On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 4:24 PM Sean Christopherson <sea...@google.com> wrote: > > Automatically disable single-step when the guest reaches the end of the > verified section instead of using an explicit ucall() to ask userspace to > disable single-step. An upcoming change to implement a pool-based scheme > for ucall() will add an atomic operation (bit test and set) in the guest > ucall code, and if the compiler generate "old school" atomics, e.g. > > 40e57c: c85f7c20 ldxr x0, [x1] > 40e580: aa100011 orr x17, x0, x16 > 40e584: c80ffc31 stlxr w15, x17, [x1] > 40e588: 35ffffaf cbnz w15, 40e57c > <__aarch64_ldset8_sync+0x1c> > > the guest will hang as the local exclusive monitor is reset by eret, > i.e. the stlxr will always fail due to the VM-Exit for the debug > exception. > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221006003409.649993-8-sea...@google.com > Cc: Oliver Upton <oliver.up...@linux.dev> > Cc: Marc Zyngier <m...@kernel.org> > Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sea...@google.com>
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