On Tue, Oct 08, 2019 at 11:29:32AM -0700, Jim Mattson wrote: > On Tue, Oct 8, 2019 at 11:08 AM Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Commit 204c91eff798a ("KVM: selftests: do not blindly clobber registers in > > guest asm") was intended to make test more gcc-proof, however, the result > > is exactly the opposite: on newer gccs (e.g. 8.2.1) the test breaks with > > > > ==== Test Assertion Failure ==== > > x86_64/sync_regs_test.c:168: run->s.regs.regs.rbx == 0xBAD1DEA + 1 > > pid=14170 tid=14170 - Invalid argument > > 1 0x00000000004015b3: main at sync_regs_test.c:166 (discriminator 6) > > 2 0x00007f413fb66412: ?? ??:0 > > 3 0x000000000040191d: _start at ??:? > > rbx sync regs value incorrect 0x1. > > > > Apparently, compile is still free to play games with registers even > > when they have variables attaches. > > > > Re-write guest code with 'asm volatile' by embedding ucall there and > > making sure rbx is preserved. > > > > Fixes: 204c91eff798a ("KVM: selftests: do not blindly clobber registers in guest asm") > > Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > .../selftests/kvm/x86_64/sync_regs_test.c | 21 ++++++++++--------- > > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/sync_regs_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/sync_regs_test.c > > index 11c2a70a7b87..5c8224256294 100644 > > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/sync_regs_test.c > > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/sync_regs_test.c > > @@ -22,18 +22,19 @@ > > > > #define VCPU_ID 5 > > > > +#define UCALL_PIO_PORT ((uint16_t)0x1000) > > + > > +/* > > + * ucall is embedded here to protect against compiler reshuffling registers > > + * before calling a function. In this test we only need to get KVM_EXIT_IO > > + * vmexit and preserve RBX, no additional information is needed. > > + */ > > void guest_code(void) > > { > > - /* > > - * use a callee-save register, otherwise the compiler > > - * saves it around the call to GUEST_SYNC. > > - */ > > - register u32 stage asm("rbx"); > > - for (;;) { > > - GUEST_SYNC(0); > > - stage++; > > - asm volatile ("" : : "r" (stage)); > > - } > > + asm volatile("1: in %[port], %%al\n" > > + "add $0x1, %%rbx\n" > > + "jmp 1b" > > + : : [port] "d" (UCALL_PIO_PORT) : "rax", "rbx"); > > } > A better solution might be something like: > > register u32 stage = 0; > for (;;) { > asm volatile("in %[port], %%al" > : > : "b" (stage), [port] "d" (UCALL_PIO_PORT) > : "rax"); > stage++; > } > > (Gmail no doubt has mangled the indentation. Sorry.) The incoming value of rbx matters, I believe it's set to 0xBAD1DEA and the host then expects 0xBAD1DEA + 1.