Re: [PATCH 3/3] xen/arm: Survive unknown traps from guests

[Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com>]

On 05/04/2017 08:14 PM, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Thu, 4 May 2017, Julien Grall wrote:
>> Currently we crash Xen if we see an ESR_EL2.EC value we don't recognise.
>> As configurable disables/enables are added to the architecture
>> (controlled by RES1/RESO bits respectively), with associated synchronous
>> exceptions, it may be possible for a guest to trigger exceptions with
>> classes that we don't recognise.
>>
>> While we can't service these exceptions in a manner useful to the guest,
>> we can avoid bringing down the host. Per ARM DDI 0487A.k_iss10775, page
>> D7-1937, EC values within the range 0x00 - 0x2c are reserved for future
>> use with synchronous exceptions, and EC within the range 0x2d - 0x3f may
>> be used for either synchronous or asynchronous exceptions.
>>
>> The patch makes Xen handle any unknown EC by injecting an UNDEFINED
>> exception into the guest, with a corresponding (ratelimited) warning in
>> the log.
>>
>> This patch is based on Linux commit f050fe7a9164 "arm: KVM: Survive unknown
>> traps from the guest".
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com>
>> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
>> ---
>>  xen/arch/arm/traps.c | 7 ++++---
>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/traps.c b/xen/arch/arm/traps.c
>> index c8ce62ff96..c0203da097 100644
>> --- a/xen/arch/arm/traps.c
>> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/traps.c
>> @@ -2926,9 +2926,10 @@ asmlinkage void do_trap_guest_sync(struct cpu_user_regs *regs)
>>          break;
>>
>>      default:
>> -        printk("Guest Trap. HSR=0x%x EC=0x%x IL=%x Syndrome=0x%"PRIx32"\n",
>> -               hsr.bits, hsr.ec, hsr.len, hsr.iss);
>> -        do_unexpected_trap("Guest", regs);
>> +        gprintk(XENLOG_WARNING,
>> +                "Guest Trap. HSR=0x%x EC=0x%x IL=%x Syndrome=0x%"PRIx32"\n",
>> +                hsr.bits, hsr.ec, hsr.len, hsr.iss);
>> +        inject_undef_exception(regs, hsr);
>>      }
>>  }
>
> I see you addressed my previous comment in this patch :-)

I wanted to keep the actual behavior in the previous patch (e.g panicing 
on unknown traps). I will have to resend the series to address Andrew's 
comment, so I can mention it in the commit message.

Cheers,

-- 
Julien Grall

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