Re: x86: Hardware breakpoints are not always triggered

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 28/01/2016 09:31, Andrey Wagin wrote:
> I tried to print drX registers after a break-point. Looks like they
> are set correctly.

Can you try this KVM patch?

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index c13a64b7d789..32bae1c70a50 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -1612,6 +1612,7 @@ static void svm_sync_dirty_debug_regs(struct kvm_vcpu 
*vcpu)
        vcpu->arch.dr7 = svm->vmcb->save.dr7;
 
        vcpu->arch.switch_db_regs &= ~KVM_DEBUGREG_WONT_EXIT;
+       vcpu->arch.switch_db_regs |= KVM_DEBUGREG_RELOAD;
        set_dr_intercepts(svm);
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index e2951b6edbbc..505a4663b9f4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -5659,6 +5659,7 @@ static void vmx_sync_dirty_debug_regs(struct kvm_vcpu 
*vcpu)
        vcpu->arch.dr7 = vmcs_readl(GUEST_DR7);
 
        vcpu->arch.switch_db_regs &= ~KVM_DEBUGREG_WONT_EXIT;
+       vcpu->arch.switch_db_regs |= KVM_DEBUGREG_RELOAD;
 
        cpu_based_vm_exec_control = vmcs_read32(CPU_BASED_VM_EXEC_CONTROL);
        cpu_based_vm_exec_control |= CPU_BASED_MOV_DR_EXITING;

Paolo