On Fri, 18 Oct 2019 09:10:18 -0700
Sami Tolvanen <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: Ard Biesheuvel <[email protected]>
> 
> In preparation of using x18 as a task struct pointer register when
> running in the kernel, stop treating it as caller save in the KVM
> guest entry/exit code. Currently, the code assumes there is no need
> to preserve it for the host, given that it would have been assumed
> clobbered anyway by the function call to __guest_enter(). Instead,
> preserve its value and restore it upon return.
> 
> Link: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9836891/
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <[email protected]>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S | 12 +++++-------
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S
> index e5cc8d66bf53..20bd9a20ea27 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S
> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
>       .pushsection    .hyp.text, "ax"
>  
>  .macro save_callee_saved_regs ctxt
> +     str     x18,      [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(18)]
>       stp     x19, x20, [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(19)]
>       stp     x21, x22, [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(21)]
>       stp     x23, x24, [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(23)]
> @@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
>       ldp     x25, x26, [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(25)]
>       ldp     x27, x28, [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(27)]
>       ldp     x29, lr,  [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(29)]
> +     ldr     x18,      [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(18)]

There is now an assumption that ctxt is x18 (otherwise why would it be
out of order?). Please add a comment to that effect.

>  .endm
>  
>  /*
> @@ -87,12 +89,9 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
>       ldp     x14, x15, [x18, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(14)]
>       ldp     x16, x17, [x18, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(16)]
>  
> -     // Restore guest regs x19-x29, lr
> +     // Restore guest regs x18-x29, lr
>       restore_callee_saved_regs x18

Or you could elect another register such as x29 as the base, and keep
the above in a reasonable order.

>  
> -     // Restore guest reg x18
> -     ldr     x18,      [x18, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(18)]
> -
>       // Do not touch any register after this!
>       eret
>       sb
> @@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ ENTRY(__guest_exit)
>       // Retrieve the guest regs x0-x1 from the stack
>       ldp     x2, x3, [sp], #16       // x0, x1
>  
> -     // Store the guest regs x0-x1 and x4-x18
> +     // Store the guest regs x0-x1 and x4-x17
>       stp     x2, x3,   [x1, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(0)]
>       stp     x4, x5,   [x1, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(4)]
>       stp     x6, x7,   [x1, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(6)]
> @@ -123,9 +122,8 @@ ENTRY(__guest_exit)
>       stp     x12, x13, [x1, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(12)]
>       stp     x14, x15, [x1, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(14)]
>       stp     x16, x17, [x1, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(16)]
> -     str     x18,      [x1, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(18)]
>  
> -     // Store the guest regs x19-x29, lr
> +     // Store the guest regs x18-x29, lr
>       save_callee_saved_regs x1
>  
>       get_host_ctxt   x2, x3

Thanks,

        M.
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