[PATCH 18/26] KVM: PPC: Book3S PR: make mtspr/mfspr emulation behavior based on active TM SPRs
Simon Guo
wei.guo.simon at gmail.com
Tue Jan 30 14:02:56 AEDT 2018
Hi Paul,
On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 07:17:45PM +1100, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 06:11:31PM +0800, wei.guo.simon at gmail.com wrote:
> > From: Simon Guo <wei.guo.simon at gmail.com>
> >
> > The mfspr/mtspr on TM SPRs(TEXASR/TFIAR/TFHAR) are non-privileged
> > instructions and can be executed at PR KVM guest without trapping
> > into host in problem state. We only emulate mtspr/mfspr
> > texasr/tfiar/tfhar at guest PR=0 state.
> >
> > When we are emulating mtspr tm sprs at guest PR=0 state, the emulation
> > result need to be visible to guest PR=1 state. That is, the actual TM
> > SPR val should be loaded into actual registers.
> >
> > We already flush TM SPRs into vcpu when switching out of CPU, and load
> > TM SPRs when switching back.
> >
> > This patch corrects mfspr()/mtspr() emulation for TM SPRs to make the
> > actual source/dest based on actual TM SPRs.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Simon Guo <wei.guo.simon at gmail.com>
> > ---
> > arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_emulate.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> > 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_emulate.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_emulate.c
> > index e096d01..c2836330 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_emulate.c
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_emulate.c
> > @@ -521,13 +521,26 @@ int kvmppc_core_emulate_mtspr_pr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int sprn, ulong spr_val)
> > break;
> > #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
> > case SPRN_TFHAR:
> > - vcpu->arch.tfhar = spr_val;
> > - break;
> > case SPRN_TEXASR:
> > - vcpu->arch.texasr = spr_val;
> > - break;
> > case SPRN_TFIAR:
> > - vcpu->arch.tfiar = spr_val;
> > + if (MSR_TM_ACTIVE(kvmppc_get_msr(vcpu))) {
> > + /* it is illegal to mtspr() TM regs in
> > + * other than non-transactional state.
> > + */
> > + kvmppc_core_queue_program(vcpu, SRR1_PROGTM);
> > + emulated = EMULATE_AGAIN;
> > + break;
> > + }
>
> We also need to check that the guest has TM enabled in the guest MSR,
> and give them a facility unavailable interrupt if not.
>
> > +
> > + tm_enable();
> > + if (sprn == SPRN_TFHAR)
> > + mtspr(SPRN_TFHAR, spr_val);
> > + else if (sprn == SPRN_TEXASR)
> > + mtspr(SPRN_TEXASR, spr_val);
> > + else
> > + mtspr(SPRN_TFIAR, spr_val);
> > + tm_disable();
>
> I haven't seen any checks that we are on a CPU that has TM. What
> happens if a guest does a mtmsrd with TM=1 and then a mtspr to TEXASR
> when running on a POWER7 (assuming the host kernel was compiled with
> CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM=y)?
>
> Ideally, if the host CPU does not have TM functionality, these mtsprs
> would be treated as no-ops and attempts to set the TM or TS fields in
> the guest MSR would be ignored.
>
> > +
> > break;
> > #endif
> > #endif
> > @@ -674,13 +687,19 @@ int kvmppc_core_emulate_mfspr_pr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int sprn, ulong *spr_val
> > break;
> > #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM
> > case SPRN_TFHAR:
> > - *spr_val = vcpu->arch.tfhar;
> > + tm_enable();
> > + *spr_val = mfspr(SPRN_TFHAR);
> > + tm_disable();
> > break;
> > case SPRN_TEXASR:
> > - *spr_val = vcpu->arch.texasr;
> > + tm_enable();
> > + *spr_val = mfspr(SPRN_TEXASR);
> > + tm_disable();
> > break;
> > case SPRN_TFIAR:
> > - *spr_val = vcpu->arch.tfiar;
> > + tm_enable();
> > + *spr_val = mfspr(SPRN_TFIAR);
> > + tm_disable();
> > break;
>
> These need to check MSR_TM in the guest MSR, and become no-ops on
> machines without TM capability.
Thanks for the above catches. I will rework later.
BR,
- Simon
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