| Message ID | 1439213167-8988-16-git-send-email-zhichao.huang@linaro.org (mailing list archive) |
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On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 09:26:07PM +0800, Zhichao Huang wrote: > Enable trapping of the debug registers unconditionally, allowing guests to > use the debug infrastructure. > > Signed-off-by: Zhichao Huang <zhichao.huang@linaro.org> > Reviewed-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@linaro.org> > --- > arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S b/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S > index 7ad0adf..494991d 100644 > --- a/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S > +++ b/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S > @@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ ARM_BE8(rev r6, r6 ) > * (hardware reset value is 0) */ > .macro set_hdcr operation > mrc p15, 4, r2, c1, c1, 1 > - ldr r3, =(HDCR_TPM|HDCR_TPMCR) > + ldr r3, =(HDCR_TPM|HDCR_TPMCR|HDCR_TDRA|HDCR_TDOSA|HDCR_TDA) eh, but I thought we didn't have to trap accesses to the debug registers if we switch them, because the guest is likely to be using them? Maybe I am getting confused, can you repeat for me exactly when we context-switch the registers and when we trap accesses to them? Thanks, -Christoffer > .if \operation == vmentry > orr r2, r2, r3 @ Trap some perfmon accesses > .else > -- > 1.7.12.4 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On 2015/9/3 0:08, Christoffer Dall wrote: > On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 09:26:07PM +0800, Zhichao Huang wrote: >> Enable trapping of the debug registers unconditionally, allowing guests to >> use the debug infrastructure. >> >> Signed-off-by: Zhichao Huang <zhichao.huang@linaro.org> >> Reviewed-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@linaro.org> >> --- >> arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S | 2 +- >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S b/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S >> index 7ad0adf..494991d 100644 >> --- a/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S >> +++ b/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S >> @@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ ARM_BE8(rev r6, r6 ) >> * (hardware reset value is 0) */ >> .macro set_hdcr operation >> mrc p15, 4, r2, c1, c1, 1 >> - ldr r3, =(HDCR_TPM|HDCR_TPMCR) >> + ldr r3, =(HDCR_TPM|HDCR_TPMCR|HDCR_TDRA|HDCR_TDOSA|HDCR_TDA) > > eh, but I thought we didn't have to trap accesses to the debug registers > if we switch them, because the guest is likely to be using them? > > Maybe I am getting confused, can you repeat for me exactly when we > context-switch the registers and when we trap accesses to them? > Since we don't want to world switch the dangerous register(DBGDSCR), we have to trap accesses all the time, to prevent the guest to write to the real register. > Thanks, > -Christoffer > >> .if \operation == vmentry >> orr r2, r2, r3 @ Trap some perfmon accesses >> .else >> -- >> 1.7.12.4 >> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 01:41:45PM +0800, Zhichao Huang wrote: > > > On 2015/9/3 0:08, Christoffer Dall wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 09:26:07PM +0800, Zhichao Huang wrote: > >> Enable trapping of the debug registers unconditionally, allowing guests to > >> use the debug infrastructure. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Zhichao Huang <zhichao.huang@linaro.org> > >> Reviewed-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@linaro.org> > >> --- > >> arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S | 2 +- > >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > >> > >> diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S b/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S > >> index 7ad0adf..494991d 100644 > >> --- a/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S > >> +++ b/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S > >> @@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ ARM_BE8(rev r6, r6 ) > >> * (hardware reset value is 0) */ > >> .macro set_hdcr operation > >> mrc p15, 4, r2, c1, c1, 1 > >> - ldr r3, =(HDCR_TPM|HDCR_TPMCR) > >> + ldr r3, =(HDCR_TPM|HDCR_TPMCR|HDCR_TDRA|HDCR_TDOSA|HDCR_TDA) > > > > eh, but I thought we didn't have to trap accesses to the debug registers > > if we switch them, because the guest is likely to be using them? > > > > Maybe I am getting confused, can you repeat for me exactly when we > > context-switch the registers and when we trap accesses to them? > > > > Since we don't want to world switch the dangerous register(DBGDSCR), we have > to trap accesses all the time, to prevent the guest to write to the real register. > ok, so this is in line with my comment to your previous patch, but you did have world-switching code of DBGDSCR in this series, hence my confusion. So you would need to get rid of this for the new version of the series. Thanks, -Christoffer -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S b/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S index 7ad0adf..494991d 100644 --- a/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S +++ b/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S @@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ ARM_BE8(rev r6, r6 ) * (hardware reset value is 0) */ .macro set_hdcr operation mrc p15, 4, r2, c1, c1, 1 - ldr r3, =(HDCR_TPM|HDCR_TPMCR) + ldr r3, =(HDCR_TPM|HDCR_TPMCR|HDCR_TDRA|HDCR_TDOSA|HDCR_TDA) .if \operation == vmentry orr r2, r2, r3 @ Trap some perfmon accesses .else