From dde797899ac17ebb812b7566044124d785e98dc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rusty Russell Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:41:03 -0700 Subject: lguest: documentation IV: Launcher Documentation: The Launcher Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- drivers/lguest/core.c | 24 ++++- drivers/lguest/io.c | 247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- drivers/lguest/lg.h | 25 +++++ drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c | 159 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 4 files changed, 427 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/lguest') diff --git a/drivers/lguest/core.c b/drivers/lguest/core.c index 2cea0c8..1eb05f9 100644 --- a/drivers/lguest/core.c +++ b/drivers/lguest/core.c @@ -208,24 +208,39 @@ static int emulate_insn(struct lguest *lg) return 1; } +/*L:305 + * Dealing With Guest Memory. + * + * When the Guest gives us (what it thinks is) a physical address, we can use + * the normal copy_from_user() & copy_to_user() on that address: remember, + * Guest physical == Launcher virtual. + * + * But we can't trust the Guest: it might be trying to access the Launcher + * code. We have to check that the range is below the pfn_limit the Launcher + * gave us. We have to make sure that addr + len doesn't give us a false + * positive by overflowing, too. */ int lguest_address_ok(const struct lguest *lg, unsigned long addr, unsigned long len) { return (addr+len) / PAGE_SIZE < lg->pfn_limit && (addr+len >= addr); } -/* Just like get_user, but don't let guest access lguest binary. */ +/* This is a convenient routine to get a 32-bit value from the Guest (a very + * common operation). Here we can see how useful the kill_lguest() routine we + * met in the Launcher can be: we return a random value (0) instead of needing + * to return an error. */ u32 lgread_u32(struct lguest *lg, unsigned long addr) { u32 val = 0; - /* Don't let them access lguest binary */ + /* Don't let them access lguest binary. */ if (!lguest_address_ok(lg, addr, sizeof(val)) || get_user(val, (u32 __user *)addr) != 0) kill_guest(lg, "bad read address %#lx", addr); return val; } +/* Same thing for writing a value. */ void lgwrite_u32(struct lguest *lg, unsigned long addr, u32 val) { if (!lguest_address_ok(lg, addr, sizeof(val)) @@ -233,6 +248,9 @@ void lgwrite_u32(struct lguest *lg, unsigned long addr, u32 val) kill_guest(lg, "bad write address %#lx", addr); } +/* This routine is more generic, and copies a range of Guest bytes into a + * buffer. If the copy_from_user() fails, we fill the buffer with zeroes, so + * the caller doesn't end up using uninitialized kernel memory. */ void lgread(struct lguest *lg, void *b, unsigned long addr, unsigned bytes) { if (!lguest_address_ok(lg, addr, bytes) @@ -243,6 +261,7 @@ void lgread(struct lguest *lg, void *b, unsigned long addr, unsigned bytes) } } +/* Similarly, our generic routine to copy into a range of Guest bytes. */ void lgwrite(struct lguest *lg, unsigned long addr, const void *b, unsigned bytes) { @@ -250,6 +269,7 @@ void lgwrite(struct lguest *lg, unsigned long addr, const void *b, || copy_to_user((void __user *)addr, b, bytes) != 0) kill_guest(lg, "bad write address %#lx len %u", addr, bytes); } +/* (end of memory access helper routines) :*/ static void set_ts(void) { diff --git a/drivers/lguest/io.c b/drivers/lguest/io.c index d2f02f0..da28812 100644 --- a/drivers/lguest/io.c +++ b/drivers/lguest/io.c @@ -27,8 +27,36 @@ #include #include "lg.h" +/*L:300 + * I/O + * + * Getting data in and out of the Guest is quite an art. There are numerous + * ways to do it, and they all suck differently. We try to keep things fairly + * close to "real" hardware so our Guest's drivers don't look like an alien + * visitation in the middle of the Linux code, and yet make sure that Guests + * can talk directly to other Guests, not just the Launcher. + * + * To do this, the Guest gives us a key when it binds or sends DMA buffers. + * The key corresponds to a "physical" address inside the Guest (ie. a virtual + * address inside the Launcher process). We don't, however, use this key + * directly. + * + * We want Guests which share memory to be able to DMA to each other: two + * Launchers can mmap memory the same file, then the Guests can communicate. + * Fortunately, the futex code provides us with a way to get a "union + * futex_key" corresponding to the memory lying at a virtual address: if the + * two processes share memory, the "union futex_key" for that memory will match + * even if the memory is mapped at different addresses in each. So we always + * convert the keys to "union futex_key"s to compare them. + * + * Before we dive into this though, we need to look at another set of helper + * routines used throughout the Host kernel code to access Guest memory. + :*/ static struct list_head dma_hash[61]; +/* An unfortunate side effect of the Linux double-linked list implementation is + * that there's no good way to statically initialize an array of linked + * lists. */ void lguest_io_init(void) { unsigned int i; @@ -60,6 +88,19 @@ kill: return 0; } +/*L:330 This is our hash function, using the wonderful Jenkins hash. + * + * The futex key is a union with three parts: an unsigned long word, a pointer, + * and an int "offset". We could use jhash_2words() which takes three u32s. + * (Ok, the hash functions are great: the naming sucks though). + * + * It's nice to be portable to 64-bit platforms, so we use the more generic + * jhash2(), which takes an array of u32, the number of u32s, and an initial + * u32 to roll in. This is uglier, but breaks down to almost the same code on + * 32-bit platforms like this one. + * + * We want a position in the array, so we modulo ARRAY_SIZE(dma_hash) (ie. 61). + */ static unsigned int hash(const union futex_key *key) { return jhash2((u32*)&key->both.word, @@ -68,6 +109,9 @@ static unsigned int hash(const union futex_key *key) % ARRAY_SIZE(dma_hash); } +/* This is a convenience routine to compare two keys. It's a much bemoaned C + * weakness that it doesn't allow '==' on structures or unions, so we have to + * open-code it like this. */ static inline int key_eq(const union futex_key *a, const union futex_key *b) { return (a->both.word == b->both.word @@ -75,22 +119,36 @@ static inline int key_eq(const union futex_key *a, const union futex_key *b) && a->both.offset == b->both.offset); } -/* Must hold read lock on dmainfo owner's current->mm->mmap_sem */ +/*L:360 OK, when we need to actually free up a Guest's DMA array we do several + * things, so we have a convenient function to do it. + * + * The caller must hold a read lock on dmainfo owner's current->mm->mmap_sem + * for the drop_futex_key_refs(). */ static void unlink_dma(struct lguest_dma_info *dmainfo) { + /* You locked this too, right? */ BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&lguest_lock)); + /* This is how we know that the entry is free. */ dmainfo->interrupt = 0; + /* Remove it from the hash table. */ list_del(&dmainfo->list); + /* Drop the references we were holding (to the inode or mm). */ drop_futex_key_refs(&dmainfo->key); } +/*L:350 This is the routine which we call when the Guest asks to unregister a + * DMA array attached to a given key. Returns true if the array was found. */ static int unbind_dma(struct lguest *lg, const union futex_key *key, unsigned long dmas) { int i, ret = 0; + /* We don't bother with the hash table, just look through all this + * Guest's DMA arrays. */ for (i = 0; i < LGUEST_MAX_DMA; i++) { + /* In theory it could have more than one array on the same key, + * or one array on multiple keys, so we check both */ if (key_eq(key, &lg->dma[i].key) && dmas == lg->dma[i].dmas) { unlink_dma(&lg->dma[i]); ret = 1; @@ -100,51 +158,91 @@ static int unbind_dma(struct lguest *lg, return ret; } +/*L:340 BIND_DMA: this is the hypercall which sets up an array of "struct + * lguest_dma" for receiving I/O. + * + * The Guest wants to bind an array of "struct lguest_dma"s to a particular key + * to receive input. This only happens when the Guest is setting up a new + * device, so it doesn't have to be very fast. + * + * It returns 1 on a successful registration (it can fail if we hit the limit + * of registrations for this Guest). + */ int bind_dma(struct lguest *lg, unsigned long ukey, unsigned long dmas, u16 numdmas, u8 interrupt) { unsigned int i; int ret = 0; union futex_key key; + /* Futex code needs the mmap_sem. */ struct rw_semaphore *fshared = ¤t->mm->mmap_sem; + /* Invalid interrupt? (We could kill the guest here). */ if (interrupt >= LGUEST_IRQS) return 0; + /* We need to grab the Big Lguest Lock, because other Guests may be + * trying to look through this Guest's DMAs to send something while + * we're doing this. */ mutex_lock(&lguest_lock); down_read(fshared); if (get_futex_key((u32 __user *)ukey, fshared, &key) != 0) { kill_guest(lg, "bad dma key %#lx", ukey); goto unlock; } + + /* We want to keep this key valid once we drop mmap_sem, so we have to + * hold a reference. */ get_futex_key_refs(&key); + /* If the Guest specified an interrupt of 0, that means they want to + * unregister this array of "struct lguest_dma"s. */ if (interrupt == 0) ret = unbind_dma(lg, &key, dmas); else { + /* Look through this Guest's dma array for an unused entry. */ for (i = 0; i < LGUEST_MAX_DMA; i++) { + /* If the interrupt is non-zero, the entry is already + * used. */ if (lg->dma[i].interrupt) continue; + /* OK, a free one! Fill on our details. */ lg->dma[i].dmas = dmas; lg->dma[i].num_dmas = numdmas; lg->dma[i].next_dma = 0; lg->dma[i].key = key; lg->dma[i].guestid = lg->guestid; lg->dma[i].interrupt = interrupt; + + /* Now we add it to the hash table: the position + * depends on the futex key that we got. */ list_add(&lg->dma[i].list, &dma_hash[hash(&key)]); + /* Success! */ ret = 1; goto unlock; } } + /* If we didn't find a slot to put the key in, drop the reference + * again. */ drop_futex_key_refs(&key); unlock: + /* Unlock and out. */ up_read(fshared); mutex_unlock(&lguest_lock); return ret; } -/* lgread from another guest */ +/*L:385 Note that our routines to access a different Guest's memory are called + * lgread_other() and lgwrite_other(): these names emphasize that they are only + * used when the Guest is *not* the current Guest. + * + * The interface for copying from another process's memory is called + * access_process_vm(), with a final argument of 0 for a read, and 1 for a + * write. + * + * We need lgread_other() to read the destination Guest's "struct lguest_dma" + * array. */ static int lgread_other(struct lguest *lg, void *buf, u32 addr, unsigned bytes) { @@ -157,7 +255,8 @@ static int lgread_other(struct lguest *lg, return 1; } -/* lgwrite to another guest */ +/* "lgwrite()" to another Guest: used to update the destination "used_len" once + * we've transferred data into the buffer. */ static int lgwrite_other(struct lguest *lg, u32 addr, const void *buf, unsigned bytes) { @@ -170,6 +269,15 @@ static int lgwrite_other(struct lguest *lg, u32 addr, return 1; } +/*L:400 This is the generic engine which copies from a source "struct + * lguest_dma" from this Guest into another Guest's "struct lguest_dma". The + * destination Guest's pages have already been mapped, as contained in the + * pages array. + * + * If you're wondering if there's a nice "copy from one process to another" + * routine, so was I. But Linux isn't really set up to copy between two + * unrelated processes, so we have to write it ourselves. + */ static u32 copy_data(struct lguest *srclg, const struct lguest_dma *src, const struct lguest_dma *dst, @@ -178,33 +286,59 @@ static u32 copy_data(struct lguest *srclg, unsigned int totlen, si, di, srcoff, dstoff; void *maddr = NULL; + /* We return the total length transferred. */ totlen = 0; + + /* We keep indexes into the source and destination "struct lguest_dma", + * and an offset within each region. */ si = di = 0; srcoff = dstoff = 0; + + /* We loop until the source or destination is exhausted. */ while (si < LGUEST_MAX_DMA_SECTIONS && src->len[si] && di < LGUEST_MAX_DMA_SECTIONS && dst->len[di]) { + /* We can only transfer the rest of the src buffer, or as much + * as will fit into the destination buffer. */ u32 len = min(src->len[si] - srcoff, dst->len[di] - dstoff); + /* For systems using "highmem" we need to use kmap() to access + * the page we want. We often use the same page over and over, + * so rather than kmap() it on every loop, we set the maddr + * pointer to NULL when we need to move to the next + * destination page. */ if (!maddr) maddr = kmap(pages[di]); - /* FIXME: This is not completely portable, since - archs do different things for copy_to_user_page. */ + /* Copy directly from (this Guest's) source address to the + * destination Guest's kmap()ed buffer. Note that maddr points + * to the start of the page: we need to add the offset of the + * destination address and offset within the buffer. */ + + /* FIXME: This is not completely portable. I looked at + * copy_to_user_page(), and some arch's seem to need special + * flushes. x86 is fine. */ if (copy_from_user(maddr + (dst->addr[di] + dstoff)%PAGE_SIZE, (void __user *)src->addr[si], len) != 0) { + /* If a copy failed, it's the source's fault. */ kill_guest(srclg, "bad address in sending DMA"); totlen = 0; break; } + /* Increment the total and src & dst offsets */ totlen += len; srcoff += len; dstoff += len; + + /* Presumably we reached the end of the src or dest buffers: */ if (srcoff == src->len[si]) { + /* Move to the next buffer at offset 0 */ si++; srcoff = 0; } if (dstoff == dst->len[di]) { + /* We need to unmap that destination page and reset + * maddr ready for the next one. */ kunmap(pages[di]); maddr = NULL; di++; @@ -212,13 +346,15 @@ static u32 copy_data(struct lguest *srclg, } } + /* If we still had a page mapped at the end, unmap now. */ if (maddr) kunmap(pages[di]); return totlen; } -/* Src is us, ie. current. */ +/*L:390 This is how we transfer a "struct lguest_dma" from the source Guest + * (the current Guest which called SEND_DMA) to another Guest. */ static u32 do_dma(struct lguest *srclg, const struct lguest_dma *src, struct lguest *dstlg, const struct lguest_dma *dst) { @@ -226,23 +362,31 @@ static u32 do_dma(struct lguest *srclg, const struct lguest_dma *src, u32 ret; struct page *pages[LGUEST_MAX_DMA_SECTIONS]; + /* We check that both source and destination "struct lguest_dma"s are + * within the bounds of the source and destination Guests */ if (!check_dma_list(dstlg, dst) || !check_dma_list(srclg, src)) return 0; - /* First get the destination pages */ + /* We need to map the pages which correspond to each parts of + * destination buffer. */ for (i = 0; i < LGUEST_MAX_DMA_SECTIONS; i++) { if (dst->len[i] == 0) break; + /* get_user_pages() is a complicated function, especially since + * we only want a single page. But it works, and returns the + * number of pages. Note that we're holding the destination's + * mmap_sem, as get_user_pages() requires. */ if (get_user_pages(dstlg->tsk, dstlg->mm, dst->addr[i], 1, 1, 1, pages+i, NULL) != 1) { + /* This means the destination gave us a bogus buffer */ kill_guest(dstlg, "Error mapping DMA pages"); ret = 0; goto drop_pages; } } - /* Now copy until we run out of src or dst. */ + /* Now copy the data until we run out of src or dst. */ ret = copy_data(srclg, src, dst, pages); drop_pages: @@ -251,6 +395,11 @@ drop_pages: return ret; } +/*L:380 Transferring data from one Guest to another is not as simple as I'd + * like. We've found the "struct lguest_dma_info" bound to the same address as + * the send, we need to copy into it. + * + * This function returns true if the destination array was empty. */ static int dma_transfer(struct lguest *srclg, unsigned long udma, struct lguest_dma_info *dst) @@ -259,15 +408,23 @@ static int dma_transfer(struct lguest *srclg, struct lguest *dstlg; u32 i, dma = 0; + /* From the "struct lguest_dma_info" we found in the hash, grab the + * Guest. */ dstlg = &lguests[dst->guestid]; - /* Get our dma list. */ + /* Read in the source "struct lguest_dma" handed to SEND_DMA. */ lgread(srclg, &src_dma, udma, sizeof(src_dma)); - /* We can't deadlock against them dmaing to us, because this - * is all under the lguest_lock. */ + /* We need the destination's mmap_sem, and we already hold the source's + * mmap_sem for the futex key lookup. Normally this would suggest that + * we could deadlock if the destination Guest was trying to send to + * this source Guest at the same time, which is another reason that all + * I/O is done under the big lguest_lock. */ down_read(&dstlg->mm->mmap_sem); + /* Look through the destination DMA array for an available buffer. */ for (i = 0; i < dst->num_dmas; i++) { + /* We keep a "next_dma" pointer which often helps us avoid + * looking at lots of previously-filled entries. */ dma = (dst->next_dma + i) % dst->num_dmas; if (!lgread_other(dstlg, &dst_dma, dst->dmas + dma * sizeof(struct lguest_dma), @@ -277,30 +434,46 @@ static int dma_transfer(struct lguest *srclg, if (!dst_dma.used_len) break; } + + /* If we found a buffer, we do the actual data copy. */ if (i != dst->num_dmas) { unsigned long used_lenp; unsigned int ret; ret = do_dma(srclg, &src_dma, dstlg, &dst_dma); - /* Put used length in src. */ + /* Put used length in the source "struct lguest_dma"'s used_len + * field. It's a little tricky to figure out where that is, + * though. */ lgwrite_u32(srclg, udma+offsetof(struct lguest_dma, used_len), ret); + /* Tranferring 0 bytes is OK if the source buffer was empty. */ if (ret == 0 && src_dma.len[0] != 0) goto fail; - /* Make sure destination sees contents before length. */ + /* The destination Guest might be running on a different CPU: + * we have to make sure that it will see the "used_len" field + * change to non-zero *after* it sees the data we copied into + * the buffer. Hence a write memory barrier. */ wmb(); + /* Figuring out where the destination's used_len field for this + * "struct lguest_dma" in the array is also a little ugly. */ used_lenp = dst->dmas + dma * sizeof(struct lguest_dma) + offsetof(struct lguest_dma, used_len); lgwrite_other(dstlg, used_lenp, &ret, sizeof(ret)); + /* Move the cursor for next time. */ dst->next_dma++; } up_read(&dstlg->mm->mmap_sem); - /* Do this last so dst doesn't simply sleep on lock. */ + /* We trigger the destination interrupt, even if the destination was + * empty and we didn't transfer anything: this gives them a chance to + * wake up and refill. */ set_bit(dst->interrupt, dstlg->irqs_pending); + /* Wake up the destination process. */ wake_up_process(dstlg->tsk); + /* If we passed the last "struct lguest_dma", the receive had no + * buffers left. */ return i == dst->num_dmas; fail: @@ -308,6 +481,8 @@ fail: return 0; } +/*L:370 This is the counter-side to the BIND_DMA hypercall; the SEND_DMA + * hypercall. We find out who's listening, and send to them. */ void send_dma(struct lguest *lg, unsigned long ukey, unsigned long udma) { union futex_key key; @@ -317,31 +492,43 @@ void send_dma(struct lguest *lg, unsigned long ukey, unsigned long udma) again: mutex_lock(&lguest_lock); down_read(fshared); + /* Get the futex key for the key the Guest gave us */ if (get_futex_key((u32 __user *)ukey, fshared, &key) != 0) { kill_guest(lg, "bad sending DMA key"); goto unlock; } - /* Shared mapping? Look for other guests... */ + /* Since the key must be a multiple of 4, the futex key uses the lower + * bit of the "offset" field (which would always be 0) to indicate a + * mapping which is shared with other processes (ie. Guests). */ if (key.shared.offset & 1) { struct lguest_dma_info *i; + /* Look through the hash for other Guests. */ list_for_each_entry(i, &dma_hash[hash(&key)], list) { + /* Don't send to ourselves. */ if (i->guestid == lg->guestid) continue; if (!key_eq(&key, &i->key)) continue; + /* If dma_transfer() tells us the destination has no + * available buffers, we increment "empty". */ empty += dma_transfer(lg, udma, i); break; } + /* If the destination is empty, we release our locks and + * give the destination Guest a brief chance to restock. */ if (empty == 1) { /* Give any recipients one chance to restock. */ up_read(¤t->mm->mmap_sem); mutex_unlock(&lguest_lock); + /* Next time, we won't try again. */ empty++; goto again; } } else { - /* Private mapping: tell our userspace. */ + /* Private mapping: Guest is sending to its Launcher. We set + * the "dma_is_pending" flag so that the main loop will exit + * and the Launcher's read() from /dev/lguest will return. */ lg->dma_is_pending = 1; lg->pending_dma = udma; lg->pending_key = ukey; @@ -350,6 +537,7 @@ unlock: up_read(fshared); mutex_unlock(&lguest_lock); } +/*:*/ void release_all_dma(struct lguest *lg) { @@ -365,7 +553,8 @@ void release_all_dma(struct lguest *lg) up_read(&lg->mm->mmap_sem); } -/* Userspace wants a dma buffer from this guest. */ +/*L:320 This routine looks for a DMA buffer registered by the Guest on the + * given key (using the BIND_DMA hypercall). */ unsigned long get_dma_buffer(struct lguest *lg, unsigned long ukey, unsigned long *interrupt) { @@ -374,15 +563,29 @@ unsigned long get_dma_buffer(struct lguest *lg, struct lguest_dma_info *i; struct rw_semaphore *fshared = ¤t->mm->mmap_sem; + /* Take the Big Lguest Lock to stop other Guests sending this Guest DMA + * at the same time. */ mutex_lock(&lguest_lock); + /* To match between Guests sharing the same underlying memory we steal + * code from the futex infrastructure. This requires that we hold the + * "mmap_sem" for our process (the Launcher), and pass it to the futex + * code. */ down_read(fshared); + + /* This can fail if it's not a valid address, or if the address is not + * divisible by 4 (the futex code needs that, we don't really). */ if (get_futex_key((u32 __user *)ukey, fshared, &key) != 0) { kill_guest(lg, "bad registered DMA buffer"); goto unlock; } + /* Search the hash table for matching entries (the Launcher can only + * send to its own Guest for the moment, so the entry must be for this + * Guest) */ list_for_each_entry(i, &dma_hash[hash(&key)], list) { if (key_eq(&key, &i->key) && i->guestid == lg->guestid) { unsigned int j; + /* Look through the registered DMA array for an + * available buffer. */ for (j = 0; j < i->num_dmas; j++) { struct lguest_dma dma; @@ -391,6 +594,8 @@ unsigned long get_dma_buffer(struct lguest *lg, if (dma.used_len == 0) break; } + /* Store the interrupt the Guest wants when the buffer + * is used. */ *interrupt = i->interrupt; break; } @@ -400,4 +605,12 @@ unlock: mutex_unlock(&lguest_lock); return ret; } +/*:*/ +/*L:410 This really has completed the Launcher. Not only have we now finished + * the longest chapter in our journey, but this also means we are over halfway + * through! + * + * Enough prevaricating around the bush: it is time for us to dive into the + * core of the Host, in "make Host". + */ diff --git a/drivers/lguest/lg.h b/drivers/lguest/lg.h index 3e2ddfb..3b9dc12 100644 --- a/drivers/lguest/lg.h +++ b/drivers/lguest/lg.h @@ -244,6 +244,30 @@ unsigned long get_dma_buffer(struct lguest *lg, unsigned long key, /* hypercalls.c: */ void do_hypercalls(struct lguest *lg); +/*L:035 + * Let's step aside for the moment, to study one important routine that's used + * widely in the Host code. + * + * There are many cases where the Guest does something invalid, like pass crap + * to a hypercall. Since only the Guest kernel can make hypercalls, it's quite + * acceptable to simply terminate the Guest and give the Launcher a nicely + * formatted reason. It's also simpler for the Guest itself, which doesn't + * need to check most hypercalls for "success"; if you're still running, it + * succeeded. + * + * Once this is called, the Guest will never run again, so most Host code can + * call this then continue as if nothing had happened. This means many + * functions don't have to explicitly return an error code, which keeps the + * code simple. + * + * It also means that this can be called more than once: only the first one is + * remembered. The only trick is that we still need to kill the Guest even if + * we can't allocate memory to store the reason. Linux has a neat way of + * packing error codes into invalid pointers, so we use that here. + * + * Like any macro which uses an "if", it is safely wrapped in a run-once "do { + * } while(0)". + */ #define kill_guest(lg, fmt...) \ do { \ if (!(lg)->dead) { \ @@ -252,6 +276,7 @@ do { \ (lg)->dead = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM); \ } \ } while(0) +/* (End of aside) :*/ static inline unsigned long guest_pa(struct lguest *lg, unsigned long vaddr) { diff --git a/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c b/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c index 6ae86f2..80d1b58 100644 --- a/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c +++ b/drivers/lguest/lguest_user.c @@ -9,33 +9,62 @@ #include #include "lg.h" +/*L:030 setup_regs() doesn't really belong in this file, but it gives us an + * early glimpse deeper into the Host so it's worth having here. + * + * Most of the Guest's registers are left alone: we used get_zeroed_page() to + * allocate the structure, so they will be 0. */ static void setup_regs(struct lguest_regs *regs, unsigned long start) { - /* Write out stack in format lguest expects, so we can switch to it. */ + /* There are four "segment" registers which the Guest needs to boot: + * The "code segment" register (cs) refers to the kernel code segment + * __KERNEL_CS, and the "data", "extra" and "stack" segment registers + * refer to the kernel data segment __KERNEL_DS. + * + * The privilege level is packed into the lower bits. The Guest runs + * at privilege level 1 (GUEST_PL).*/ regs->ds = regs->es = regs->ss = __KERNEL_DS|GUEST_PL; regs->cs = __KERNEL_CS|GUEST_PL; - regs->eflags = 0x202; /* Interrupts enabled. */ + + /* The "eflags" register contains miscellaneous flags. Bit 1 (0x002) + * is supposed to always be "1". Bit 9 (0x200) controls whether + * interrupts are enabled. We always leave interrupts enabled while + * running the Guest. */ + regs->eflags = 0x202; + + /* The "Extended Instruction Pointer" register says where the Guest is + * running. */ regs->eip = start; - /* esi points to our boot information (physical address 0) */ + + /* %esi points to our boot information, at physical address 0, so don't + * touch it. */ } -/* + addr */ +/*L:310 To send DMA into the Guest, the Launcher needs to be able to ask for a + * DMA buffer. This is done by writing LHREQ_GETDMA and the key to + * /dev/lguest. */ static long user_get_dma(struct lguest *lg, const u32 __user *input) { unsigned long key, udma, irq; + /* Fetch the key they wrote to us. */ if (get_user(key, input) != 0) return -EFAULT; + /* Look for a free Guest DMA buffer bound to that key. */ udma = get_dma_buffer(lg, key, &irq); if (!udma) return -ENOENT; - /* We put irq number in udma->used_len. */ + /* We need to tell the Launcher what interrupt the Guest expects after + * the buffer is filled. We stash it in udma->used_len. */ lgwrite_u32(lg, udma + offsetof(struct lguest_dma, used_len), irq); + + /* The (guest-physical) address of the DMA buffer is returned from + * the write(). */ return udma; } -/* To force the Guest to stop running and return to the Launcher, the +/*L:315 To force the Guest to stop running and return to the Launcher, the * Waker sets writes LHREQ_BREAK and the value "1" to /dev/lguest. The * Launcher then writes LHREQ_BREAK and "0" to release the Waker. */ static int break_guest_out(struct lguest *lg, const u32 __user *input) @@ -59,7 +88,8 @@ static int break_guest_out(struct lguest *lg, const u32 __user *input) } } -/* + irq */ +/*L:050 Sending an interrupt is done by writing LHREQ_IRQ and an interrupt + * number to /dev/lguest. */ static int user_send_irq(struct lguest *lg, const u32 __user *input) { u32 irq; @@ -68,14 +98,19 @@ static int user_send_irq(struct lguest *lg, const u32 __user *input) return -EFAULT; if (irq >= LGUEST_IRQS) return -EINVAL; + /* Next time the Guest runs, the core code will see if it can deliver + * this interrupt. */ set_bit(irq, lg->irqs_pending); return 0; } +/*L:040 Once our Guest is initialized, the Launcher makes it run by reading + * from /dev/lguest. */ static ssize_t read(struct file *file, char __user *user, size_t size,loff_t*o) { struct lguest *lg = file->private_data; + /* You must write LHREQ_INITIALIZE first! */ if (!lg) return -EINVAL; @@ -83,27 +118,52 @@ static ssize_t read(struct file *file, char __user *user, size_t size,loff_t*o) if (current != lg->tsk) return -EPERM; + /* If the guest is already dead, we indicate why */ if (lg->dead) { size_t len; + /* lg->dead either contains an error code, or a string. */ if (IS_ERR(lg->dead)) return PTR_ERR(lg->dead); + /* We can only return as much as the buffer they read with. */ len = min(size, strlen(lg->dead)+1); if (copy_to_user(user, lg->dead, len) != 0) return -EFAULT; return len; } + /* If we returned from read() last time because the Guest sent DMA, + * clear the flag. */ if (lg->dma_is_pending) lg->dma_is_pending = 0; + /* Run the Guest until something interesting happens. */ return run_guest(lg, (unsigned long __user *)user); } -/* Take: pfnlimit, pgdir, start, pageoffset. */ +/*L:020 The initialization write supplies 4 32-bit values (in addition to the + * 32-bit LHREQ_INITIALIZE value). These are: + * + * pfnlimit: The highest (Guest-physical) page number the Guest should be + * allowed to access. The Launcher has to live in Guest memory, so it sets + * this to ensure the Guest can't reach it. + * + * pgdir: The (Guest-physical) address of the top of the initial Guest + * pagetables (which are set up by the Launcher). + * + * start: The first instruction to execute ("eip" in x86-speak). + * + * page_offset: The PAGE_OFFSET constant in the Guest kernel. We should + * probably wean the code off this, but it's a very useful constant! Any + * address above this is within the Guest kernel, and any kernel address can + * quickly converted from physical to virtual by adding PAGE_OFFSET. It's + * 0xC0000000 (3G) by default, but it's configurable at kernel build time. + */ static int initialize(struct file *file, const u32 __user *input) { + /* "struct lguest" contains everything we (the Host) know about a + * Guest. */ struct lguest *lg; int err, i; u32 args[4]; @@ -111,7 +171,7 @@ static int initialize(struct file *file, const u32 __user *input) /* We grab the Big Lguest lock, which protects the global array * "lguests" and multiple simultaneous initializations. */ mutex_lock(&lguest_lock); - + /* You can't initialize twice! Close the device and start again... */ if (file->private_data) { err = -EBUSY; goto unlock; @@ -122,37 +182,70 @@ static int initialize(struct file *file, const u32 __user *input) goto unlock; } + /* Find an unused guest. */ i = find_free_guest(); if (i < 0) { err = -ENOSPC; goto unlock; } + /* OK, we have an index into the "lguest" array: "lg" is a convenient + * pointer. */ lg = &lguests[i]; + + /* Populate the easy fields of our "struct lguest" */ lg->guestid = i; lg->pfn_limit = args[0]; lg->page_offset = args[3]; + + /* We need a complete page for the Guest registers: they are accessible + * to the Guest and we can only grant it access to whole pages. */ lg->regs_page = get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL); if (!lg->regs_page) { err = -ENOMEM; goto release_guest; } + /* We actually put the registers at the bottom of the page. */ lg->regs = (void *)lg->regs_page + PAGE_SIZE - sizeof(*lg->regs); + /* Initialize the Guest's shadow page tables, using the toplevel + * address the Launcher gave us. This allocates memory, so can + * fail. */ err = init_guest_pagetable(lg, args[1]); if (err) goto free_regs; + /* Now we initialize the Guest's registers, handing it the start + * address. */ setup_regs(lg->regs, args[2]); + + /* There are a couple of GDT entries the Guest expects when first + * booting. */ setup_guest_gdt(lg); + + /* The timer for lguest's clock needs initialization. */ init_clockdev(lg); + + /* We keep a pointer to the Launcher task (ie. current task) for when + * other Guests want to wake this one (inter-Guest I/O). */ lg->tsk = current; + /* We need to keep a pointer to the Launcher's memory map, because if + * the Launcher dies we need to clean it up. If we don't keep a + * reference, it is destroyed before close() is called. */ lg->mm = get_task_mm(lg->tsk); + + /* Initialize the queue for the waker to wait on */ init_waitqueue_head(&lg->break_wq); + + /* We remember which CPU's pages this Guest used last, for optimization + * when the same Guest runs on the same CPU twice. */ lg->last_pages = NULL; + + /* We keep our "struct lguest" in the file's private_data. */ file->private_data = lg; mutex_unlock(&lguest_lock); + /* And because this is a write() call, we return the length used. */ return sizeof(args); free_regs: @@ -164,9 +257,15 @@ unlock: return err; } +/*L:010 The first operation the Launcher does must be a write. All writes + * start with a 32 bit number: for the first write this must be + * LHREQ_INITIALIZE to set up the Guest. After that the Launcher can use + * writes of other values to get DMA buffers and send interrupts. */ static ssize_t write(struct file *file, const char __user *input, size_t size, loff_t *off) { + /* Once the guest is initialized, we hold the "struct lguest" in the + * file private data. */ struct lguest *lg = file->private_data; u32 req; @@ -174,8 +273,11 @@ static ssize_t write(struct file *file, const char __user *input, return -EFAULT; input += sizeof(req); + /* If you haven't initialized, you must do that first. */ if (req != LHREQ_INITIALIZE && !lg) return -EINVAL; + + /* Once the Guest is dead, all you can do is read() why it died. */ if (lg && lg->dead) return -ENOENT; @@ -197,33 +299,72 @@ static ssize_t write(struct file *file, const char __user *input, } } +/*L:060 The final piece of interface code is the close() routine. It reverses + * everything done in initialize(). This is usually called because the + * Launcher exited. + * + * Note that the close routine returns 0 or a negative error number: it can't + * really fail, but it can whine. I blame Sun for this wart, and K&R C for + * letting them do it. :*/ static int close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) { struct lguest *lg = file->private_data; + /* If we never successfully initialized, there's nothing to clean up */ if (!lg) return 0; + /* We need the big lock, to protect from inter-guest I/O and other + * Launchers initializing guests. */ mutex_lock(&lguest_lock); /* Cancels the hrtimer set via LHCALL_SET_CLOCKEVENT. */ hrtimer_cancel(&lg->hrt); + /* Free any DMA buffers the Guest had bound. */ release_all_dma(lg); + /* Free up the shadow page tables for the Guest. */ free_guest_pagetable(lg); + /* Now all the memory cleanups are done, it's safe to release the + * Launcher's memory management structure. */ mmput(lg->mm); + /* If lg->dead doesn't contain an error code it will be NULL or a + * kmalloc()ed string, either of which is ok to hand to kfree(). */ if (!IS_ERR(lg->dead)) kfree(lg->dead); + /* We can free up the register page we allocated. */ free_page(lg->regs_page); + /* We clear the entire structure, which also marks it as free for the + * next user. */ memset(lg, 0, sizeof(*lg)); + /* Release lock and exit. */ mutex_unlock(&lguest_lock); + return 0; } +/*L:000 + * Welcome to our journey through the Launcher! + * + * The Launcher is the Host userspace program which sets up, runs and services + * the Guest. In fact, many comments in the Drivers which refer to "the Host" + * doing things are inaccurate: the Launcher does all the device handling for + * the Guest. The Guest can't tell what's done by the the Launcher and what by + * the Host. + * + * Just to confuse you: to the Host kernel, the Launcher *is* the Guest and we + * shall see more of that later. + * + * We begin our understanding with the Host kernel interface which the Launcher + * uses: reading and writing a character device called /dev/lguest. All the + * work happens in the read(), write() and close() routines: */ static struct file_operations lguest_fops = { .owner = THIS_MODULE, .release = close, .write = write, .read = read, }; + +/* This is a textbook example of a "misc" character device. Populate a "struct + * miscdevice" and register it with misc_register(). */ static struct miscdevice lguest_dev = { .minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR, .name = "lguest", -- cgit v1.1