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[PATCH v2 07/14] docs/emulation: expand warning about semihosting
From: |
Alex Bennée |
Subject: |
[PATCH v2 07/14] docs/emulation: expand warning about semihosting |
Date: |
Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:08:26 +0000 |
A surprising feature of calls like SYS_READC is this can cause QEMU to
indefinitely block as there is no handling for EOF.
Clarifies: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1963
Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
---
docs/about/emulation.rst | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/about/emulation.rst b/docs/about/emulation.rst
index 0ad0b86f0d..a2eefe3f3f 100644
--- a/docs/about/emulation.rst
+++ b/docs/about/emulation.rst
@@ -129,8 +129,9 @@ causing most hypervisors to trap and fault on them.
.. warning::
Semihosting inherently bypasses any isolation there may be between
the guest and the host. As a result a program using semihosting can
- happily trash your host system. You should only ever run trusted
- code with semihosting enabled.
+ happily trash your host system. Some semihosting calls (e.g.
+ ``SYS_READC``) can block execution indefinitely. You should only
+ ever run trusted code with semihosting enabled.
Redirection
~~~~~~~~~~~
--
2.39.2
- [PATCH v2 00/14] random fixes for 8.2 pre-PR (tests, plugins, docs, semihosting), Alex Bennée, 2023/11/20
- [PATCH v2 04/14] plugins: fix win plugin tests on cross compile, Alex Bennée, 2023/11/20
- [PATCH v2 02/14] .gitlab-ci.d/cirrus: Upgrade macOS to 13 (Ventura), Alex Bennée, 2023/11/20
- [PATCH v2 05/14] target/nios2: Deprecate the Nios II architecture, Alex Bennée, 2023/11/20
- [PATCH v2 01/14] tests/docker: replace fedora-i386 with debian-i686, Alex Bennée, 2023/11/20
- [PATCH v2 08/14] docs/system: clarify limits of using gdbstub in system emulation, Alex Bennée, 2023/11/20
- [PATCH v2 03/14] tests/docker: merge debian-native with debian-amd64, Alex Bennée, 2023/11/20
- [PATCH v2 07/14] docs/emulation: expand warning about semihosting,
Alex Bennée <=
- [PATCH v2 06/14] tests/tcg: fixup Aarch64 semiconsole test, Alex Bennée, 2023/11/20
- [PATCH v2 13/14] configure: don't try a "native" cross for linux-user, Alex Bennée, 2023/11/20
- [PATCH v2 14/14] tests/tcg: finesse the registers check for "hidden" regs, Alex Bennée, 2023/11/20
- [PATCH v2 11/14] tests/tcg: enable arm softmmu tests, Alex Bennée, 2023/11/20
- [PATCH v2 09/14] hw/core: skip loading debug on all failures, Alex Bennée, 2023/11/20
- [PATCH v2 10/14] testing: move arm system tests into their own folder, Alex Bennée, 2023/11/20
- [PATCH v2 12/14] tests/tcg: enable semiconsole test for Arm, Alex Bennée, 2023/11/20