Aravinda Prasad <aravinda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > This patch modifies KVM to cause a guest exit with > KVM_EXIT_NMI instead of immediately delivering a 0x200 > interrupt to guest upon machine check exception in > guest address. Exiting the guest enables QEMU to build > error log and deliver machine check exception to guest > OS (either via guest OS registered machine check > handler or via 0x200 guest OS interrupt vector). > > This approach simplifies the delivering of machine > check exception to guest OS compared to the earlier approach > of KVM directly invoking 0x200 guest interrupt vector. > In the earlier approach QEMU patched the 0x200 interrupt > vector during boot. The patched code at 0x200 issued a > private hcall to pass the control to QEMU to build the > error log. > > This design/approach is based on the feedback for the > QEMU patches to handle machine check exception. Details > of earlier approach of handling machine check exception > in QEMU and related discussions can be found at: > > https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2014-11/msg00813.html I've poked at the MCE code, but not the KVM MCE code, so I may be mistaken here, but I'm not clear on how this handles errors that the guest can recover without terminating. For example, a Linux guest can handle a UE in guest userspace by killing the guest process. A hypthetical non-linux guest with a microkernel could even survive UEs in drivers. It sounds from your patch like you're changing this behaviour. Is this right? Regards, Daniel > > Signed-off-by: Aravinda Prasad <aravinda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c | 12 +++--------- > arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S | 31 +++++++++++-------------------- > 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c > index 2280497..1b1dff0 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c > @@ -859,15 +859,9 @@ static int kvmppc_handle_exit_hv(struct kvm_run *run, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, > r = RESUME_GUEST; > break; > case BOOK3S_INTERRUPT_MACHINE_CHECK: > - /* > - * Deliver a machine check interrupt to the guest. > - * We have to do this, even if the host has handled the > - * machine check, because machine checks use SRR0/1 and > - * the interrupt might have trashed guest state in them. > - */ > - kvmppc_book3s_queue_irqprio(vcpu, > - BOOK3S_INTERRUPT_MACHINE_CHECK); > - r = RESUME_GUEST; > + /* Exit to guest with KVM_EXIT_NMI as exit reason */ > + run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_NMI; > + r = RESUME_HOST; > break; > case BOOK3S_INTERRUPT_PROGRAM: > { > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S > index b98889e..672b4f6 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S > @@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S) > addi r1, r1, 112 > ld r7, HSTATE_HOST_MSR(r13) > > - cmpwi cr1, r12, BOOK3S_INTERRUPT_MACHINE_CHECK > cmpwi r12, BOOK3S_INTERRUPT_EXTERNAL > beq 11f > cmpwi cr2, r12, BOOK3S_INTERRUPT_HMI > @@ -160,7 +159,6 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S) > mtmsrd r6, 1 /* Clear RI in MSR */ > mtsrr0 r8 > mtsrr1 r7 > - beq cr1, 13f /* machine check */ > RFI > > /* On POWER7, we have external interrupts set to use HSRR0/1 */ > @@ -168,8 +166,6 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S) > mtspr SPRN_HSRR1, r7 > ba 0x500 > > -13: b machine_check_fwnmi > - > 14: mtspr SPRN_HSRR0, r8 > mtspr SPRN_HSRR1, r7 > b hmi_exception_after_realmode > @@ -2381,24 +2377,19 @@ machine_check_realmode: > ld r9, HSTATE_KVM_VCPU(r13) > li r12, BOOK3S_INTERRUPT_MACHINE_CHECK > /* > - * Deliver unhandled/fatal (e.g. UE) MCE errors to guest through > - * machine check interrupt (set HSRR0 to 0x200). And for handled > - * errors (no-fatal), just go back to guest execution with current > - * HSRR0 instead of exiting guest. This new approach will inject > - * machine check to guest for fatal error causing guest to crash. > - * > - * The old code used to return to host for unhandled errors which > - * was causing guest to hang with soft lockups inside guest and > - * makes it difficult to recover guest instance. > + * Deliver unhandled/fatal (e.g. UE) MCE errors to guest > + * by exiting the guest with KVM_EXIT_NMI exit reason (exit > + * reason set later based on trap). For handled errors > + * (no-fatal), go back to guest execution with current HSRR0 > + * instead of exiting the guest. This approach will cause > + * the guest to exit in case of fatal machine check error. > */ > - ld r10, VCPU_PC(r9) > + bne 2f /* Continue guest execution? */ > + /* If not, exit the guest. SRR0/1 are already set */ > + b mc_cont > +2: ld r10, VCPU_PC(r9) > ld r11, VCPU_MSR(r9) > - bne 2f /* Continue guest execution. */ > - /* If not, deliver a machine check. SRR0/1 are already set */ > - li r10, BOOK3S_INTERRUPT_MACHINE_CHECK > - ld r11, VCPU_MSR(r9) > - bl kvmppc_msr_interrupt > -2: b fast_interrupt_c_return > + b fast_interrupt_c_return > > /* > * Check the reason we woke from nap, and take appropriate action. > > _______________________________________________ > Linuxppc-dev mailing list > Linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
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