[PATCH 1/2] arm/kvm: survive unknown traps from guests

Christoffer Dall christoffer.dall at linaro.org
Mon Mar 6 07:08:03 PST 2017


On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 12:30:11PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> Currently we BUG() if we see a HSR.EC value we don't recognise. As
> configurable disables/enables are added to the architecture (controlled
> by RES1/RES0 bits respectively), with associated synchronous exceptions,
> it may be possible for a guest to trigger exceptions with classes that
> we don't recognise.
> 
> While we can't service these exceptions in a manner useful to the guest,
> we can avoid bringing down the host. Per ARM DDI 0406C.c, all currently
> unallocated HSR EC encodings are reserved, and per ARM DDI
> 0487A.k_iss10775, page G6-4395, EC values within the range 0x00 - 0x2c
> are reserved for future use with synchronous exceptions, and EC values
> within the range 0x2d - 0x3f may be used for either synchronous or
> asynchronous exceptions.
> 
> The patch makes KVM handle any unknown EC by injecting an UNDEFINED
> exception into the guest, with a corresponding (ratelimited) warning in
> the host dmesg. We could later improve on this with with a new (opt-in)
> exit to the host userspace.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
> Cc: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall at linaro.org>
> Cc: Dave Martin <dave.martin at arm.com>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
> Cc: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose at arm.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_arm.h |  1 +
>  arch/arm/kvm/handle_exit.c     | 19 ++++++++++++-------
>  2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_arm.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_arm.h
> index e22089f..a3f0b3d 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_arm.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_arm.h
> @@ -209,6 +209,7 @@
>  #define HSR_EC_IABT_HYP	(0x21)
>  #define HSR_EC_DABT	(0x24)
>  #define HSR_EC_DABT_HYP	(0x25)
> +#define HSR_EC_MAX	(0x3f)
>  
>  #define HSR_WFI_IS_WFE		(_AC(1, UL) << 0)
>  
> diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/handle_exit.c b/arch/arm/kvm/handle_exit.c
> index 4e40d19..96af65a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/kvm/handle_exit.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/kvm/handle_exit.c
> @@ -79,7 +79,19 @@ static int kvm_handle_wfx(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
>  	return 1;
>  }
>  
> +static int kvm_handle_unknown_ec(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
> +{
> +	u32 hsr = kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu);
> +
> +	kvm_pr_unimpl("Unknown exception class: hsr: %#08x\n",
> +		      hsr);
> +
> +	kvm_inject_undefined(vcpu);
> +	return 1;
> +}
> +
>  static exit_handle_fn arm_exit_handlers[] = {
> +	[0 ... HSR_EC_MAX]	= kvm_handle_unknown_ec,

Cool stuff, didn't know you could do this in C.

>  	[HSR_EC_WFI]		= kvm_handle_wfx,
>  	[HSR_EC_CP15_32]	= kvm_handle_cp15_32,
>  	[HSR_EC_CP15_64]	= kvm_handle_cp15_64,
> @@ -98,13 +110,6 @@ static exit_handle_fn kvm_get_exit_handler(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  {
>  	u8 hsr_ec = kvm_vcpu_trap_get_class(vcpu);
>  
> -	if (hsr_ec >= ARRAY_SIZE(arm_exit_handlers) ||
> -	    !arm_exit_handlers[hsr_ec]) {
> -		kvm_err("Unknown exception class: hsr: %#08x\n",
> -			(unsigned int)kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu));
> -		BUG();
> -	}
> -
>  	return arm_exit_handlers[hsr_ec];
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 

Reviewed-by: Christoffer Dall <cdall at linaro.org>



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