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From: Daniel Henrique Barboza <dbarboza@ventanamicro.com>
To: "Alvin Che-Chia Chang(張哲嘉)" <alvinga@andestech.com>,
	"qemu-riscv@nongnu.org" <qemu-riscv@nongnu.org>,
	"qemu-devel@nongnu.org" <qemu-devel@nongnu.org>
Cc: "alistair.francis@wdc.com" <alistair.francis@wdc.com>,
	"bin.meng@windriver.com" <bin.meng@windriver.com>,
	"liwei1518@gmail.com" <liwei1518@gmail.com>,
	"zhiwei_liu@linux.alibaba.com" <zhiwei_liu@linux.alibaba.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] target/riscv: Apply modularized matching conditions for breakpoint
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 09:37:39 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <eb13a04e-420a-4db7-a324-25520bcc32ea@ventanamicro.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SEYPR03MB6700A34DA4F22756C3C72CF0A8562@SEYPR03MB6700.apcprd03.prod.outlook.com>



On 2/21/24 22:46, Alvin Che-Chia Chang(張哲嘉) wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Daniel Henrique Barboza <dbarboza@ventanamicro.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2024 1:26 AM
>> To: Alvin Che-Chia Chang(張哲嘉) <alvinga@andestech.com>;
>> qemu-riscv@nongnu.org; qemu-devel@nongnu.org
>> Cc: alistair.francis@wdc.com; bin.meng@windriver.com;
>> liwei1518@gmail.com; zhiwei_liu@linux.alibaba.com
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] target/riscv: Apply modularized matching conditions
>> for breakpoint
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2/19/24 00:25, Alvin Chang wrote:
>>> We have implemented trigger_common_match(), which checks if the
>>> enabled privilege levels of the trigger match CPU's current privilege level.
>>> Remove the related code in riscv_cpu_debug_check_breakpoint() and
>>> invoke
>>> trigger_common_match() to check the privilege levels of the type 2 and
>>> type 6 triggers for the breakpoints.
>>>
>>> Only the execution bit and the executed PC should be futher checked in
>>
>> typo: further
> 
> Thanks! Will fix it.
> 
>>
>>> riscv_cpu_debug_check_breakpoint().
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Alvin Chang <alvinga@andestech.com>
>>> ---
>>>    target/riscv/debug.c | 26 ++++++--------------------
>>>    1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/target/riscv/debug.c b/target/riscv/debug.c index
>>> 7932233073..b971ed5d7a 100644
>>> --- a/target/riscv/debug.c
>>> +++ b/target/riscv/debug.c
>>> @@ -855,21 +855,17 @@ bool riscv_cpu_debug_check_breakpoint(CPUState
>> *cs)
>>>            for (i = 0; i < RV_MAX_TRIGGERS; i++) {
>>>                trigger_type = get_trigger_type(env, i);
>>>
>>> +            if (!trigger_common_match(env, trigger_type, i)) {
>>> +                continue;
>>> +            }
>>> +
>>
>> I believe this will change how the function behaves. Before this patch, we
>> would 'return false' if we have a TRIGGER_TYPE_AD_MATCH and
>> env->virt_enabled is true.
>>
>> Now, for the same case, we'll keep looping until we found a match, or return
>> 'false'
>> if we run out of triggers.
> 
> Oh! I didn't notice that the behavior is changed.. thank you.
> 
> Image that CPU supports both type 2 and type 6 triggers, and the debugger sets two identical breakpoints.(this should be a mistake, but we should not restrict the debugger)
> One of them is type 2 breakpoint at trigger index 0, and the other is type 6 breakpoint at trigger index 1.
> Now if the system runs in VS/VU modes, it could match type 6 breakpoint, so the looping is necessary.
> If the system runs in M/HS/U modes, it could match type 2 breakpoint.
> Is my understanding correct?

It looks correct to me. We just need to mention in the commit msg that the behavior
change is intentional, not an accident.


Thanks,

Daniel


> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> Alvin
> 
>>
>> This seems ok to do, but we should state in the commit msg that we're
>> intentionally change how the function works. If that's not the idea and we want
>> to preserve the existing behavior, we would need to do:
>>
>>>
>>> +            if (!trigger_common_match(env, trigger_type, i)) {
>>> +                return false;
>>> +            }
>>
>> Instead of just continue looping. Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>>>                switch (trigger_type) {
>>>                case TRIGGER_TYPE_AD_MATCH:
>>> -                /* type 2 trigger cannot be fired in VU/VS mode */
>>> -                if (env->virt_enabled) {
>>> -                    return false;
>>> -                }
>>> -
>>>                    ctrl = env->tdata1[i];
>>>                    pc = env->tdata2[i];
>>>
>>>                    if ((ctrl & TYPE2_EXEC) && (bp->pc == pc)) {
>>> -                    /* check U/S/M bit against current privilege level
>> */
>>> -                    if ((ctrl >> 3) & BIT(env->priv)) {
>>> -                        return true;
>>> -                    }
>>> +                    return true;
>>>                    }
>>>                    break;
>>>                case TRIGGER_TYPE_AD_MATCH6:
>>> @@ -877,17 +873,7 @@ bool riscv_cpu_debug_check_breakpoint(CPUState
>> *cs)
>>>                    pc = env->tdata2[i];
>>>
>>>                    if ((ctrl & TYPE6_EXEC) && (bp->pc == pc)) {
>>> -                    if (env->virt_enabled) {
>>> -                        /* check VU/VS bit against current privilege
>> level */
>>> -                        if ((ctrl >> 23) & BIT(env->priv)) {
>>> -                            return true;
>>> -                        }
>>> -                    } else {
>>> -                        /* check U/S/M bit against current privilege
>> level */
>>> -                        if ((ctrl >> 3) & BIT(env->priv)) {
>>> -                            return true;
>>> -                        }
>>> -                    }
>>> +                    return true;
>>>                    }
>>>                    break;
>>>                default:


  reply	other threads:[~2024-02-22 12:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-02-19  3:25 [PATCH 0/4] RISC-V: Modularize common match conditions for trigger Alvin Chang via
2024-02-19  3:25 ` [PATCH 1/4] target/riscv: Add functions for common matching conditions of trigger Alvin Chang via
2024-02-21 17:09   ` Daniel Henrique Barboza
2024-02-19  3:25 ` [PATCH 2/4] target/riscv: Apply modularized matching conditions for breakpoint Alvin Chang via
2024-02-21 17:25   ` Daniel Henrique Barboza
2024-02-22  1:46     ` Alvin Che-Chia Chang(張哲嘉)
2024-02-22 12:37       ` Daniel Henrique Barboza [this message]
2024-02-19  3:25 ` [PATCH 3/4] target/riscv: Apply modularized matching conditions for watchpoint Alvin Chang via
2024-02-21 17:31   ` Daniel Henrique Barboza
2024-02-19  3:25 ` [PATCH 4/4] target/riscv: Apply modularized matching conditions for icount trigger Alvin Chang via
2024-02-21 18:05   ` Daniel Henrique Barboza
2024-02-22  2:05     ` Alvin Che-Chia Chang(張哲嘉)

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