[PATCH v2 07/10] KVM: arm64: guest debug, add support for single-step

Alex Bennée alex.bennee at linaro.org
Thu Apr 9 07:16:10 PDT 2015


Andrew Jones <drjones at redhat.com> writes:

> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 04:08:05PM +0100, Alex Bennée wrote:
>> This adds support for single-stepping the guest. As userspace can and
>> will manipulate guest registers before restarting any tweaking of the
>> registers has to occur just before control is passed back to the guest.
>> Furthermore while guest debugging is in effect we need to squash the
>> ability of the guest to single-step itself as we have no easy way of
>> re-entering the guest after the exception has been delivered to the
>> hypervisor.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee at linaro.org>
>> 
>> ---
>> v2
>>   - Move pstate/mdscr manipulation into C
>>   - don't export guest_debug to assembly
>>   - add accessor for saved_debug regs
>>   - tweak save/restore of mdscr_el1
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
>> index d3bc8dc..c1ed8cb 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
>> @@ -304,7 +304,21 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>  	kvm_arm_set_running_vcpu(NULL);
>>  }
>>  
>> -#define KVM_GUESTDBG_VALID (KVM_GUESTDBG_ENABLE|KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_SW_BP)
>> +#define KVM_GUESTDBG_VALID (KVM_GUESTDBG_ENABLE |    \
>> +			    KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_SW_BP | \
>> +			    KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP)
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_guest_debug - Setup guest debugging
>> + * @kvm:	pointer to the KVM struct
>> + * @kvm_guest_debug: the ioctl data buffer
>> + *
>> + * This sets up the VM for guest debugging. Care has to be taken when
>> + * manipulating guest registers as these will be set/cleared by the
>> + * hyper-visor controller, typically before each kvm_run event. As a
>> + * result modification of the guest registers needs to take place
>> + * after they have been restored in the hyp.S trampoline code.
>> + */
>>  
>>  int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_guest_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>>  					struct kvm_guest_debug *dbg)
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>> index 0631840..6a33647 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>> @@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
>>  	 * here.
>>  	 */
>>  
>> +	/* Registers pre any guest debug manipulations */
>> +	struct {
>> +		u32	pstate_ss_bit;
>> +		u32	mdscr_el1_bits;
>> +
>> +	} debug_saved_regs;
>
> Hmm, you have a struct called "regs", but then each member is
> suffixed with _bit(s). This looks awkward.

Later on mdscr gets expanded and properly shadowed but your right the
pstate_ss_bit is a bit of a fiddle. I'll see if there is a neater way.

>
>
>> +
>>  	/* Don't run the guest */
>>  	bool pause;
>>  
>> @@ -143,6 +150,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
>>  
>>  #define vcpu_gp_regs(v)		(&(v)->arch.ctxt.gp_regs)
>>  #define vcpu_sys_reg(v,r)	((v)->arch.ctxt.sys_regs[(r)])
>> +#define vcpu_debug_saved_reg(v, r) ((v)->arch.debug_saved_regs.r)
>>  /*
>>   * CP14 and CP15 live in the same array, as they are backed by the
>>   * same system registers.
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c
>> index cff0475..b32362c 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c
>> @@ -19,8 +19,16 @@
>>  
>>  #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
>>  
>> +#include <asm/debug-monitors.h>
>> +#include <asm/kvm_asm.h>
>>  #include <asm/kvm_arm.h>
>>  #include <asm/kvm_host.h>
>> +#include <asm/kvm_emulate.h>
>> +
>> +/* These are the bits of MDSCR_EL1 we may mess with */
>> +#define MDSCR_EL1_DEBUG_BITS	(DBG_MDSCR_SS | \
>> +				DBG_MDSCR_KDE | \
>> +				DBG_MDSCR_MDE)
>
> _MASK instead of _BITS ?
>
>>  
>>  /**
>>   * kvm_arch_setup_debug - set-up debug related stuff
>> @@ -51,15 +59,46 @@ void kvm_arch_setup_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>  	else
>>  		vcpu->arch.mdcr_el2 &= ~MDCR_EL2_TDA;
>>  
>> -	/* Trap breakpoints? */
>> -	if (vcpu->guest_debug & KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_SW_BP)
>> +	/* Is Guest debugging in effect? */
>> +	if (vcpu->guest_debug) {
>>  		vcpu->arch.mdcr_el2 |= MDCR_EL2_TDE;
>> -	else
>> -		vcpu->arch.mdcr_el2 &= ~MDCR_EL2_TDE;
>>  
>> +		/* Save pstate/mdscr */
>> +		vcpu_debug_saved_reg(vcpu, pstate_ss_bit) =
>> +			*vcpu_cpsr(vcpu) & DBG_SPSR_SS;
>> +		vcpu_debug_saved_reg(vcpu, mdscr_el1_bits) =
>> +			vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, MDSCR_EL1) & MDSCR_EL1_DEBUG_BITS;
>
> I think it would be clearer if we embed the masks into helper
> functions, and, assuming we drop the _bits concept too, then
>
> #define SPSR_DEBUG_MASK DBG_SPSR_SS
>
> vcpu_debug_save_regs(vcpu)
> {
>   vcpu->arch.debug_saved_regs.pstate = *vcpu_cpsr(vcpu);
>   vcpu->arch.debug_saved_regs.mdscr_el1 = vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, MDSCR_EL1);
> }
>
> vcpu_debug_restore_regs(vcpu)
> {
>   *vcpu_cpsr(vcpu) |=
>        (vcpu->arch.debug_saved_regs.pstate & SPSR_DEBUG_MASK);
>   vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, MDSCR_EL1) |=
>        (vcpu->arch.debug_saved_regs.mdscr_el1 & MDSCR_EL1_DEBUG_MASK)
> }

Makes sense

>
>> +		/*
>> +		 * Single Step (ARM ARM D2.12.3 The software step state
>> +		 * machine)
>> +		 *
>> +		 * If we are doing Single Step we need to manipulate
>> +		 * MDSCR_EL1.SS and PSTATE.SS. If not we need to
>> +		 * suppress the guest from messing with it.
>> +		 */
>> +		if (vcpu->guest_debug & KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP) {
>> +			*vcpu_cpsr(vcpu) |=  DBG_SPSR_SS;
>> +			vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, MDSCR_EL1) |= DBG_MDSCR_SS;
>> +		} else {
>> +			*vcpu_cpsr(vcpu) &= ~DBG_SPSR_SS;
>> +			vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, MDSCR_EL1) &= ~DBG_MDSCR_SS;
>> +		}
>> +
>> +	} else {
>> +		/* Debug operations can go straight to the guest */
>> +		vcpu->arch.mdcr_el2 &= ~MDCR_EL2_TDE;
>> +	}
>>  }
>>  
>>  void kvm_arch_clear_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>  {
>> -	/* Nothing to do yet */
>
> This would now just be
>
>   if (vcpu->guest_debug)
>      vcpu_debug_restore_regs(vcpu);
>
>> +	if (vcpu->guest_debug) {
>> +		/* Restore pstate/mdscr bits we may have messed with */
>> +		*vcpu_cpsr(vcpu) &= ~DBG_SPSR_SS;
>> +		*vcpu_cpsr(vcpu) |= vcpu_debug_saved_reg(vcpu, pstate_ss_bit);
>> +
>> +		vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, MDSCR_EL1) &= ~MDSCR_EL1_DEBUG_BITS;
>> +		vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, MDSCR_EL1) |=
>> +			vcpu_debug_saved_reg(vcpu, mdscr_el1_bits);
>> +	}
>>  }
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/handle_exit.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/handle_exit.c
>> index ed1bbb4..16accae 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/handle_exit.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/handle_exit.c
>> @@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ static int kvm_handle_guest_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
>>  	run->debug.arch.hsr = hsr;
>>  
>>  	switch (hsr >> ESR_ELx_EC_SHIFT) {
>> +	case ESR_ELx_EC_SOFTSTP_LOW:
>>  	case ESR_ELx_EC_BKPT32:
>>  	case ESR_ELx_EC_BRK64:
>>  		run->debug.arch.pc = *vcpu_pc(vcpu);
>> @@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ static exit_handle_fn arm_exit_handlers[] = {
>>  	[ESR_ELx_EC_SYS64]	= kvm_handle_sys_reg,
>>  	[ESR_ELx_EC_IABT_LOW]	= kvm_handle_guest_abort,
>>  	[ESR_ELx_EC_DABT_LOW]	= kvm_handle_guest_abort,
>> +	[ESR_ELx_EC_SOFTSTP_LOW]= kvm_handle_guest_debug,
>>  	[ESR_ELx_EC_BKPT32]	= kvm_handle_guest_debug,
>>  	[ESR_ELx_EC_BRK64]	= kvm_handle_guest_debug,
>>  };
>> -- 
>> 2.3.4
>> 

-- 
Alex Bennée



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