[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: Xen/ARM - Query about a data abort seen while reading GICD registers
Hi Bertrand, Thanks for looking into it. On 16/11/2021 15:36, Bertrand Marquis wrote: Hi Ayan,On 16 Nov 2021, at 15:27, Ayan Kumar Halder <ayan.kumar.halder@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi Xen/Arm experts, I am facing a very strange issue while running a baremetal application as a DomU guest on arm64 platform. The baremetal app tries to read the GICD register with post indexing as follows :- ldr x1, =0x3001000 ldr w2, [x1], #4 <<<------ PC = 0x40000ca8Increment on on load is not supported by the emulation layer. That is surprising. The reason being if I try to read the GICC register (0x3002000) with post indexing then it works fine. Can you point me in source where this limitation is set ? Could you try with: add x1, x1, #4 ldr w2, [x1] This worked fine. -Ayan Regards BertrandAnd then I get :- HSR=0x92000005 pc=0x00000040000ca8 gva=0x3001000 gpa=0x00000003001000 This problem occurs only while reading the GICD registers with post indexing. If I read the register with pre-indexing, then I do not see any abort. Alternatively, if I read GICC register with post indexing, I don't see the abort either. From the HSR value, I interpret it as EC = 100100b # Data abort from lower exception IL = 1b # 32 bit instruction trapped DFSC = 101 # Translation fault level 1 On debugging, I found that the abort is triggered from try_handle_mmio() { ... /* All the instructions used on emulated MMIO region should be valid */ if ( !dabt.valid ) { return IO_ABORT; } ... } From the Arm V8 Arm specs, I understand that dabt.valid is ISV, bit[24] in "ISS encoding for an exception from a Data Abort". I saw that the caller is do_trap_guest_sync() "case HSR_EC_DATA_ABORT_LOWER_EL" where dabt.valid is false. In the success scenario, dabt.valid is true. I could not find the caller for do_trap_guest_sync() So, can anyone help me here 1. Who is the caller for do_trap_guest_sync() ? 2. Any idea on what the issue is and how I can debug it further ? Kind regards, Ayan
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