From: Michael Davidsaver <mdavidsaver@gmail.com>
The v7M exception architecture requires that if a synchronous
exception cannot be taken immediately (because it is disabled
or at too low a priority) then it should be escalated to
HardFault (and the HardFault exception is then taken).
Implement this escalation logic.
Signed-off-by: Michael Davidsaver <mdavidsaver@gmail.com>
[PMM: extracted from another patch]
Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
---
hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
target/arm/helper.c | 2 --
2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c b/hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c
index 3d77cbf..2eaac3d 100644
--- a/hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c
+++ b/hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c
@@ -334,6 +334,59 @@ void armv7m_nvic_set_pending(void *opaque, int irq)
vec = &s->vectors[irq];
trace_nvic_set_pending(irq, vec->enabled, vec->prio);
+
+
+ if (irq >= ARMV7M_EXCP_HARD && irq < ARMV7M_EXCP_PENDSV) {
+ /* If a synchronous exception is pending then it may be
+ * escalated to HardFault if:
+ * * it is equal or lower priority to current execution
+ * * it is disabled
+ * (ie we need to take it immediately but we can't do so).
+ * Asynchronous exceptions (and interrupts) simply remain pending.
+ *
+ * For QEMU, we don't have any imprecise (asynchronous) faults,
+ * so we can assume that PREFETCH_ABORT and DATA_ABORT are always
+ * synchronous.
+ * Debug exceptions are awkward because only Debug exceptions
+ * resulting from the BKPT instruction should be escalated,
+ * but we don't currently implement any Debug exceptions other
+ * than those that result from BKPT, so we treat all debug exceptions
+ * as needing escalation.
+ *
+ * This all means we can identify whether to escalate based only on
+ * the exception number and don't (yet) need the caller to explicitly
+ * tell us whether this exception is synchronous or not.
+ */
+ int running = nvic_exec_prio(s);
+ bool escalate = false;
+
+ if (vec->prio >= running) {
+ trace_nvic_escalate_prio(irq, vec->prio, running);
+ escalate = true;
+ } else if (!vec->enabled) {
+ trace_nvic_escalate_disabled(irq);
+ escalate = true;
+ }
+
+ if (escalate) {
+ if (running < 0) {
+ /* We want to escalate to HardFault but we can't take a
+ * synchronous HardFault at this point either. This is a
+ * Lockup condition due to a guest bug. We don't model
+ * Lockup, so report via cpu_abort() instead.
+ */
+ cpu_abort(&s->cpu->parent_obj,
+ "Lockup: can't escalate %d to HardFault "
+ "(current priority %d)\n", irq, running);
+ }
+
+ /* We can do the escalation, so we take HardFault instead */
+ irq = ARMV7M_EXCP_HARD;
+ vec = &s->vectors[irq];
+ s->cpu->env.v7m.hfsr |= R_V7M_HFSR_FORCED_MASK;
+ }
+ }
+
if (!vec->pending) {
vec->pending = 1;
nvic_irq_update(s);
diff --git a/target/arm/helper.c b/target/arm/helper.c
index c23df1b..6c86eac 100644
--- a/target/arm/helper.c
+++ b/target/arm/helper.c
@@ -6067,8 +6067,6 @@ void arm_v7m_cpu_do_interrupt(CPUState *cs)
/* For exceptions we just mark as pending on the NVIC, and let that
handle it. */
- /* TODO: Need to escalate if the current priority is higher than the
- one we're raising. */
switch (cs->exception_index) {
case EXCP_UDEF:
armv7m_nvic_set_pending(env->nvic, ARMV7M_EXCP_USAGE);
--
2.7.4
Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> writes:
> From: Michael Davidsaver <mdavidsaver@gmail.com>
>
> The v7M exception architecture requires that if a synchronous
> exception cannot be taken immediately (because it is disabled
> or at too low a priority) then it should be escalated to
> HardFault (and the HardFault exception is then taken).
> Implement this escalation logic.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Davidsaver <mdavidsaver@gmail.com>
> [PMM: extracted from another patch]
> Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
> ---
> hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> target/arm/helper.c | 2 --
> 2 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c b/hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c
> index 3d77cbf..2eaac3d 100644
> --- a/hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c
> +++ b/hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c
> @@ -334,6 +334,59 @@ void armv7m_nvic_set_pending(void *opaque, int irq)
>
> vec = &s->vectors[irq];
> trace_nvic_set_pending(irq, vec->enabled, vec->prio);
> +
> +
> + if (irq >= ARMV7M_EXCP_HARD && irq < ARMV7M_EXCP_PENDSV) {
> + /* If a synchronous exception is pending then it may be
> + * escalated to HardFault if:
> + * * it is equal or lower priority to current execution
> + * * it is disabled
> + * (ie we need to take it immediately but we can't do so).
> + * Asynchronous exceptions (and interrupts) simply remain pending.
> + *
> + * For QEMU, we don't have any imprecise (asynchronous) faults,
> + * so we can assume that PREFETCH_ABORT and DATA_ABORT are always
> + * synchronous.
> + * Debug exceptions are awkward because only Debug exceptions
> + * resulting from the BKPT instruction should be escalated,
> + * but we don't currently implement any Debug exceptions other
> + * than those that result from BKPT, so we treat all debug exceptions
> + * as needing escalation.
> + *
> + * This all means we can identify whether to escalate based only on
> + * the exception number and don't (yet) need the caller to explicitly
> + * tell us whether this exception is synchronous or not.
> + */
> + int running = nvic_exec_prio(s);
> + bool escalate = false;
> +
> + if (vec->prio >= running) {
> + trace_nvic_escalate_prio(irq, vec->prio, running);
> + escalate = true;
> + } else if (!vec->enabled) {
> + trace_nvic_escalate_disabled(irq);
> + escalate = true;
> + }
> +
> + if (escalate) {
> + if (running < 0) {
> + /* We want to escalate to HardFault but we can't take a
> + * synchronous HardFault at this point either. This is a
> + * Lockup condition due to a guest bug. We don't model
> + * Lockup, so report via cpu_abort() instead.
> + */
> + cpu_abort(&s->cpu->parent_obj,
> + "Lockup: can't escalate %d to HardFault "
> + "(current priority %d)\n", irq, running);
> + }
> +
> + /* We can do the escalation, so we take HardFault instead */
> + irq = ARMV7M_EXCP_HARD;
> + vec = &s->vectors[irq];
> + s->cpu->env.v7m.hfsr |= R_V7M_HFSR_FORCED_MASK;
> + }
> + }
> +
> if (!vec->pending) {
> vec->pending = 1;
> nvic_irq_update(s);
> diff --git a/target/arm/helper.c b/target/arm/helper.c
> index c23df1b..6c86eac 100644
> --- a/target/arm/helper.c
> +++ b/target/arm/helper.c
> @@ -6067,8 +6067,6 @@ void arm_v7m_cpu_do_interrupt(CPUState *cs)
>
> /* For exceptions we just mark as pending on the NVIC, and let that
> handle it. */
> - /* TODO: Need to escalate if the current priority is higher than the
> - one we're raising. */
> switch (cs->exception_index) {
> case EXCP_UDEF:
> armv7m_nvic_set_pending(env->nvic, ARMV7M_EXCP_USAGE);
--
Alex Bennée
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