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Re: [Qemu-arm] ping Re: [PATCH V2] target-arm:Add a dynamic XML-descript


From: Abdallah Bouassida
Subject: Re: [Qemu-arm] ping Re: [PATCH V2] target-arm:Add a dynamic XML-description of the cp-registers to GDB
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:07:36 +0100
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http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/867467/

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http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/867467/


[PATCH V2] target-arm:Add a dynamic XML-description of the cp-registers to GDB

This patch offers to GDB the ability to read/write all the coprocessor
registers for ARM and ARM64 by generating dynamically an XML-description for
these registers.

Signed-off-by: Abdallah Bouassida <address@hidden>
---

Hello Peter,

Thanks for reviewing the previous version of this patch!
    http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/861374/
*For the ARM64, should I differentiate the registers that have two views (32
and 64)
Maybe by adding in the XML description a "32" tag for the registers name for
the
32bit view and a "64" for the 64bit view.
*How to properly handle the secure and the non secure views?
I think it might be useful to approach it from the other end -- what
are we trying to achieve?

For 32 vs 64 bit, it depends on what interface we're showing to the
debugger. If we're saying "this is a 64 bit CPU" then we should just
present the 64-bit sysregs, in the same way we only present the 64-bit
GPRs. If a 32-bit CPU, present the coprocessor regs only. (It's not
currently possible to have gdb switch between 32 and 64 bit views
as a 64-bit CPU changes from aarch32 to aarch64, though upstream gdb
are working on it.)

For secure vs non-secure, follow how the architecture does it:
 * for a 64-bit CPU, there are no banked sysregs like this, so you
   just expose 1 register
 * for a 32-bit CPU, maybe banked registers should be exposed as 2 registers

...but this depends on what you're trying to do, and whether there's
existing practice in for instance how JTAG debugging presents these
sysregs to gdb.
So, in this new patch I have did the following:
- If the CPU is on the AARCH64 state (when connecting to GDB stub), I only take the 64bit
view of cpregs.
- If we are on the AARCH32, I only take the 32bit view of cpregs and in the XML description
I add the tag "_S" to the cpreg's name if it is the secure view of that register.
I'm pretty hesitant about allowing the user to modify system registers
in the debugger, that is unlikely to work in quite a lot of cases.
I'd rather we just made these registers all readonly.
Some of our customers need to connect to Qemu using our tool TRACE32® via GDB,
and for some use case they need to have write access to some particular cpregs.
So, it will be nice to have this capability!
Usually, a user won't modify these registers unless he knows what he is doing!

What does the UI in gdb look like? What gdb commands display
the list of and values of system registers now? (Are there any
commands that used to be useful and are now swamped by lists of
hundreds of system registers?)
To read a given register:
   (gdb)  print/x $<cpreg_name>
To write on a given register
   (gdb) set $<cpreg_name>=<value>
To get the list of all registers:
   (gdb) info registers all
    with this command the user get all the registers including the cpregs that has been
    described dynamically.
    This command shows the registers page by page (depending on the terminal window size)
    and the cpregs goes at the end of the list so if user is really interested on these cpregs he
    should continue to read the register list or he simply type "q" to quit.

In the previous patch, the command "info registers" (without the option "all") was swamped
by the new big list. So, I fixed that by assigning these registers (in the XML ) to a special
group (group="cp_regs") and with that the cpregs won't appear with this command.  

Otherwise, I don't think that there is another GDB command that could be affected by
this patch.
Don't we run into problems where this XML exceeds our gdbstub
MAX_PACKET_LENGTH (which is only 4K) ?

This is a pre-existing bug (https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1703147)
but I would expect that if we start autogenerating xml for all the
coprocessor registers we're going to hit the packet limit pretty
quickly.
No, indeed I don't think that (https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1703147)
is a bug!
However, when the gdb request to get an XML description, it sends the packet:
    qXfer:features:read:<xml_name>:<offset>,<length>
for the first packet, the offset=0 and the length in our case is 0xFFB
(= MAX_PACKET_LENGTH - 5)

When the GDB stub gets this packet, it will send the corresponding XML description and:
- if the size of the XML is bigger than the length requested by qXfer, GDB stub will
add 'm' at the beginning of the response to inform GDB  that there is still more data to be sent.
- else, it will add 'l' which mean there is no more data.

    if (len < total_len - addr) {
        buf[0] = 'm';
        len = memtox(buf + 1, xml + addr, len);
    } else {
        buf[0] = 'l';
        len = memtox(buf + 1, xml + addr, total_len - addr);
    }

When GBD gets an answer with the header "m" it will send another qXfer and this time
the <offset> will be equal to (old_offset + the size of the data read previously)

With this, the XML description won't be truncated even if it is longer than 2045.
 /**
+ * XMLDynamicDescription:
+ * @desc: Contains the XML descriptions.
+ * @num_cpregs: Number of the Coprocessor registers seen by GDB.
+ * @xml_cpregs_ordred_keys: Array that contains the corresponding Key of
+ * a given cpreg with the same order of the cpreg in the XML description.
+ */
+typedef struct XMLDynamicDescription {
+    char * desc;
+    int num_cpregs;
+    uint32_t *xml_cpregs_ordred_keys;
+} XMLDynamicDescription;
cpregs are an arm-specific concept so this data structure doesn't
belong in the for-all-cpus header.
I moved this to /target/arm/cpu.h .
+    char * (*get_feature_xml_dynamically)(CPUState *cpu);
+    int (*gdb_read_cpregister)(CPUState *cpu, uint8_t *buf, int reg);
+    int (*gdb_write_cpregister)(CPUState *cpu, uint8_t *buf, int reg);
Do we really need a new set of functions rather than just being
able to use the existing gdb_read_register/gdb_write_register ?
The API seems to be the same, so I was expecting to just have
the same functions be called, with the register number distinguishing
the existing regs from the new coprocessor ones.
I'm using now the gdb_read_register/gdb_write_register instead.

Best regards,
Abdallah

 gdbstub.c              | 18 +++++++++++
 include/qom/cpu.h      |  3 ++
 target/arm/cpu.c       |  3 ++
 target/arm/cpu.h       | 18 +++++++++++
 target/arm/gdbstub.c   | 87 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 target/arm/gdbstub64.c | 25 +++++++++++++++
 target/arm/helper.c    |  3 +-
 7 files changed, 155 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdbstub.c b/gdbstub.c
index f1d5148..f54053f 100644
--- a/gdbstub.c
+++ b/gdbstub.c
@@ -670,10 +670,20 @@ static const char *get_feature_xml(const char *p, const char **newp,
                 pstrcat(target_xml, sizeof(target_xml), r->xml);
                 pstrcat(target_xml, sizeof(target_xml), "\"/>");
             }
+            if (cc->has_dynamic_xml) {
+                cc->gen_dynamic_xml(cpu);
+                pstrcat(target_xml, sizeof(target_xml), "<xi:include href=""> +                pstrcat(target_xml, sizeof(target_xml), "dynamic_desc.xml");
+                pstrcat(target_xml, sizeof(target_xml), "\"/>");
+            }
             pstrcat(target_xml, sizeof(target_xml), "</target>");
         }
         return target_xml;
     }
+    if (strncmp(p, "dynamic_desc.xml", len) == 0) {
+        CPUState *cpu = first_cpu;
+        return cc->get_dynamic_xml(cpu);
+    }
     for (i = 0; ; i++) {
         name = xml_builtin[i][0];
         if (!name || (strncmp(name, p, len) == 0 && strlen(name) == len))
@@ -697,6 +707,10 @@ static int gdb_read_register(CPUState *cpu, uint8_t *mem_buf, int reg)
             return r->get_reg(env, mem_buf, reg - r->base_reg);
         }
     }
+
+    if (cc->has_dynamic_xml) {
+        return cc->gdb_read_register(cpu, mem_buf, reg);
+    }
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -715,6 +729,10 @@ static int gdb_write_register(CPUState *cpu, uint8_t *mem_buf, int reg)
             return r->set_reg(env, mem_buf, reg - r->base_reg);
         }
     }
+
+    if (cc->has_dynamic_xml) {
+        return cc->gdb_write_register(cpu, mem_buf, reg);
+    }
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/qom/cpu.h b/include/qom/cpu.h
index 93bd546..a3105c0 100644
--- a/include/qom/cpu.h
+++ b/include/qom/cpu.h
@@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ typedef struct CPUClass {
     const struct VMStateDescription *vmsd;
     const char *gdb_core_xml_file;
     gchar * (*gdb_arch_name)(CPUState *cpu);
+    bool has_dynamic_xml;
+    void (*gen_dynamic_xml)(CPUState *cpu);
+    char *(*get_dynamic_xml)(CPUState *cpu);
 
     void (*cpu_exec_enter)(CPUState *cpu);
     void (*cpu_exec_exit)(CPUState *cpu);
diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.c b/target/arm/cpu.c
index cc1856c..410e250 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu.c
+++ b/target/arm/cpu.c
@@ -1752,6 +1752,9 @@ static void arm_cpu_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
     cc->gdb_num_core_regs = 26;
     cc->gdb_core_xml_file = "arm-core.xml";
     cc->gdb_arch_name = arm_gdb_arch_name;
+    cc->has_dynamic_xml = true;
+    cc->gen_dynamic_xml = arm_gen_dynamic_xml;
+    cc->get_dynamic_xml = arm_get_dynamic_xml;
     cc->gdb_stop_before_watchpoint = true;
     cc->debug_excp_handler = arm_debug_excp_handler;
     cc->debug_check_watchpoint = arm_debug_check_watchpoint;
diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.h b/target/arm/cpu.h
index 9631670..bcb567b 100644
--- a/target/arm/cpu.h
+++ b/target/arm/cpu.h
@@ -135,6 +135,19 @@ enum {
    s<2n+1> maps to the most significant half of d<n>
  */
 
+/**
+ * XMLDynamicDescription:
+ * @desc: Contains the XML descriptions.
+ * @num_cpregs: Number of the Coprocessor registers seen by GDB.
+ * @cpregs_keys: Array that contains the corresponding Key of
+ * a given cpreg with the same order of the cpreg in the XML description.
+ */
+typedef struct XMLDynamicDescription {
+    char *desc;
+    int num_cpregs;
+    uint32_t *cpregs_keys;
+} XMLDynamicDescription;
+
 /* CPU state for each instance of a generic timer (in cp15 c14) */
 typedef struct ARMGenericTimer {
     uint64_t cval; /* Timer CompareValue register */
@@ -633,6 +646,8 @@ struct ARMCPU {
     uint64_t *cpreg_vmstate_values;
     int32_t cpreg_vmstate_array_len;
 
+    XMLDynamicDescription dyn_xml;
+
     /* Timers used by the generic (architected) timer */
     QEMUTimer *gt_timer[NUM_GTIMERS];
     /* GPIO outputs for generic timer */
@@ -797,6 +812,8 @@ hwaddr arm_cpu_get_phys_page_attrs_debug(CPUState *cpu, vaddr addr,
 
 int arm_cpu_gdb_read_register(CPUState *cpu, uint8_t *buf, int reg);
 int arm_cpu_gdb_write_register(CPUState *cpu, uint8_t *buf, int reg);
+void arm_gen_dynamic_xml(CPUState *cpu);
+char *arm_get_dynamic_xml(CPUState *cpu);
 
 int arm_cpu_write_elf64_note(WriteCoreDumpFunction f, CPUState *cs,
                              int cpuid, void *opaque);
@@ -2005,6 +2022,7 @@ static inline bool cp_access_ok(int current_el,
 
 /* Raw read of a coprocessor register (as needed for migration, etc) */
 uint64_t read_raw_cp_reg(CPUARMState *env, const ARMCPRegInfo *ri);
+void write_raw_cp_reg(CPUARMState *env, const ARMCPRegInfo *ri, uint64_t v);
 
 /**
  * write_list_to_cpustate
diff --git a/target/arm/gdbstub.c b/target/arm/gdbstub.c
index 04c1208..7cffe87 100644
--- a/target/arm/gdbstub.c
+++ b/target/arm/gdbstub.c
@@ -56,6 +56,17 @@ int arm_cpu_gdb_read_register(CPUState *cs, uint8_t *mem_buf, int n)
         /* CPSR */
         return gdb_get_reg32(mem_buf, cpsr_read(env));
     }
+    if (n >= cs->gdb_num_regs &&
+        n < cs->gdb_num_regs + cpu->dyn_xml.num_cpregs) {
+        const ARMCPRegInfo *ri;
+        uint32_t key;
+
+        key = cpu->dyn_xml.cpregs_keys[n - cs->gdb_num_regs];
+        ri = get_arm_cp_reginfo(arm_env_get_cpu(env)->cp_regs, key);
+        if (ri) {
+            return gdb_get_reg32(mem_buf, (uint32_t)read_raw_cp_reg(env, ri));
+        }
+    }
     /* Unknown register.  */
     return 0;
 }
@@ -98,6 +109,82 @@ int arm_cpu_gdb_write_register(CPUState *cs, uint8_t *mem_buf, int n)
         cpsr_write(env, tmp, 0xffffffff, CPSRWriteByGDBStub);
         return 4;
     }
+    if (n >= cs->gdb_num_regs &&
+        n < cs->gdb_num_regs + cpu->dyn_xml.num_cpregs) {
+        const ARMCPRegInfo *ri;
+        uint32_t key;
+
+        key = cpu->dyn_xml.cpregs_keys[n - cs->gdb_num_regs];
+        ri = get_arm_cp_reginfo(arm_env_get_cpu(env)->cp_regs, key);
+        if (ri) {
+            if (!(ri->type & ARM_CP_CONST)) {
+                write_raw_cp_reg(env, ri, tmp);
+                return 4;
+            }
+        }
+    }
     /* Unknown register.  */
     return 0;
 }
+
+static void arm_gen_xml_reg(gpointer key, gpointer value, gpointer cs)
+{
+    ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(cs);
+    XMLDynamicDescription *dyn_xml = &cpu->dyn_xml;
+    ARMCPRegInfo *ri = value;
+    uint32_t ri_key = *(uint32_t *)key;
+    CPUARMState *env = &cpu->env;
+    char **target_xml = (char **)&(dyn_xml->desc);
+    char *tmp_xml = *target_xml;
+
+    if (!(ri->type & (ARM_CP_NO_RAW | ARM_CP_ALIAS))) {
+        if (env->aarch64) {
+            if (cpreg_field_is_64bit(ri)) {
+                *target_xml = g_strconcat(*target_xml,
+                                        "<reg name=\"", ri->name, "\" ",
+                                        "bitsize=\"64\" group=\"cp_regs\"/>",
+                                        NULL);
+            } else {
+                return;
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (ri->secure & ARM_CP_SECSTATE_S) {
+                *target_xml = g_strconcat(*target_xml,
+                                          "<reg name=\"", ri->name, "_S\" ",
+                                          "bitsize=\"32\" group=\"cp_regs\"/>",
+                                          NULL);
+            } else {
+                *target_xml = g_strconcat(*target_xml,
+                                          "<reg name=\"", ri->name, "\" ",
+                                          "bitsize=\"32\" group=\"cp_regs\"/>",
+                                          NULL);
+            }
+        }
+        g_free(tmp_xml);
+        dyn_xml->num_cpregs++;
+        dyn_xml->cpregs_keys = g_renew(uint32_t,
+                                       dyn_xml->cpregs_keys,
+                                       dyn_xml->num_cpregs);
+        dyn_xml->cpregs_keys[dyn_xml->num_cpregs - 1] = ri_key;
+    }
+}
+
+void arm_gen_dynamic_xml(CPUState *cs)
+{
+    ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(cs);
+
+    cpu->dyn_xml.num_cpregs = 0;
+    cpu->dyn_xml.desc = g_strconcat("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>",
+                                 "<!DOCTYPE target SYSTEM \"gdb-target.dtd\">",
+                                   "<feature name=\"org.gnu.gdb.dynamic.cp\">",
+                                   NULL);
+    g_hash_table_foreach(cpu->cp_regs, arm_gen_xml_reg, cs);
+    cpu->dyn_xml.desc = g_strconcat(cpu->dyn_xml.desc, "</feature>", NULL);
+}
+
+char *arm_get_dynamic_xml(CPUState *cs)
+{
+    ARMCPU *cpu = ARM_CPU(cs);
+
+    return cpu->dyn_xml.desc;
+}
diff --git a/target/arm/gdbstub64.c b/target/arm/gdbstub64.c
index 49bc3fc..6cf302f 100644
--- a/target/arm/gdbstub64.c
+++ b/target/arm/gdbstub64.c
@@ -38,6 +38,17 @@ int aarch64_cpu_gdb_read_register(CPUState *cs, uint8_t *mem_buf, int n)
     case 33:
         return gdb_get_reg32(mem_buf, pstate_read(env));
     }
+    if (n >= cs->gdb_num_regs &&
+        n < cs->gdb_num_regs + cpu->dyn_xml.num_cpregs) {
+        const ARMCPRegInfo *ri;
+        uint32_t key;
+
+        key = cpu->dyn_xml.cpregs_keys[n - cs->gdb_num_regs];
+        ri = get_arm_cp_reginfo(arm_env_get_cpu(env)->cp_regs, key);
+        if (ri) {
+            return gdb_get_reg64(mem_buf, (uint64_t)read_raw_cp_reg(env, ri));
+        }
+    }
     /* Unknown register.  */
     return 0;
 }
@@ -67,6 +78,20 @@ int aarch64_cpu_gdb_write_register(CPUState *cs, uint8_t *mem_buf, int n)
         pstate_write(env, tmp);
         return 4;
     }
+    if (n >= cs->gdb_num_regs &&
+        n < cs->gdb_num_regs + cpu->dyn_xml.num_cpregs) {
+        const ARMCPRegInfo *ri;
+        uint32_t key;
+
+        key = cpu->dyn_xml.cpregs_keys[n - cs->gdb_num_regs];
+        ri = get_arm_cp_reginfo(arm_env_get_cpu(env)->cp_regs, key);
+        if (ri) {
+            if (!(ri->type & ARM_CP_CONST)) {
+                write_raw_cp_reg(env, ri, tmp);
+                return 8;
+            }
+        }
+    }
     /* Unknown register.  */
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/target/arm/helper.c b/target/arm/helper.c
index c83c901..223372f 100644
--- a/target/arm/helper.c
+++ b/target/arm/helper.c
@@ -191,8 +191,7 @@ uint64_t read_raw_cp_reg(CPUARMState *env, const ARMCPRegInfo *ri)
     }
 }
 
-static void write_raw_cp_reg(CPUARMState *env, const ARMCPRegInfo *ri,
-                             uint64_t v)
+void write_raw_cp_reg(CPUARMState *env, const ARMCPRegInfo *ri, uint64_t v)
 {
     /* Raw write of a coprocessor register (as needed for migration, etc).
      * Note that constant registers are treated as write-ignored; the
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