[Qemu-devel] [Bug 757702] [NEW] Undefined instruction exception starts at offset 0x8 instead of 0x4

[Anup Patel]

Public bug reported:

ARMv7a has lot of undefined instruction from its instruction opcode
space. This undefined instructions are very useful for replacing
sensitive non-priviledged instructions of guest operating systems
(virtualization). The undefined instruction exception executes at
<exception_base> + 0x4, where <exception_base> can be 0x0 or 0xfff00000.
Currently, in qemu 0.14.0 undefined instruction fault at 0x8 offset
instead of 0x4. This was not a problem with qemu 0.13.0, seems like this
is a new bug. As as example, if we try to execute value "0xec019800" in
qemu 0.14.0 then it should cause undefined exception at
<exception_base>+0x4 since "0xec019800" is an undefined instruction.

** Affects: qemu
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Undefined instruction exception starts at offset 0x8 instead of 0x4

Status in QEMU:
  New

Bug description:
  ARMv7a has lot of undefined instruction from its instruction opcode
  space. This undefined instructions are very useful for replacing
  sensitive non-priviledged instructions of guest operating systems
  (virtualization). The undefined instruction exception executes at
  <exception_base> + 0x4, where <exception_base> can be 0x0 or
  0xfff00000. Currently, in qemu 0.14.0 undefined instruction fault at
  0x8 offset instead of 0x4. This was not a problem with qemu 0.13.0,
  seems like this is a new bug. As as example, if we try to execute
  value "0xec019800" in qemu 0.14.0 then it should cause undefined
  exception at <exception_base>+0x4 since "0xec019800" is an undefined
  instruction.