Re: [PATCH 1/4 v4] KVM: nSVM: Trigger synthetic #DB intercept following completion of single-stepped VMRUN instruction

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On 3/22/21 12:08 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
On 22/03/21 19:10, Krish Sadhukhan wrote:
According to APM, the #DB intercept for a single-stepped VMRUN must happen
after the completion of that instruction, when the guest does #VMEXIT to
the host. However, in the current implementation of KVM, the #DB intercept for a single-stepped VMRUN happens after the completion of the instruction
that follows the VMRUN instruction. When the #DB intercept handler is
invoked, it shows the RIP of the instruction that follows VMRUN, instead of of VMRUN itself. This is an incorrect RIP as far as single-stepping VMRUN
is concerned.

This patch fixes the problem by checking for the condtion that the VMRUN
instruction is being single-stepped and if so, triggers a synthetic #DB
intercept so that the #DB for the VMRUN is accounted for at the right time.

Signed-off-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
  arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 58a45bb139f8..085aa02f584d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -3825,6 +3825,21 @@ static __no_kcsan fastpath_t svm_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
        trace_kvm_entry(vcpu);
  +    if (unlikely(to_svm(vcpu)->vmcb->control.exit_code == SVM_EXIT_VMRUN &&
+        to_svm(vcpu)->vmcb->save.rflags & X86_EFLAGS_TF)) {
+        /*
+         * We are here following a VMRUN that is being
+         * single-stepped. The #DB intercept that is due for this
+         * single-stepping, will only be triggered when we execute
+         * the next VCPU instruction via _svm_vcpu_run(). But it
+         * will be too late. So we fake a #DB intercept by setting
+         * the appropriate exit code and returning to our caller
+         * right from here so that the due #DB can be accounted for.
+         */
+        svm->vmcb->control.exit_code = SVM_EXIT_EXCP_BASE + DB_VECTOR;
+        return EXIT_FASTPATH_NONE;
+    }
+
      svm->vmcb->save.rax = vcpu->arch.regs[VCPU_REGS_RAX];
      svm->vmcb->save.rsp = vcpu->arch.regs[VCPU_REGS_RSP];
      svm->vmcb->save.rip = vcpu->arch.regs[VCPU_REGS_RIP];


Thanks for the test...  Here I wonder if doing it on the nested vmexit, and using kvm_queue_exception, would be clearer.


Doing it in nested_svm_vmexit() also works. I will send out v5. Thanks !

This VMCB patching is quite mysterious.

Paolo




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