[PATCH v2 1/3] kvm: arm debug: introduce helper for single-step

Alex Bennée alex.bennee at linaro.org
Thu Nov 9 09:00:19 PST 2017


After emulating instructions we may want return to user-space to
handle a single-step. If single-step is enabled the helper set the run
structure for return and returns true.

Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee at linaro.org>

---
v2
  - kvm_arm_maybe_return_debug -> kvm_arm_handle_step_debug
  - return bool, true if return to userspace is required
---
 arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h   |  2 ++
 arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h |  1 +
 arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c            | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 4a879f6ff13b..a2e881d6108e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ static inline void kvm_arm_init_debug(void) {}
 static inline void kvm_arm_setup_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) {}
 static inline void kvm_arm_clear_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) {}
 static inline void kvm_arm_reset_debug_ptr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) {}
+static inline bool kvm_arm_handle_step_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
+					     struct kvm_run *run) {}
 
 int kvm_arm_vcpu_arch_set_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 			       struct kvm_device_attr *attr);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index e923b58606e2..bbfd6a2adb2b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ void kvm_arm_init_debug(void);
 void kvm_arm_setup_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 void kvm_arm_clear_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 void kvm_arm_reset_debug_ptr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+bool kvm_arm_handle_step_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run);
 int kvm_arm_vcpu_arch_set_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 			       struct kvm_device_attr *attr);
 int kvm_arm_vcpu_arch_get_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c
index dbadfaf850a7..95afd22a4634 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c
@@ -221,3 +221,25 @@ void kvm_arm_clear_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+
+/*
+ * When KVM has successfully emulated the instruction we might want to
+ * return to user space with a KVM_EXIT_DEBUG. We can only do this
+ * once the emulation is complete though so for userspace emulations
+ * we have to wait until we have re-entered KVM before calling this
+ * helper.
+ *
+ * Return true (and set exit_reason) to return to userspace or false
+ * if no further action required.
+ */
+
+bool kvm_arm_handle_step_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
+{
+	if (vcpu->guest_debug & KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP) {
+		run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_DEBUG;
+		run->debug.arch.hsr = ESR_ELx_EC_SOFTSTP_LOW << ESR_ELx_EC_SHIFT;
+		return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
-- 
2.14.2




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