Hi Andrew, On Thu, Jan 09, 2020 at 05:25:12PM +0000, Andrew Murray wrote: > On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 12:10:42PM +0000, Andrew Murray wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 12:05:12PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote: > > > On 2019-12-23 11:56, Andrew Murray wrote: > > > > My original concern in the cover letter was in how to prevent > > > > the guest from attempting to use these registers in the first > > > > place - I think the solution I was looking for is to > > > > trap-and-emulate ID_AA64DFR0_EL1 such that the PMSVer bits > > > > indicate that SPE is not emulated. > > > > > > That, and active trapping of the SPE system registers resulting in injection > > > of an UNDEF into the offending guest. > > > > Yes that's no problem. > > The spec says that 'direct access to [these registers] are UNDEFINED' - is it > not more correct to handle this with trap_raz_wi than an undefined instruction? The term UNDEFINED specifically means treated as an undefined instruction. The Glossary in ARM DDI 0487E.a says for UNDEFINED: | Indicates cases where an attempt to execute a particular encoding bit | pattern generates an exception, that is taken to the current Exception | level, or to the default Exception level for taking exceptions if the | UNDEFINED encoding was executed at EL0. This applies to: | | * Any encoding that is not allocated to any instruction. | | * Any encoding that is defined as never accessible at the current | Exception level. | | * Some cases where an enable, disable, or trap control means an | encoding is not accessible at the current Exception level. So these should trigger an UNDEFINED exception rather than behaving as RAZ/WI. Thanks, Mark.