Re: [PATCH v5 untested] kvm: better MWAIT emulation for guests

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On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 04:17:11PM -0400, Gabriel L. Somlo wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 09:27:56PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 03:24:41PM -0400, Gabriel L. Somlo wrote:
> > > On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 08:29:32PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > > Let's take a step back and try to figure out how is
> > > > mwait called. How about dumping code of VCPUs
> > > > around mwait?  gdb disa command will do this.
> > > 
> > > Started guest with '-s', tried to attach from gdb with
> > > "target remote localhost:1234", got
> > > "remote 'g' packet reply is too long: <lengthy string of numbers>"
> > 
> > Try
> > 
> > set arch x86-64:x86-64
> 
> 'set architecture i386:x86-64:intel' is what worked for me;
> 
> Been rooting around for a while, can't find mwait or monitor :(
> 
> Guess I'll have to recompile KVM to actually issue an invalid opcode,
> so OS X will print a panic message with the exact address :)
> 
> Stay tuned...

OK, so I found a few instances. The one closest to where a random
interrupt from gdb landed, was this one:

...
   0xffffff7f813ff379:  mov    0x90(%r15),%rax
   0xffffff7f813ff380:  mov    0x18(%rax),%rsi
   0xffffff7f813ff384:  xor    %ecx,%ecx
   0xffffff7f813ff386:  mov    %rsi,%rax
   0xffffff7f813ff389:  xor    %edx,%edx
   0xffffff7f813ff38b:  monitor %rax,%rcx,%rdx
   0xffffff7f813ff38e:  test   %r14,%r14
   0xffffff7f813ff391:  je     0xffffff7f813ff3ad
   0xffffff7f813ff393:  movq   $0x0,0x8(%r14)
   0xffffff7f813ff39b:  movl   $0x0,(%r14)
   0xffffff7f813ff3a2:  test   %ebx,%ebx
   0xffffff7f813ff3a4:  je     0xffffff7f813ff3b2
   0xffffff7f813ff3a6:  mfence 
   0xffffff7f813ff3a9:  wbinvd
   0xffffff7f813ff3ab:  jmp    0xffffff7f813ff3b2
   0xffffff7f813ff3ad:  cmpl   $0x0,(%rsi)
   0xffffff7f813ff3b0:  jne    0xffffff7f813ff3d6
   0xffffff7f813ff3b2:  mov    %r12d,%eax
   0xffffff7f813ff3b5:  imul   $0x148,%rax,%rax
   0xffffff7f813ff3bc:  lea    0x153bd(%rip),%rcx        # 0xffffff7f81414780
   0xffffff7f813ff3c3:  mov    (%rcx),%rcx 
   0xffffff7f813ff3c6:  mov    0x20(%rcx),%rcx
   0xffffff7f813ff3ca:  mov    0xc(%rcx,%rax,1),%eax
   0xffffff7f813ff3ce:  mov    $0x1,%ecx
   0xffffff7f813ff3d3:  mwait  %rax,%rcx
=> 0xffffff7f813ff3d6:  lfence
   0xffffff7f813ff3d9:  rdtsc  
   0xffffff7f813ff3db:  lfence 
   0xffffff7f813ff3de:  mov    %rax,%rbx
   0xffffff7f813ff3e1:  mov    %rdx,%r15
...

Also, there were a few more within the range occupied by
AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext (which provides is the "smart"
idle loop used by OS X):


...
   0xffffff7f813f799a:  mov    0x90(%r15),%rax
   0xffffff7f813f79a1:  mov    0x18(%rax),%r15
   0xffffff7f813f79a5:  xor    %ecx,%ecx
   0xffffff7f813f79a7:  mov    %r15,%rax
   0xffffff7f813f79aa:  xor    %edx,%edx
   0xffffff7f813f79ac:  monitor %rax,%rcx,%rdx
   0xffffff7f813f79af:  mov    %r12d,%r12d
   0xffffff7f813f79b2:  imul   $0x148,%r12,%r13
   0xffffff7f813f79b9:  lea    0x1cdc0(%rip),%rax        # 0xffffff7f81414780
   0xffffff7f813f79c0:  mov    (%rax),%rax
   0xffffff7f813f79c3:  mov    0x20(%rax),%rcx
   0xffffff7f813f79c7:  testb  $0x10,0x2(%rcx,%r13,1)
   0xffffff7f813f79cd:  je     0xffffff7f813f79d5
   0xffffff7f813f79cf:  callq  *0x80(%rax)
   0xffffff7f813f79d5:  test   %r14,%r14
   0xffffff7f813f79d8:  je     0xffffff7f813f79f4
   0xffffff7f813f79da:  movq   $0x0,0x8(%r14)
   0xffffff7f813f79e2:  movl   $0x0,(%r14)
   0xffffff7f813f79e9:  test   %ebx,%ebx
   0xffffff7f813f79eb:  je     0xffffff7f813f79fa
   0xffffff7f813f79ed:  mfence  
   0xffffff7f813f79f0:  wbinvd 
   0xffffff7f813f79f2:  jmp    0xffffff7f813f79fa
   0xffffff7f813f79f4:  cmpl   $0x0,(%r15)
   0xffffff7f813f79f8:  jne    0xffffff7f813f7a15
   0xffffff7f813f79fa:  lea    0x1cd7f(%rip),%rax        # 0xffffff7f81414780
   0xffffff7f813f7a01:  mov    (%rax),%rax
   0xffffff7f813f7a04:  mov    0x20(%rax),%rax
   0xffffff7f813f7a08:  mov    0xc(%rax,%r13,1),%eax
   0xffffff7f813f7a0d:  mov    $0x1,%ecx
   0xffffff7f813f7a12:  mwait  %rax,%rcx
   0xffffff7f813f7a15:  lfence 
   0xffffff7f813f7a18:  rdtsc  
   0xffffff7f813f7a1a:  lfence 
   0xffffff7f813f7a1d:  mov    %rax,%rbx
   0xffffff7f813f7a20:  mov    %rdx,%r15
...

...
   0xffffff7f813f89c9:  xor    %ecx,%ecx
   0xffffff7f813f89cb:  mov    %r13,%rax
   0xffffff7f813f89ce:  xor    %edx,%edx
   0xffffff7f813f89d0:  monitor %rax,%rcx,%rdx
   0xffffff7f813f89d3:  mov    %r12d,%r15d
   0xffffff7f813f89d6:  imul   $0x148,%r15,%r12
   0xffffff7f813f89dd:  lea    0x1bd9c(%rip),%rax        # 0xffffff7f81414780
   0xffffff7f813f89e4:  mov    (%rax),%rax
   0xffffff7f813f89e7:  mov    0x20(%rax),%rcx
   0xffffff7f813f89eb:  testb  $0x10,0x2(%rcx,%r12,1)
   0xffffff7f813f89f1:  je     0xffffff7f813f89f9
   0xffffff7f813f89f3:  callq  *0x80(%rax)
   0xffffff7f813f89f9:  test   %r14,%r14
   0xffffff7f813f89fc:  je     0xffffff7f813f8a18
   0xffffff7f813f89fe:  movq   $0x0,0x8(%r14)
   0xffffff7f813f8a06:  movl   $0x0,(%r14)
   0xffffff7f813f8a0d:  test   %ebx,%ebx
   0xffffff7f813f8a0f:  je     0xffffff7f813f8a1f
   0xffffff7f813f8a11:  mfence 
   0xffffff7f813f8a14:  wbinvd 
   0xffffff7f813f8a16:  jmp    0xffffff7f813f8a1f
   0xffffff7f813f8a18:  cmpl   $0x0,0x0(%r13)
   0xffffff7f813f8a1d:  jne    0xffffff7f813f8a3a
   0xffffff7f813f8a1f:  lea    0x1bd5a(%rip),%rax        # 0xffffff7f81414780
   0xffffff7f813f8a26:  mov    (%rax),%rax
   0xffffff7f813f8a29:  mov    0x20(%rax),%rax
   0xffffff7f813f8a2d:  mov    0xc(%rax,%r12,1),%eax
   0xffffff7f813f8a32:  mov    $0x1,%ecx
   0xffffff7f813f8a37:  mwait  %rax,%rcx
   0xffffff7f813f8a3a:  lfence 
   0xffffff7f813f8a3d:  rdtsc  
   0xffffff7f813f8a3f:  lfence  
   0xffffff7f813f8a42:  mov    %rax,%rbx
   0xffffff7f813f8a45:  mov    %rdx,%r12
   0xffffff7f813f8a48:  shl    $0x20,%r12
...

...
   0xffffff7f81401c10:  mov    %r13,%rax
   0xffffff7f81401c13:  xor    %edx,%edx
   0xffffff7f81401c15:  monitor %rax,%rcx,%rdx
   0xffffff7f81401c18:  mov    %r12d,%r15d
   0xffffff7f81401c1b:  imul   $0x148,%r15,%r12
   0xffffff7f81401c22:  lea    0x12b57(%rip),%rax        # 0xffffff7f81414780
   0xffffff7f81401c29:  mov    (%rax),%rax
   0xffffff7f81401c2c:  mov    0x20(%rax),%rcx
   0xffffff7f81401c30:  testb  $0x10,0x2(%rcx,%r12,1)
   0xffffff7f81401c36:  je     0xffffff7f81401c3e
   0xffffff7f81401c38:  callq  *0x80(%rax)
   0xffffff7f81401c3e:  test   %r14,%r14
   0xffffff7f81401c41:  je     0xffffff7f81401c5d
   0xffffff7f81401c43:  movq   $0x0,0x8(%r14)
   0xffffff7f81401c4b:  movl   $0x0,(%r14)
   0xffffff7f81401c52:  test   %ebx,%ebx
   0xffffff7f81401c54:  je     0xffffff7f81401c64
   0xffffff7f81401c56:  mfence 
   0xffffff7f81401c59:  wbinvd  
   0xffffff7f81401c5b:  jmp    0xffffff7f81401c64
   0xffffff7f81401c5d:  cmpl   $0x0,0x0(%r13)
   0xffffff7f81401c62:  jne    0xffffff7f81401c7f
   0xffffff7f81401c64:  lea    0x12b15(%rip),%rax        # 0xffffff7f81414780
   0xffffff7f81401c6b:  mov    (%rax),%rax
   0xffffff7f81401c6e:  mov    0x20(%rax),%rax
   0xffffff7f81401c72:  mov    0xc(%rax,%r12,1),%eax
   0xffffff7f81401c77:  mov    $0x1,%ecx
   0xffffff7f81401c7c:  mwait  %rax,%rcx
   0xffffff7f81401c7f:  lfence 
   0xffffff7f81401c82:  rdtsc  
   0xffffff7f81401c84:  lfence 
   0xffffff7f81401c87:  mov    %rax,%rbx
   0xffffff7f81401c8a:  mov    %rdx,%r12
   0xffffff7f81401c8d:  shl    $0x20,%r12
   0xffffff7f81401c91:  lea    0xaf1c(%rip),%rax        # 0xffffff7f8140cbb4
   0xffffff7f81401c98:  testb  $0x1,(%rax)
...

If that's not enough context, I can email you the whole 'script'
output I collected...

HTH,
--Gabriel
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