Re: [PATCH] KVM: nVMX: nSVM: Show guest mode in kvm_{entry,exit} tracepoints

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On 8/2/21 9:39 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
On 02/08/21 18:34, Sean Christopherson wrote:
On Mon, Aug 02, 2021, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
On 21/06/21 22:43, Krish Sadhukhan wrote:
With this patch KVM entry and exit tracepoints will
show "guest_mode = 0" if it is a guest and "guest_mode = 1" if it is a
nested guest.

What about adding a "(nested)" suffix for L2, and nothing for L1?

That'd work too, though it would be nice to get vmcx12 printed as well so that it would be possible to determine which L2 is running without having to cross-
reference other tracepoints.

Yes, it would be nice but it would also clutter the output a bit.
It's like what we have already in kvm_inj_exception:

        TP_printk("%s (0x%x)",
                  __print_symbolic(__entry->exception, kvm_trace_sym_exc),
                  /* FIXME: don't print error_code if not present */
                  __entry->has_error ? __entry->error_code : 0)

It could be done with a trace-cmd plugin, but that creates other issues since
it essentially forces the tracepoints to have a stable API.

Paolo


Also, the vmcs/vmcb address is vCPU-specific, so if L2 runs on 10 vCPUs, traces will show 10 different addresses for the same L2 and it's not convenient on a cloud host where hundreds of L1s and L2s run. IMHO, the cleanest solution is if the hardware vendors can provide a UUID space in the VMCS/VMCB itself. Today, we can print the UUID of L1 (by getting it from QEMU), but there's no way we can find out the one of L2.

OK, for now, I will add "nested" for L2 and nothing for L1.




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