Re: [PATCH] KVM: PPC: Fix illegal opcode emulation in kvm-pr

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On 19/05/2016 10:07, Thomas Huth wrote:
> On 19.05.2016 09:58, Laurent Vivier wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 18/05/2016 21:01, Thomas Huth wrote:
>>> If kvmppc_handle_exit_pr() calls kvmppc_emulate_instruction() to emulate
>>> one instruction (in the BOOK3S_INTERRUPT_H_EMUL_ASSIST case), it calls
>>> kvmppc_core_queue_program() afterwards if kvmppc_emulate_instruction()
>>> returned EMULATE_FAIL, so the guest gets an program interrupt for the
>>> illegal opcode.
>>> However, the kvmppc_emulate_instruction() also tried to inject a
>>> program exception for this already, so the program interrupt gets
>>> injected twice and the return address in srr0 gets destroyed.
>>> All other callers of kvmppc_emulate_instruction() are also injecting
>>> a program interrupt, and since the callers have the right knowledge
>>> about the srr1 flags that should be used, it is the function
>>> kvmppc_emulate_instruction() that should _not_ inject program
>>> interrupts, so remove the kvmppc_core_queue_program() here.
>>>
>>> This fixes the issue discovered by Laurent Vivier with kvm-unit-tests
>>> where the logs are filled with these messages when the test tries
>>> to execute an illegal instruction:
>>>
>>>      Couldn't emulate instruction 0x00000000 (op 0 xop 0)
>>>      kvmppc_handle_exit_pr: emulation at 700 failed (00000000)
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>>  arch/powerpc/kvm/emulate.c | 1 -
>>>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/emulate.c
>>> index 5cc2e7a..b379146 100644
>>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/emulate.c
>>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/emulate.c
>>> @@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ int kvmppc_emulate_instruction(struct kvm_run *run, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>>  			advance = 0;
>>>  			printk(KERN_ERR "Couldn't emulate instruction 0x%08x "
>>>  			       "(op %d xop %d)\n", inst, get_op(inst), get_xop(inst));
>>> -			kvmppc_core_queue_program(vcpu, 0);
>>>  		}
>>>  	}
>>>  
>>>
>>
>> I've tested this patch with kvm-unit-tests: it solves the multiple
>> illegal instruction exceptions, but the test fails because SRR1 is not
>> updated correctly. It should contains the bit for "Illegal Instruction"
>> whereas it is 0.
>> [But I think it's what you explain in your last email]
> 
> Yes, but that's a separate problem, so I did not include it in this
> patch here yet. (Also, I'm not sure yet how to exactly fix that other
> problem with SRR1)

OK, so for this one I can say:

Tested-by: Laurent Vivier <lvivier@xxxxxxxxxx>

Laurent
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