2022-11-17 00:33:18

by Sean Christopherson

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Subject: [PATCH 0/2] KVM: arm64: selftests: Fixes for single-step test

Marc,

I would like to route this through Paolo's tree/queue for 6.2 along with
a big pile of other selftests updates. I am hoping to get the selftests
pile queued sooner than later as there is a lot of active development in
that area, and don't want to have the selftests be in a broken state.
I'm going to send Paolo a pull request shortly, I'll Cc you (and others)
to keep everyone in the loop and give a chance for objections.



Fix a typo and an imminenent not-technically-a-bug bug in the single-step
test where executing an atomic sequence in the guest with single-step
enable will hang the guest due to eret clearing the local exclusive
monitor.


Sean Christopherson (2):
KVM: arm64: selftests: Disable single-step with correct KVM define
KVM: arm64: selftests: Disable single-step without relying on ucall()

.../selftests/kvm/aarch64/debug-exceptions.c | 28 ++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)


base-commit: d663b8a285986072428a6a145e5994bc275df994
--
2.38.1.431.g37b22c650d-goog



2022-11-17 00:42:16

by Sean Christopherson

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Subject: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: arm64: selftests: Disable single-step without relying on ucall()

Automatically disable single-step when the guest reaches the end of the
verified section instead of using an explicit ucall() to ask userspace to
disable single-step. An upcoming change to implement a pool-based scheme
for ucall() will add an atomic operation (bit test and set) in the guest
ucall code, and if the compiler generate "old school" atomics, e.g.

40e57c: c85f7c20 ldxr x0, [x1]
40e580: aa100011 orr x17, x0, x16
40e584: c80ffc31 stlxr w15, x17, [x1]
40e588: 35ffffaf cbnz w15, 40e57c <__aarch64_ldset8_sync+0x1c>

the guest will hang as the local exclusive monitor is reset by eret,
i.e. the stlxr will always fail due to the VM-Exit for the debug
exception.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]
Cc: Oliver Upton <[email protected]>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <[email protected]>
---
.../selftests/kvm/aarch64/debug-exceptions.c | 28 ++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/aarch64/debug-exceptions.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/aarch64/debug-exceptions.c
index 91f55b45dfc7..65cd7e4f07fa 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/aarch64/debug-exceptions.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/aarch64/debug-exceptions.c
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@ static void guest_svc_handler(struct ex_regs *regs)

enum single_step_op {
SINGLE_STEP_ENABLE = 0,
- SINGLE_STEP_DISABLE = 1,
};

static void guest_code_ss(int test_cnt)
@@ -258,7 +257,7 @@ static void guest_code_ss(int test_cnt)
GUEST_SYNC(SINGLE_STEP_ENABLE);

/*
- * The userspace will veriry that the pc is as expected during
+ * The userspace will verify that the pc is as expected during
* single step execution between iter_ss_begin and iter_ss_end.
*/
asm volatile("iter_ss_begin:nop\n");
@@ -268,11 +267,9 @@ static void guest_code_ss(int test_cnt)
bvr = read_sysreg(dbgbvr0_el1);
wvr = read_sysreg(dbgwvr0_el1);

+ /* Userspace disables Single Step when the end is nigh. */
asm volatile("iter_ss_end:\n");

- /* Disable Single Step execution */
- GUEST_SYNC(SINGLE_STEP_DISABLE);
-
GUEST_ASSERT(bvr == w_bvr);
GUEST_ASSERT(wvr == w_wvr);
}
@@ -364,15 +361,12 @@ void test_single_step_from_userspace(int test_cnt)
TEST_ASSERT(cmd == UCALL_SYNC,
"Unexpected ucall cmd 0x%lx", cmd);

- if (uc.args[1] == SINGLE_STEP_ENABLE) {
- debug.control = KVM_GUESTDBG_ENABLE |
- KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP;
- ss_enable = true;
- } else {
- debug.control = KVM_GUESTDBG_ENABLE;
- ss_enable = false;
- }
+ TEST_ASSERT(uc.args[1] == SINGLE_STEP_ENABLE,
+ "Unexpected ucall action 0x%lx", uc.args[1]);

+ debug.control = KVM_GUESTDBG_ENABLE |
+ KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP;
+ ss_enable = true;
vcpu_guest_debug_set(vcpu, &debug);
continue;
}
@@ -385,6 +379,14 @@ void test_single_step_from_userspace(int test_cnt)
"Unexpected pc 0x%lx (expected 0x%lx)",
pc, test_pc);

+ if ((pc + 4) == (uint64_t)&iter_ss_end) {
+ test_pc = 0;
+ debug.control = KVM_GUESTDBG_ENABLE;
+ ss_enable = false;
+ vcpu_guest_debug_set(vcpu, &debug);
+ continue;
+ }
+
/*
* If the current pc is between iter_ss_bgin and
* iter_ss_end, the pc for the next KVM_EXIT_DEBUG should
--
2.38.1.431.g37b22c650d-goog


2022-11-17 01:27:56

by Sean Christopherson

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: arm64: selftests: Disable single-step without relying on ucall()

On Thu, Nov 17, 2022, Oliver Upton wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 12:23:50AM +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > Automatically disable single-step when the guest reaches the end of the
> > verified section instead of using an explicit ucall() to ask userspace to
> > disable single-step. An upcoming change to implement a pool-based scheme
> > for ucall() will add an atomic operation (bit test and set) in the guest
> > ucall code, and if the compiler generate "old school" atomics, e.g.
>
> Off topic, but I didn't ask when we were discussing this issue. What is
> the atomic used for in the pool-based ucall implementation?

To avoid having to plumb an "id" into the guest, vCPUs grab a ucall entry from
the pool on a first-come first-serve basis, and then release the entry when the
ucall is complete. The current implementation is a bitmap, e.g. every possible
entry has a bit in the map, and vCPUs do an atomic bit-test-and-set to claim an
entry.

Ugh. And there's a bug. Of course I notice it after sending the pull request.
Depsite being defined in atomic.h, and despite clear_bit() being atomic in the
kernel, tools' clear_bit() isn't actually atomic. Grr.

Doesn't cause problems because there are so few multi-vCPU selftests, but that
needs to be fixed. Best thing would be to fix clear_bit() itself.

2022-11-17 02:00:30

by Oliver Upton

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: arm64: selftests: Disable single-step without relying on ucall()

On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 12:23:50AM +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Automatically disable single-step when the guest reaches the end of the
> verified section instead of using an explicit ucall() to ask userspace to
> disable single-step. An upcoming change to implement a pool-based scheme
> for ucall() will add an atomic operation (bit test and set) in the guest
> ucall code, and if the compiler generate "old school" atomics, e.g.

Off topic, but I didn't ask when we were discussing this issue. What is
the atomic used for in the pool-based ucall implementation?

> 40e57c: c85f7c20 ldxr x0, [x1]
> 40e580: aa100011 orr x17, x0, x16
> 40e584: c80ffc31 stlxr w15, x17, [x1]
> 40e588: 35ffffaf cbnz w15, 40e57c <__aarch64_ldset8_sync+0x1c>
>
> the guest will hang as the local exclusive monitor is reset by eret,
> i.e. the stlxr will always fail due to the VM-Exit for the debug
> exception.

... due to the debug exception taken to EL2.

What's a VM-Exit anyways? ;-)

> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]
> Cc: Oliver Upton <[email protected]>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <[email protected]>

With the commit message nit:

Reviewed-by: Oliver Upton <[email protected]>

--
Thanks,
Oliver

2022-11-17 07:53:56

by Reiji Watanabe

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: arm64: selftests: Disable single-step without relying on ucall()

On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 4:24 PM Sean Christopherson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Automatically disable single-step when the guest reaches the end of the
> verified section instead of using an explicit ucall() to ask userspace to
> disable single-step. An upcoming change to implement a pool-based scheme
> for ucall() will add an atomic operation (bit test and set) in the guest
> ucall code, and if the compiler generate "old school" atomics, e.g.
>
> 40e57c: c85f7c20 ldxr x0, [x1]
> 40e580: aa100011 orr x17, x0, x16
> 40e584: c80ffc31 stlxr w15, x17, [x1]
> 40e588: 35ffffaf cbnz w15, 40e57c <__aarch64_ldset8_sync+0x1c>
>
> the guest will hang as the local exclusive monitor is reset by eret,
> i.e. the stlxr will always fail due to the VM-Exit for the debug
> exception.
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]
> Cc: Oliver Upton <[email protected]>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Reiji Watanabe <[email protected]>

2022-11-17 14:27:26

by Marc Zyngier

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] KVM: arm64: selftests: Fixes for single-step test

On Thu, 17 Nov 2022 00:23:48 +0000,
Sean Christopherson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Marc,
>
> I would like to route this through Paolo's tree/queue for 6.2 along with
> a big pile of other selftests updates. I am hoping to get the selftests
> pile queued sooner than later as there is a lot of active development in
> that area, and don't want to have the selftests be in a broken state.
> I'm going to send Paolo a pull request shortly, I'll Cc you (and others)
> to keep everyone in the loop and give a chance for objections.
>
>
>
> Fix a typo and an imminenent not-technically-a-bug bug in the single-step
> test where executing an atomic sequence in the guest with single-step
> enable will hang the guest due to eret clearing the local exclusive
> monitor.
>
>
> Sean Christopherson (2):
> KVM: arm64: selftests: Disable single-step with correct KVM define
> KVM: arm64: selftests: Disable single-step without relying on ucall()

I'm obviously late to the party, but hey... For the record:

Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <[email protected]>

M.

--
Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

2022-11-17 15:39:15

by Sean Christopherson

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: arm64: selftests: Disable single-step without relying on ucall()

On Thu, Nov 17, 2022, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022, Oliver Upton wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 12:23:50AM +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > > Automatically disable single-step when the guest reaches the end of the
> > > verified section instead of using an explicit ucall() to ask userspace to
> > > disable single-step. An upcoming change to implement a pool-based scheme
> > > for ucall() will add an atomic operation (bit test and set) in the guest
> > > ucall code, and if the compiler generate "old school" atomics, e.g.
> >
> > Off topic, but I didn't ask when we were discussing this issue. What is
> > the atomic used for in the pool-based ucall implementation?
>
> To avoid having to plumb an "id" into the guest, vCPUs grab a ucall entry from
> the pool on a first-come first-serve basis, and then release the entry when the
> ucall is complete. The current implementation is a bitmap, e.g. every possible
> entry has a bit in the map, and vCPUs do an atomic bit-test-and-set to claim an
> entry.
>
> Ugh. And there's a bug. Of course I notice it after sending the pull request.
> Depsite being defined in atomic.h, and despite clear_bit() being atomic in the
> kernel, tools' clear_bit() isn't actually atomic. Grr.
>
> Doesn't cause problems because there are so few multi-vCPU selftests, but that
> needs to be fixed. Best thing would be to fix clear_bit() itself.

Ha! And I bet when clear_bit() is fixed, this test will start failing again
because the ucall() to activate single-step needs to release the entry _after_
exiting to the host, i.e. single-step will be enabled across the atomic region
again.

2022-11-17 22:41:11

by Sean Christopherson

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: arm64: selftests: Disable single-step without relying on ucall()

On Thu, Nov 17, 2022, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 17, 2022, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022, Oliver Upton wrote:
> > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 12:23:50AM +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > > > Automatically disable single-step when the guest reaches the end of the
> > > > verified section instead of using an explicit ucall() to ask userspace to
> > > > disable single-step. An upcoming change to implement a pool-based scheme
> > > > for ucall() will add an atomic operation (bit test and set) in the guest
> > > > ucall code, and if the compiler generate "old school" atomics, e.g.
> > >
> > > Off topic, but I didn't ask when we were discussing this issue. What is
> > > the atomic used for in the pool-based ucall implementation?
> >
> > To avoid having to plumb an "id" into the guest, vCPUs grab a ucall entry from
> > the pool on a first-come first-serve basis, and then release the entry when the
> > ucall is complete. The current implementation is a bitmap, e.g. every possible
> > entry has a bit in the map, and vCPUs do an atomic bit-test-and-set to claim an
> > entry.
> >
> > Ugh. And there's a bug. Of course I notice it after sending the pull request.
> > Depsite being defined in atomic.h, and despite clear_bit() being atomic in the
> > kernel, tools' clear_bit() isn't actually atomic. Grr.
> >
> > Doesn't cause problems because there are so few multi-vCPU selftests, but that
> > needs to be fixed. Best thing would be to fix clear_bit() itself.
>
> Ha! And I bet when clear_bit() is fixed, this test will start failing again
> because the ucall() to activate single-step needs to release the entry _after_
> exiting to the host, i.e. single-step will be enabled across the atomic region
> again.

LOL, yep. Test gets stuck in __aarch64_ldclr8_sync().