[PATCH v2 0/9] KVM: my debug patch queue

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 01/04/21 15:54, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I would like to publish two debug features which were needed for other stuff
> I work on.
> 
> One is the reworked lx-symbols script which now actually works on at least
> gdb 9.1 (gdb 9.2 was reported to fail to load the debug symbols from the kernel
> for some reason, not related to this patch) and upstream qemu.

Queued patches 2-5 for now.  6 is okay but it needs a selftest. (e.g. 
using KVM_VCPU_SET_EVENTS) and the correct name for the constant.

Paolo

> The other feature is the ability to trap all guest exceptions (on SVM for now)
> and see them in kvmtrace prior to potential merge to double/triple fault.
> 
> This can be very useful and I already had to manually patch KVM a few
> times for this.
> I will, once time permits, implement this feature on Intel as well.
> 
> V2:
> 
>   * Some more refactoring and workarounds for lx-symbols script
> 
>   * added KVM_GUESTDBG_BLOCKEVENTS flag to enable 'block interrupts on
>     single step' together with KVM_CAP_SET_GUEST_DEBUG2 capability
>     to indicate which guest debug flags are supported.
> 
>     This is a replacement for unconditional block of interrupts on single
>     step that was done in previous version of this patch set.
>     Patches to qemu to use that feature will be sent soon.
> 
>   * Reworked the the 'intercept all exceptions for debug' feature according
>     to the review feedback:
> 
>     - renamed the parameter that enables the feature and
>       moved it to common kvm module.
>       (only SVM part is currently implemented though)
> 
>     - disable the feature for SEV guests as was suggested during the review
>     - made the vmexit table const again, as was suggested in the review as well.
> 
> Best regards,
> 	Maxim Levitsky
> 
> Maxim Levitsky (9):
>    scripts/gdb: rework lx-symbols gdb script
>    KVM: introduce KVM_CAP_SET_GUEST_DEBUG2
>    KVM: x86: implement KVM_CAP_SET_GUEST_DEBUG2
>    KVM: aarch64: implement KVM_CAP_SET_GUEST_DEBUG2
>    KVM: s390x: implement KVM_CAP_SET_GUEST_DEBUG2
>    KVM: x86: implement KVM_GUESTDBG_BLOCKEVENTS
>    KVM: SVM: split svm_handle_invalid_exit
>    KVM: x86: add force_intercept_exceptions_mask
>    KVM: SVM: implement force_intercept_exceptions_mask
> 
>   Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst    |   4 +
>   arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h |   4 +
>   arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c              |   2 +
>   arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c            |   5 -
>   arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h  |   4 +
>   arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c          |   3 +
>   arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h   |  12 ++
>   arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h   |   1 +
>   arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c            |  87 +++++++++++--
>   arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h            |   6 +-
>   arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                |  14 ++-
>   arch/x86/kvm/x86.h                |   2 +
>   include/uapi/linux/kvm.h          |   1 +
>   kernel/module.c                   |   8 +-
>   scripts/gdb/linux/symbols.py      | 203 ++++++++++++++++++++----------
>   15 files changed, 272 insertions(+), 84 deletions(-)
>