From: novafacing <rowanbhart@gmail.com>
---
tests/tcg/plugins/inject.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
tests/tcg/plugins/meson.build | 2 +-
tests/tcg/x86_64/Makefile.target | 1 +
tests/tcg/x86_64/inject-target.c | 27 ++++
4 files changed, 235 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 tests/tcg/plugins/inject.c
create mode 100644 tests/tcg/x86_64/inject-target.c
diff --git a/tests/tcg/plugins/inject.c b/tests/tcg/plugins/inject.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9edc2cd34e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tcg/plugins/inject.c
@@ -0,0 +1,206 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024, Rowan Hart <rowanbhart@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * License: GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+#include "glib.h"
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <qemu-plugin.h>
+
+/*
+ * Specifies a Hypercall for an architecture:
+ *
+ * - Architecture name
+ * - Whether it is enabled
+ * - The hypercall instruction
+ * - The register names to pass the hypercall # and args
+ */
+struct HypercallSpec {
+ const char *name;
+ const bool enabled;
+ const char *hypercall;
+ const bool little_endian;
+ const char *num_reg;
+ const char *arg0_reg;
+ const char *arg1_reg;
+};
+
+static const struct HypercallSpec *hypercall_spec;
+
+static const struct HypercallSpec hypercall_specs[] = {
+ { "aarch64", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "aarch64_be", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "alpha", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "arm", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "armeb", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "avr", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "hexagon", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "hppa", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "i386", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "loongarch64", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "m68k", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "microblaze", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "microblazeel", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "mips", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "mips64", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "mips64el", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "mipsel", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "mipsn32", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "mipsn32el", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "or1k", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "ppc", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "ppc64", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "ppc64le", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "riscv32", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "riscv64", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "rx", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "s390x", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "sh4", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "sh4eb", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "sparc", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "sparc32plus", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "sparc64", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "tricore", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "x86_64", true, "\x0f\xa2", true, "rax", "rdi", "rsi" },
+ { "xtensa", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { "xtensaeb", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 },
+ { NULL, false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 },
+};
+
+QEMU_PLUGIN_EXPORT int qemu_plugin_version = QEMU_PLUGIN_VERSION;
+
+/*
+ * Returns a handle to a register with a given name, or NULL if there is no
+ * such register.
+ */
+static struct qemu_plugin_register *get_register(const char *name)
+{
+ GArray *registers = qemu_plugin_get_registers();
+
+ struct qemu_plugin_register *handle = NULL;
+
+ qemu_plugin_reg_descriptor *reg_descriptors =
+ (qemu_plugin_reg_descriptor *)registers->data;
+
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < registers->len; i++) {
+ if (!strcmp(reg_descriptors[i].name, name)) {
+ handle = reg_descriptors[i].handle;
+ }
+ }
+
+ g_array_free(registers, true);
+
+ return handle;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Transforms a byte array with at most 8 entries into a uint64_t
+ * depending on the target machine's endianness.
+ */
+static uint64_t byte_array_to_uint64(GByteArray *buf)
+{
+ uint64_t value = 0;
+ if (hypercall_spec->little_endian) {
+ for (int i = 0; i < buf->len && i < sizeof(uint64_t); i++) {
+ value |= ((uint64_t)buf->data[i]) << (i * 8);
+ }
+ } else {
+ for (int i = 0; i < buf->len && i < sizeof(uint64_t); i++) {
+ value |= ((uint64_t)buf->data[i]) << ((buf->len - 1 - i) * 8);
+ }
+ }
+ return value;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Handle a "hyperacll" instruction, which has some special meaning for this
+ * plugin.
+ */
+static void hypercall(unsigned int vcpu_index, void *userdata)
+{
+ uint64_t num = 0, arg0 = 0, arg1 = 0;
+ GByteArray *buf = g_byte_array_new();
+ qemu_plugin_read_register(get_register(hypercall_spec->num_reg), buf);
+ num = byte_array_to_uint64(buf);
+
+ g_byte_array_set_size(buf, 0);
+ qemu_plugin_read_register(get_register(hypercall_spec->arg0_reg), buf);
+ arg0 = byte_array_to_uint64(buf);
+
+ g_byte_array_set_size(buf, 0);
+ qemu_plugin_read_register(get_register(hypercall_spec->arg1_reg), buf);
+ arg1 = byte_array_to_uint64(buf);
+
+ switch (num) {
+ /*
+ * The write hypercall (#0x13371337) tells the plugin to write random bytes
+ * of a given size into the memory of the emulated system at a particular
+ * vaddr
+ */
+ case 0x13371337: {
+ GByteArray *data = g_byte_array_new();
+ g_byte_array_set_size(data, arg1);
+ for (uint64_t i = 0; i < arg1; i++) {
+ data->data[i] = (uint8_t)g_random_int();
+ }
+ qemu_plugin_write_memory_vaddr(arg0, data);
+ break;
+ }
+ default:
+ break;
+ }
+
+ g_byte_array_free(buf, TRUE);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Callback on translation of a translation block.
+ */
+static void vcpu_tb_trans(qemu_plugin_id_t id, struct qemu_plugin_tb *tb)
+{
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < qemu_plugin_tb_n_insns(tb); i++) {
+ struct qemu_plugin_insn *insn = qemu_plugin_tb_get_insn(tb, i);
+ GByteArray *insn_data = g_byte_array_new();
+ size_t insn_len = qemu_plugin_insn_size(insn);
+ g_byte_array_set_size(insn_data, insn_len);
+ qemu_plugin_insn_data(insn, insn_data->data, insn_data->len);
+ if (!memcmp(insn_data->data, hypercall_spec->hypercall, insn_data->len)) {
+ qemu_plugin_register_vcpu_insn_exec_cb(insn, hypercall,
+ QEMU_PLUGIN_CB_R_REGS, NULL);
+ }
+ g_byte_array_free(insn_data, true);
+ }
+}
+
+
+/*
+ * Called when the plugin is installed
+ */
+QEMU_PLUGIN_EXPORT int qemu_plugin_install(qemu_plugin_id_t id,
+ const qemu_info_t *info, int argc,
+ char **argv)
+{
+ hypercall_spec = &hypercall_specs[0];
+ while (hypercall_spec->name != NULL) {
+ if (!strcmp(hypercall_spec->name, info->target_name)) {
+ break;
+ }
+ hypercall_spec++;
+ }
+
+ if (hypercall_spec->name == NULL) {
+ qemu_plugin_outs("Error: no hypercall spec.");
+ return -1;
+ }
+
+ qemu_plugin_register_vcpu_tb_trans_cb(id, vcpu_tb_trans);
+
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tests/tcg/plugins/meson.build b/tests/tcg/plugins/meson.build
index f847849b1b..96782416d3 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/plugins/meson.build
+++ b/tests/tcg/plugins/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
t = []
if get_option('plugins')
- foreach i : ['bb', 'empty', 'inline', 'insn', 'mem', 'syscall']
+ foreach i : ['bb', 'empty', 'inline', 'insn', 'mem', 'syscall', 'inject']
if host_os == 'windows'
t += shared_module(i, files(i + '.c') + '../../../contrib/plugins/win32_linker.c',
include_directories: '../../../include/qemu',
diff --git a/tests/tcg/x86_64/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/x86_64/Makefile.target
index d6dff559c7..7c8e21636d 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/x86_64/Makefile.target
+++ b/tests/tcg/x86_64/Makefile.target
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ X86_64_TESTS += adox
X86_64_TESTS += test-1648
X86_64_TESTS += test-2175
X86_64_TESTS += cross-modifying-code
+X86_64_TESTS += inject-target
TESTS=$(MULTIARCH_TESTS) $(X86_64_TESTS) test-x86_64
else
TESTS=$(MULTIARCH_TESTS)
diff --git a/tests/tcg/x86_64/inject-target.c b/tests/tcg/x86_64/inject-target.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c886e5ab8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tcg/x86_64/inject-target.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#define hypercall(num, arg0, arg1) \
+ unsigned int _a __attribute__((unused)) = 0; \
+ unsigned int _b __attribute__((unused)) = 0; \
+ unsigned int _c __attribute__((unused)) = 0; \
+ unsigned int _d __attribute__((unused)) = 0; \
+ __asm__ __volatile__("cpuid\n\t" \
+ : "=a"(_a), "=b"(_b), "=c"(_c), "=d"(_d) \
+ : "a"(num), "D"(arg0), "S"(arg1));
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ uint16_t value;
+
+ for (size_t i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) {
+ hypercall(0x13371337, &value, sizeof(value));
+ if (value == 0x1337) {
+ printf("Victory!\n");
+ return 0;
+ }
+ }
+ return 1;
+}
+
--
2.46.1
On 12/6/24 02:26, Rowan Hart wrote: > From: novafacing <rowanbhart@gmail.com> > > --- > tests/tcg/plugins/inject.c | 206 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > tests/tcg/plugins/meson.build | 2 +- > tests/tcg/x86_64/Makefile.target | 1 + > tests/tcg/x86_64/inject-target.c | 27 ++++ > 4 files changed, 235 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > create mode 100644 tests/tcg/plugins/inject.c > create mode 100644 tests/tcg/x86_64/inject-target.c > > diff --git a/tests/tcg/plugins/inject.c b/tests/tcg/plugins/inject.c > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000000..9edc2cd34e > --- /dev/null > +++ b/tests/tcg/plugins/inject.c Could we find a better name? > @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ > +/* > + * Copyright (C) 2024, Rowan Hart <rowanbhart@gmail.com> > + * > + * License: GNU GPL, version 2 or later. > + * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory. > + */ We can add a comment here about what the plugin is doing. > +#include "glib.h" > +#include <assert.h> > +#include <inttypes.h> > +#include <stdio.h> > +#include <stdlib.h> > +#include <string.h> > +#include <unistd.h> > + > +#include <qemu-plugin.h> > + > +/* > + * Specifies a Hypercall for an architecture: > + * > + * - Architecture name > + * - Whether it is enabled > + * - The hypercall instruction > + * - The register names to pass the hypercall # and args > + */ > +struct HypercallSpec { > + const char *name; > + const bool enabled; > + const char *hypercall; > + const bool little_endian; > + const char *num_reg; > + const char *arg0_reg; > + const char *arg1_reg; > +}; > + > +static const struct HypercallSpec *hypercall_spec; > + > +static const struct HypercallSpec hypercall_specs[] = { > + { "aarch64", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "aarch64_be", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "alpha", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "arm", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "armeb", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "avr", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "hexagon", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "hppa", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "i386", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "loongarch64", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "m68k", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "microblaze", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "microblazeel", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "mips", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "mips64", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "mips64el", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "mipsel", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "mipsn32", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "mipsn32el", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "or1k", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "ppc", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "ppc64", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "ppc64le", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "riscv32", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "riscv64", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "rx", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "s390x", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "sh4", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "sh4eb", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "sparc", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "sparc32plus", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "sparc64", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "tricore", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "x86_64", true, "\x0f\xa2", true, "rax", "rdi", "rsi" }, > + { "xtensa", false, NULL, true, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { "xtensaeb", false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 }, > + { NULL, false, NULL, false, 0, 0, 0 }, > +}; > + > +QEMU_PLUGIN_EXPORT int qemu_plugin_version = QEMU_PLUGIN_VERSION; > + > +/* > + * Returns a handle to a register with a given name, or NULL if there is no > + * such register. > + */ > +static struct qemu_plugin_register *get_register(const char *name) > +{ > + GArray *registers = qemu_plugin_get_registers(); > + > + struct qemu_plugin_register *handle = NULL; > + > + qemu_plugin_reg_descriptor *reg_descriptors = > + (qemu_plugin_reg_descriptor *)registers->data; > + > + for (size_t i = 0; i < registers->len; i++) { > + if (!strcmp(reg_descriptors[i].name, name)) { > + handle = reg_descriptors[i].handle; > + } > + } > + > + g_array_free(registers, true); > + > + return handle; > +} > + > +/* > + * Transforms a byte array with at most 8 entries into a uint64_t > + * depending on the target machine's endianness. > + */ > +static uint64_t byte_array_to_uint64(GByteArray *buf) > +{ > + uint64_t value = 0; > + if (hypercall_spec->little_endian) { > + for (int i = 0; i < buf->len && i < sizeof(uint64_t); i++) { > + value |= ((uint64_t)buf->data[i]) << (i * 8); > + } > + } else { > + for (int i = 0; i < buf->len && i < sizeof(uint64_t); i++) { > + value |= ((uint64_t)buf->data[i]) << ((buf->len - 1 - i) * 8); > + } > + } > + return value; > +} > + > +/* > + * Handle a "hyperacll" instruction, which has some special meaning for this > + * plugin. > + */ > +static void hypercall(unsigned int vcpu_index, void *userdata) > +{ > + uint64_t num = 0, arg0 = 0, arg1 = 0; > + GByteArray *buf = g_byte_array_new(); > + qemu_plugin_read_register(get_register(hypercall_spec->num_reg), buf); > + num = byte_array_to_uint64(buf); > + > + g_byte_array_set_size(buf, 0); > + qemu_plugin_read_register(get_register(hypercall_spec->arg0_reg), buf); > + arg0 = byte_array_to_uint64(buf); > + > + g_byte_array_set_size(buf, 0); > + qemu_plugin_read_register(get_register(hypercall_spec->arg1_reg), buf); > + arg1 = byte_array_to_uint64(buf); > + > + switch (num) { > + /* > + * The write hypercall (#0x13371337) tells the plugin to write random bytes > + * of a given size into the memory of the emulated system at a particular > + * vaddr > + */ One challenge with picking a random value, is how to ensure this pattern has no other meaning for all architectures? I'm not sure we can find a single pattern of bytes that works for all arch, even though that would be definitely stylish :). In more, it seems that we are reinventing the syscall interface, while we already have it. But as the current instrumentation only works for user-mode, having a specific hypercall interface might be worth it for plugins, so system mode could benefit from it too. The work done here could serve later to define a proper interface. > + case 0x13371337: { > + GByteArray *data = g_byte_array_new(); > + g_byte_array_set_size(data, arg1); > + for (uint64_t i = 0; i < arg1; i++) { > + data->data[i] = (uint8_t)g_random_int(); > + } > + qemu_plugin_write_memory_vaddr(arg0, data); > + break; > + } > + default: > + break; > + } > + > + g_byte_array_free(buf, TRUE); > +} > + > +/* > + * Callback on translation of a translation block. > + */ > +static void vcpu_tb_trans(qemu_plugin_id_t id, struct qemu_plugin_tb *tb) > +{ > + for (size_t i = 0; i < qemu_plugin_tb_n_insns(tb); i++) { > + struct qemu_plugin_insn *insn = qemu_plugin_tb_get_insn(tb, i); > + GByteArray *insn_data = g_byte_array_new(); > + size_t insn_len = qemu_plugin_insn_size(insn); > + g_byte_array_set_size(insn_data, insn_len); > + qemu_plugin_insn_data(insn, insn_data->data, insn_data->len); > + if (!memcmp(insn_data->data, hypercall_spec->hypercall, insn_data->len)) { > + qemu_plugin_register_vcpu_insn_exec_cb(insn, hypercall, > + QEMU_PLUGIN_CB_R_REGS, NULL); > + } > + g_byte_array_free(insn_data, true); > + } > +} > + > + > +/* > + * Called when the plugin is installed > + */ > +QEMU_PLUGIN_EXPORT int qemu_plugin_install(qemu_plugin_id_t id, > + const qemu_info_t *info, int argc, > + char **argv) > +{ > + hypercall_spec = &hypercall_specs[0]; > + while (hypercall_spec->name != NULL) { > + if (!strcmp(hypercall_spec->name, info->target_name)) { > + break; > + } > + hypercall_spec++; > + } > + > + if (hypercall_spec->name == NULL) { > + qemu_plugin_outs("Error: no hypercall spec."); > + return -1; > + } > + > + qemu_plugin_register_vcpu_tb_trans_cb(id, vcpu_tb_trans); > + > + return 0; > +} > diff --git a/tests/tcg/plugins/meson.build b/tests/tcg/plugins/meson.build > index f847849b1b..96782416d3 100644 > --- a/tests/tcg/plugins/meson.build > +++ b/tests/tcg/plugins/meson.build > @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ > t = [] > if get_option('plugins') > - foreach i : ['bb', 'empty', 'inline', 'insn', 'mem', 'syscall'] > + foreach i : ['bb', 'empty', 'inline', 'insn', 'mem', 'syscall', 'inject'] > if host_os == 'windows' > t += shared_module(i, files(i + '.c') + '../../../contrib/plugins/win32_linker.c', > include_directories: '../../../include/qemu', > diff --git a/tests/tcg/x86_64/Makefile.target b/tests/tcg/x86_64/Makefile.target > index d6dff559c7..7c8e21636d 100644 > --- a/tests/tcg/x86_64/Makefile.target > +++ b/tests/tcg/x86_64/Makefile.target > @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ X86_64_TESTS += adox > X86_64_TESTS += test-1648 > X86_64_TESTS += test-2175 > X86_64_TESTS += cross-modifying-code > +X86_64_TESTS += inject-target > TESTS=$(MULTIARCH_TESTS) $(X86_64_TESTS) test-x86_64 > else > TESTS=$(MULTIARCH_TESTS) > diff --git a/tests/tcg/x86_64/inject-target.c b/tests/tcg/x86_64/inject-target.c > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000000..c886e5ab8b > --- /dev/null > +++ b/tests/tcg/x86_64/inject-target.c > @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ > +#include <stddef.h> > +#include <stdint.h> > +#include <stdio.h> > + > +#define hypercall(num, arg0, arg1) \ > + unsigned int _a __attribute__((unused)) = 0; \ > + unsigned int _b __attribute__((unused)) = 0; \ > + unsigned int _c __attribute__((unused)) = 0; \ > + unsigned int _d __attribute__((unused)) = 0; \ > + __asm__ __volatile__("cpuid\n\t" \ > + : "=a"(_a), "=b"(_b), "=c"(_c), "=d"(_d) \ > + : "a"(num), "D"(arg0), "S"(arg1)); > + > +int main(void) > +{ > + uint16_t value; > + > + for (size_t i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) { > + hypercall(0x13371337, &value, sizeof(value)); > + if (value == 0x1337) { > + printf("Victory!\n"); > + return 0; > + } > + } > + return 1; > +} > +
>> +++ b/tests/tcg/plugins/inject.c > > Could we find a better name? For sure, maybe "hypercalls.c" since that's really what it's mostly about. >> @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ >> +/* >> + * Copyright (C) 2024, Rowan Hart <rowanbhart@gmail.com> >> + * >> + * License: GNU GPL, version 2 or later. >> + * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory. >> + */ > > We can add a comment here about what the plugin is doing. Will do! > One challenge with picking a random value, is how to ensure this pattern has no other meaning for all architectures? I'm not sure we can find a single pattern of bytes that works for all arch, even though that would be definitely stylish :). > > In more, it seems that we are reinventing the syscall interface, while we already have it. But as the current instrumentation only works for user-mode, having a specific hypercall interface might be worth it for plugins, so system mode could benefit from it too. > > The work done here could serve later to define a proper interface. I'll see what I can do about this. SIMICS supports many architectures and has a "magic instruction" interface[0] (basically hypercalls) and has these instructions defined per-architecture in a way that at minimum there are 12 values available which work on every architecture the simulator supports. QEMU supports more architectures than SIMICS but I think we could start there and follow a similar approach. [0]: https://intel.github.io/tsffs/simics/simics-user-guide/breakpoints.html#Magic-Breakpoints -Rowan
On 12/6/24 17:02, Rowan Hart wrote: >>> +++ b/tests/tcg/plugins/inject.c >> >> Could we find a better name? > > For sure, maybe "hypercalls.c" since that's really what it's mostly about. > Sounds good. >>> @@ -0,0 +1,206 @@ >>> +/* >>> + * Copyright (C) 2024, Rowan Hart <rowanbhart@gmail.com> >>> + * >>> + * License: GNU GPL, version 2 or later. >>> + * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory. >>> + */ >> >> We can add a comment here about what the plugin is doing. > > Will do! > >> One challenge with picking a random value, is how to ensure this pattern has no other meaning for all architectures? I'm not sure we can find a single pattern of bytes that works for all arch, even though that would be definitely stylish :). >> >> In more, it seems that we are reinventing the syscall interface, while we already have it. But as the current instrumentation only works for user-mode, having a specific hypercall interface might be worth it for plugins, so system mode could benefit from it too. >> >> The work done here could serve later to define a proper interface. > > > I'll see what I can do about this. SIMICS supports many architectures and has a > "magic instruction" interface[0] (basically hypercalls) and has these > instructions defined per-architecture in a way that at minimum there are 12 > values available which work on every architecture the simulator supports. QEMU > supports more architectures than SIMICS but I think we could start there and > follow a similar approach. > > [0]: > https://intel.github.io/tsffs/simics/simics-user-guide/breakpoints.html#Magic-Breakpoints > Looks like a good model to reuse if we want to implement something similar. > -Rowan
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