Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] RISC-V: KVM: Redirect illegal instruction traps to guest

From: Anup Patel
Date: Thu Feb 02 2023 - 03:50:10 EST


On Sat, Jan 28, 2023 at 1:59 PM Anup Patel <apatel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Andy Chiu <andy.chiu@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The M-mode redirects an unhandled illegal instruction trap back
> to S-mode. However, KVM running in HS-mode terminates the VS-mode
> software when it receives illegal instruction trap. Instead, KVM
> should redirect the illegal instruction trap back to VS-mode, and
> let VS-mode trap handler decide the next step. This futher allows
> guest kernel to implement on-demand enabling of vector extension
> for a guest user space process upon first-use.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andy Chiu <andy.chiu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <apatel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <ajones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Queued this patch for Linux-6.3

Thanks,
Anup

> ---
> arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_exit.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_exit.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_exit.c
> index af7c4bc07929..4ea101a73d8b 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_exit.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_exit.c
> @@ -182,6 +182,12 @@ int kvm_riscv_vcpu_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run,
> ret = -EFAULT;
> run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_UNKNOWN;
> switch (trap->scause) {
> + case EXC_INST_ILLEGAL:
> + if (vcpu->arch.guest_context.hstatus & HSTATUS_SPV) {
> + kvm_riscv_vcpu_trap_redirect(vcpu, trap);
> + ret = 1;
> + }
> + break;
> case EXC_VIRTUAL_INST_FAULT:
> if (vcpu->arch.guest_context.hstatus & HSTATUS_SPV)
> ret = kvm_riscv_vcpu_virtual_insn(vcpu, run, trap);
> --
> 2.34.1
>