Re: [PATCH 2/7] Added ONE_REG interface for debug instruction

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On 14.03.2013, at 05:30, Bhushan Bharat-R65777 wrote:

> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Alexander Graf [mailto:agraf@xxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 6:38 PM
>> To: Bhushan Bharat-R65777
>> Cc: kvm-ppc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Wood Scott-B07421; Bhushan
>> Bharat-R65777
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] Added ONE_REG interface for debug instruction
>> 
>> 
>> On 28.02.2013, at 05:13, Bharat Bhushan wrote:
>> 
>>> This patch adds the one_reg interface to get the special instruction
>>> to be used for setting software breakpoint from userspace.
>>> 
>>> Signed-off-by: Bharat Bhushan <bharat.bhushan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt     |    1 +
>>> arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_book3s.h |    1 +
>>> arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_booke.h  |    2 ++
>>> arch/powerpc/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h   |    4 ++++
>>> arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s.c             |    6 ++++++
>>> arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c              |    6 ++++++
>>> 6 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>>> 
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
>>> b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
>>> index cce500a..dbfcc04 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
>>> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
>>> @@ -1766,6 +1766,7 @@ registers, find a list below:
>>>  PPC   | KVM_REG_PPC_TSR	| 32
>>>  PPC   | KVM_REG_PPC_OR_TSR	| 32
>>>  PPC   | KVM_REG_PPC_CLEAR_TSR	| 32
>>> +  PPC   | KVM_REG_PPC_DEBUG_INST| 32
>>> 
>>> 4.69 KVM_GET_ONE_REG
>>> 
>>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_book3s.h
>>> b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_book3s.h
>>> index 5a56e1c..36164cc 100644
>>> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_book3s.h
>>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_book3s.h
>>> @@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ static inline bool kvmppc_critical_section(struct kvm_vcpu
>> *vcpu)
>>> #define OSI_SC_MAGIC_R4			0x77810F9B
>>> 
>>> #define INS_DCBZ			0x7c0007ec
>>> +#define INS_TW				0x7c000008
>> 
>> This one should be "trap", so TO needs to be 31. The instruction as it's here is
>> a nop if I read the spec correctly.
> 
> Yes I missed this.
> BTW rather than setting TO = 31, what if we set TO = 2 as RA and RB is same here.

Well, the unconditional "trap" instruction is simply defined as TO = 31, so I'd stick to that :)


Alex

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