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[PATCH v2 0/7] Implement support for external IPT monitoring



Intel Processor Trace is an architectural extension available in modern Intel 
family CPUs. It allows recording the detailed trace of activity while the 
processor executes the code. One might use the recorded trace to reconstruct 
the code flow. It means, to find out the executed code paths, determine 
branches taken, and so forth.

The abovementioned feature is described in Intel(R) 64 and IA-32 Architectures 
Software Developer's Manual Volume 3C: System Programming Guide, Part 3, 
Chapter 36: "Intel Processor Trace."

This patch series implements an interface that Dom0 could use in order to 
enable IPT for particular vCPUs in DomU, allowing for external monitoring. Such 
a feature has numerous applications like malware monitoring, fuzzing, or 
performance testing.

Also thanks to Tamas K Lengyel for a few preliminary hints before
first version of this patch was submitted to xen-devel.

Changed since v1:
  * MSR_RTIT_CTL is managed using MSR load lists
  * other PT-related MSRs are modified only when vCPU goes out of context
  * trace buffer is now acquired as a resource
  * added vmtrace_pt_size parameter in xl.cfg, the size of trace buffer
    must be specified in the moment of domain creation
  * trace buffers are allocated on domain creation, destructed on
    domain destruction
  * HVMOP_vmtrace_ipt_enable/disable is limited to enabling/disabling PT
    these calls don't manage buffer memory anymore
  * lifted 32 MFN/GFN array limit when acquiring resources
  * minor code style changes according to review

Michal Leszczynski (7):
  xen/mm: lift 32 item limit from mfn/gfn arrays
  x86/vmx: add Intel PT MSR definitions
  x86/vmx: add IPT cpu feature
  x86/vmx: add do_vmtrace_op
  tools/libxc: add xc_vmtrace_* functions
  tools/libxl: add vmtrace_pt_size parameter
  tools/proctrace: add proctrace tool

 tools/golang/xenlight/helpers.gen.go        |   2 +
 tools/golang/xenlight/types.gen.go          |   1 +
 tools/libxc/Makefile                        |   1 +
 tools/libxc/include/xenctrl.h               |  39 +++
 tools/libxc/xc_vmtrace.c                    |  97 ++++++
 tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl                 |   2 +
 tools/libxl/libxl_x86.c                     |   5 +
 tools/proctrace/COPYING                     | 339 ++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/proctrace/Makefile                    |  50 +++
 tools/proctrace/proctrace.c                 | 153 +++++++++
 tools/xl/xl_parse.c                         |   4 +
 xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c                      | 167 ++++++++++
 xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmcs.c                 |   4 +
 xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c                  |  24 ++
 xen/arch/x86/mm.c                           |  37 +++
 xen/common/domain.c                         |   1 +
 xen/common/memory.c                         |  39 +--
 xen/include/asm-x86/cpufeature.h            |   1 +
 xen/include/asm-x86/hvm/hvm.h               |   9 +
 xen/include/asm-x86/hvm/vmx/vmcs.h          |  17 +
 xen/include/asm-x86/msr-index.h             |  37 +++
 xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpufeatureset.h |   1 +
 xen/include/public/hvm/hvm_op.h             |  23 ++
 xen/include/public/hvm/params.h             |   5 +-
 xen/include/public/memory.h                 |   1 +
 xen/include/xen/sched.h                     |   3 +
 26 files changed, 1039 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/libxc/xc_vmtrace.c
 create mode 100644 tools/proctrace/COPYING
 create mode 100644 tools/proctrace/Makefile
 create mode 100644 tools/proctrace/proctrace.c

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