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Re: [Qemu-ppc] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/5] target-ppc: Handle ibm, nmi-reg


From: Aravinda Prasad
Subject: Re: [Qemu-ppc] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 4/5] target-ppc: Handle ibm, nmi-register RTAS call
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 13:38:12 +0530
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On Friday 29 August 2014 03:46 AM, Alexander Graf wrote:
> 
> 
> On 28.08.14 19:42, Aravinda Prasad wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Thursday 28 August 2014 02:07 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 28.08.14 08:38, Aravinda Prasad wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday 27 August 2014 04:07 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 25.08.14 15:45, Aravinda Prasad wrote:
>>>>>> This patch adds FWNMI support in qemu for powerKVM
>>>>>> guests by handling the ibm,nmi-register rtas call.
>>>>>> Whenever OS issues ibm,nmi-register RTAS call, the
>>>>>> machine check notification address is saved and the
>>>>>> machine check interrupt vector 0x200 is patched to
>>>>>> issue a private hcall.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Aravinda Prasad <address@hidden>
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>  hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c    |   91 
>>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>>  include/hw/ppc/spapr.h |    8 ++++
>>>>>>  2 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c
>>>>>> index 02ddbf9..1135d2b 100644
>>>>>> --- a/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c
>>>>>> +++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_rtas.c
>>>>>> @@ -277,6 +277,91 @@ static void 
>>>>>> rtas_ibm_set_system_parameter(PowerPCCPU *cpu,
>>>>>>      rtas_st(rets, 0, ret);
>>>>>>  }
>>>>>>  
>>>>>> +static void rtas_ibm_nmi_register(PowerPCCPU *cpu,
>>>>>> +                                  sPAPREnvironment *spapr,
>>>>>> +                                  uint32_t token, uint32_t nargs,
>>>>>> +                                  target_ulong args,
>>>>>> +                                  uint32_t nret, target_ulong rets)
>>>>>> +{
>>>>>> +    int i;
>>>>>> +    uint32_t branch_inst = 0x48000002;
>>>>>> +    target_ulong guest_machine_check_addr;
>>>>>> +    PowerPCCPUClass *pcc = POWERPC_CPU_GET_CLASS(cpu);
>>>>>> +    /*
>>>>>> +     * Trampoline saves r3 in sprg2 and issues private hcall
>>>>>> +     * to request qemu to build error log. QEMU builds the
>>>>>> +     * error log, copies to rtas-blob and returns the address.
>>>>>> +     * The initial 16 bytes in rtas-blob consists of saved srr0
>>>>>> +     * and srr1 which we restore and pass on the actual error
>>>>>> +     * log address to OS handled mcachine check notification
>>>>>> +     * routine
>>>>>> +     */
>>>>>> +    uint32_t trampoline[] = {
>>>>>> +        0x7c7243a6,    /* mtspr   SPRN_SPRG2,r3 */
>>>>>> +        0x38600000,    /* li      r3,0   */
>>>>>> +        /* 0xf004 is the KVMPPC_H_REPORT_ERR private HCALL */
>>>>>> +        0x6063f004,    /* ori     r3,r3,f004  */
>>>>>> +        /* Issue H_CALL */
>>>>>> +        0x44000022,    /*  sc      1     */
>>>>>
>>>>> So up to here we're saving r3 in SPRG2 (how do we know that we can
>>>>> clobber it?) and call our special hypercall.
>>>>>
>>>>> But what does all the cruft below here do?
>>>>
>>>> The saved r3 in SPRG2 is consumed in KVMPPC_H_REPORT_ERR hcall, hence we
>>>> can clobber SPRG2 after hcall returns. I have included a comment in
>>>> patch 3/5 while building error log. I think better I add one here as well.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> +        0x7c9243a6,    /* mtspr r4 sprg2 */
>>>>>
>>>>> Apart from th fact that your order is wrong, this destroys the value of
>>>>> r3 that we saved above again.
>>>>
>>>> SPRG2 is saved inside hcall and hence we don't need SPRG2 further after
>>>> KVMPPC_H_REPORT_ERR hcall returns.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> +        0xe8830000,    /* ld r4, 0(r3) */
>>>>>> +        0x7c9a03a6,    /* mtspr r4, srr0 */
>>>>>> +        0xe8830008,    /* ld r4, 8(r3) */
>>>>>> +        0x7c9b03a6,    /* mtspr r4, srr1 */
>>>>>
>>>>> Can't we just set srr0 and srr1 directly?
>>>>
>>>> I checked for instructions in ISA which set srr0/1 directly given an
>>>> address, but could not find any such instructions.
>>>
>>> I mean from QEMU :).
>>
>> srr0 and srr1, which are properly set when 0x200 is invoked, are
>> clobbered when we return from KVMPPC_H_REPORT_ERR hcall. I think they
>> are modified before issuing rfid (I can see them getting clobbered from
>> QEMU monitor). However when we jump to OS registered machine check
>> routine srr0 and srr1 should reflect the value they had when 0x200 was
>> invoked.
>>
>> Hence srr0 and srr1 are saved in hcall and restored when we return from
>> hcall. Also we don't have enough scratch registers available to save
>> these before invoking hcall from 0x200.
>>
>> Or am I missing other ways to do this from QEMU?
> 
> If you just do
> 
> cpu_synchronize_state() and then change env->spr[SPRN_SRR0/1] inside
> your hypercall handler that should also change the value when you return
> from the hcall.

Thanks. I will use it in v2.

Regards,
Aravinda

> 
> 
> Alex
> 

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Regards,
Aravinda




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