_memory_vaddr(uint64_t addr, GByteArray *data, size_t len)
 {
     g_assert(current_cpu);
@@ -453,13 +472,6 @@ bool qemu_plugin_read_memory_vaddr(uint64_t addr, GByteArray *data, size_t len)
     return true;
 }
 
-int qemu_plugin_read_register(struct qemu_plugin_register *reg, GByteArray *buf)
-{
-    g_assert(current_cpu);
-
-    return gdb_read_register(current_cpu, buf, GPOINTER_TO_INT(reg) - 1);
-}
-
 struct qemu_plugin_scoreboard *qemu_plugin_scoreboard_new(size_t element_size)
 {
     return plugin_scoreboard_new(element_size);
-- 
2.49.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-05-21  9:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-05-21  9:43 [PATCH v3 0/8] Add additional plugin API functions to read and write memory and registers Rowan Hart
2025-05-21  9:43 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] Expose gdb_write_register function to consumers of gdbstub Rowan Hart
2025-05-21 22:52   ` Pierrick Bouvier
2025-05-22  8:53   ` Manos Pitsidianakis
2025-05-22 11:59   ` Julian Ganz
2025-05-21  9:43 ` Rowan Hart [this message]
2025-05-21 22:52   ` [PATCH v3 2/8] Add register write API Pierrick Bouvier
2025-05-22 11:59   ` Julian Ganz
2025-05-22 15:02     ` Rowan Hart
2025-05-22 15:16       ` Julian Ganz
2025-05-22 15:39   ` Alex Bennée
2025-05-22 20:11     ` Rowan Hart
2025-05-21  9:43 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] Add address space API Rowan Hart
2025-05-21  9:43 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] Add memory virtual address write API Rowan Hart
2025-05-21 22:53   ` Pierrick Bouvier
2025-05-21  9:43 ` [PATCH v3 5/8] Add memory hardware address read/write API Rowan Hart
2025-05-21 23:18   ` Pierrick Bouvier
2025-05-22  3:34     ` Rowan Hart
2025-05-22 19:46       ` Pierrick Bouvier
2025-05-22 11:59   ` Julian Ganz
2025-05-22 19:16     ` Pierrick Bouvier
2025-05-22 21:01       ` Rowan Hart
2025-05-22 22:37         ` Pierrick Bouvier
2025-05-21  9:43 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] Add patcher plugin and test Rowan Hart
2025-05-21  9:43 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] Add hypercalls " Rowan Hart
2025-05-21  9:43 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] Update plugin version and add notes Rowan Hart

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