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(unknown [202.120.40.100]) by proxy188.sjtu.edu.cn (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id AB3B637C925; Sun, 5 Jul 2026 21:39:47 +0800 (CST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=sjtu.edu.cn; s=default; t=1783258788; bh=JQNoImtzZFI1DJif8R/dIUH8/U36CaUAE24kYC9Sd94=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=PMN+bYDHcmzUIbJ9GC1ej0JRzPHaGecB/WrkaXKOcS4RXX/cxTlUUGguX2vyVfXxA yNslhKUFExItssKpMsGH1903KE6G/Q15K2MC/8fJlwxDeBPObZ9zocVyhjNO26L23K VU+E0aylLH/ISGj/BvHuSXW0q+N6daYR5Tk/sKYzuZt/CSBKszznh2VDIC6zUXG88Z kDcMyT2e+cNv58Q9YUYWVkI6I2Na7CKLUKn9J8ciL58DrOncZ636+urpcWf2/94PNP 2cSSc7FDCVXVWajTBQCFP2/7AGxgN9eATP8Gi+4GZPyeseizlXjf8Co+EcaTqjK7at m7eg0SxRWYivg== From: Ziyang Zhang To: qemu-devel Cc: Riku Voipio , Laurent Vivier , Alex Bennee , Alexandre Iooss , Mahmoud Mandour , Pierrick Bouvier , Richard Henderson , Zhengwei Qi , Yun Wang , Mingyuan Xia , Kailiang Xu , Ziyang Zhang Subject: [PATCH v6 1/2] contrib/plugins: add a minimal dlcall plugin Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2026 21:39:42 +0800 Message-Id: <20260705133943.113202-2-functioner@sjtu.edu.cn> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 In-Reply-To: <20260705133943.113202-1-functioner@sjtu.edu.cn> References: <20260705133943.113202-1-functioner@sjtu.edu.cn> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass (zohomail.com: domain of gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.51.188.17; envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; helo=lists1p.gnu.org; Received-SPF: pass client-ip=202.120.2.186; envelope-from=functioner@sjtu.edu.cn; helo=smtp186.sjtu.edu.cn X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: qemu development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org X-ZohoMail-DKIM: pass (identity @sjtu.edu.cn) X-ZM-MESSAGEID: 1783258859123158500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Add a minimal dlcall plugin that lets the guest invoke host functions through magic system calls. The plugin registers a vCPU syscall filter callback that intercepts a reserved syscall number and dispatches a set of pass-through operations: querying host attributes, loading and freeing shared libraries, resolving symbols, retrieving the last library error, and invoking a host function through a common interface. The magic syscall number defaults to 4096 and can be overridden at load time with the "syscall_num=3DN" argument; values low enough to clash with a real syscall are rejected. Co-authored-by: Kailiang Xu Co-authored-by: Mingyuan Xia Signed-off-by: Ziyang Zhang --- contrib/plugins/dlcall.c | 248 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ contrib/plugins/meson.build | 5 + 2 files changed, 253 insertions(+) create mode 100644 contrib/plugins/dlcall.c diff --git a/contrib/plugins/dlcall.c b/contrib/plugins/dlcall.c new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9d2230b2d1 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/plugins/dlcall.c @@ -0,0 +1,248 @@ +/* + * Copyright (C) 2026, Ziyang Zhang + * + * dlcall (Dynamic Linking Call) plugin: lets a linux-user guest invoke ho= st + * functions by issuing a magic system call. The guest can ask QEMU to dlo= pen() + * a host shared library, dlsym() a symbol, and call it with guest-supplied + * arguments. + * + * The plugin intentionally keeps the QEMU side lightweight and prescribes + * nothing about how a library is thunked. Any toolchain can implement the + * userspace side. Lorelei is one end-to-end implementation (guest/host + * runtimes plus a thunk compiler that generates thunks from a library's + * headers): + * https://github.com/rover2024/lorelei + * + * See docs/about/emulation.rst|Dynamic Linking Call for details and examp= les. + * + * WARNING: trusted guests only. The guest can load arbitrary host librari= es + * and execute arbitrary host code with arbitrary arguments, i.e. full code + * execution in the QEMU host process. It is NOT a sandbox and provides no + * isolation; only load it for guests you fully trust. + * + * WARNING: requires guest_base =3D=3D 0, which is qemu-user's default. Po= inter + * operands are dereferenced as host addresses directly, and the invoked h= ost + * functions dereference guest pointers with no address translation, so gu= est + * and host must share a single address space. A non-zero guest_base (e.g.= set + * via -B/-R) would make every pointer off by guest_base and hit unrelated + * host memory. + * + * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later + */ + +#include +#include +#include +#include +#include +#include + +#include + +QEMU_PLUGIN_EXPORT int qemu_plugin_version =3D QEMU_PLUGIN_VERSION; + +/* + * The magic system call number for dlcall. + * + * It defaults to DLCALL_SYSCALL_DEFAULT and can be overridden at load time + * with the "syscall_num=3DN" argument. To avoid hijacking a real syscall = the + * guest might issue, N must be at least DLCALL_SYSCALL_MIN: every Linux A= BI + * keeps its syscall numbers well below this; numbers from here up are fre= e. + */ +enum { + DLCALL_SYSCALL_DEFAULT =3D 4096, + DLCALL_SYSCALL_MIN =3D 4096, +}; + +static int64_t dlcall_syscall_num =3D DLCALL_SYSCALL_DEFAULT; + +/* + * dlcall calling convention. + * + * The guest issues the magic system call (dlcall_syscall_num). The first + * argument (a1) is one of the call IDs below; the remaining arguments (a2= , a3, + * a4, ...) are that ID's operands. All pointer operands are guest virtual + * addresses that the plugin dereferences as host addresses directly (see = the + * guest_base requirement above). Results are written back through + * caller-provided "out" pointers rather than returned in the syscall valu= e. + * + * The syscall return value (*sysret) only reports dispatch status: 0 on a + * recognised ID, -EINVAL for an unknown one. The actual success/failure o= f an + * operation (e.g. a NULL handle from dlopen) is delivered through its out + * pointer, exactly like the underlying libdl call. + * + * Operands per ID: + * + * DLCALL_ID_GET_HOST_ATTRIBUTE + * a2 const char *key in: attribute name to query + * a3 const char **attr_ptr out: matching value, or NULL if unknown + * + * DLCALL_ID_LOAD_LIBRARY (wraps dlopen) + * a2 const char *path in: library path + * a3 int flags in: dlopen() flags (e.g. RTLD_NOW) + * a4 void **handle_ptr out: library handle, or NULL on failure + * + * DLCALL_ID_GET_PROC_ADDRESS (wraps dlsym) + * a2 void *handle in: library handle + * a3 const char *name in: symbol name + * a4 void **entry_ptr out: symbol address, or NULL if not found + * + * DLCALL_ID_FREE_LIBRARY (wraps dlclose) + * a2 void *handle in: library handle + * a3 int *ret_ptr out: dlclose() return value (0 on succes= s) + * + * DLCALL_ID_GET_LIBRARY_ERROR (wraps dlerror) + * a2 const char **error_ptr out: last libdl error string, or NULL + * + * DLCALL_ID_INVOKE_PROC (calls the symbol) + * a2 void *proc in: function pointer, signature + * void (*)(void *arg1, void *arg2) + * a3 void *arg1 in: first argument forwarded to proc + * a4 void *arg2 in: second argument forwarded to proc + */ +enum DlcallID { + DLCALL_ID_GET_HOST_ATTRIBUTE, + DLCALL_ID_LOAD_LIBRARY, + DLCALL_ID_GET_PROC_ADDRESS, + DLCALL_ID_FREE_LIBRARY, + DLCALL_ID_GET_LIBRARY_ERROR, + DLCALL_ID_INVOKE_PROC, +}; + +static inline const char *query_host_attribute(const char *key) +{ + if (strcmp(key, "emu") =3D=3D 0) { + return "qemu"; + } + return NULL; +} + +static inline void invoke_proc(void *proc, void *arg1, void *arg2) +{ + typedef void (*Func)(void * /*arg1*/, void * /*arg2*/); + Func func =3D (Func) proc; + func(arg1, arg2); +} + +static bool vcpu_syscall_filter(unsigned int vcpu_index, + int64_t num, uint64_t a1, uint64_t a2, + uint64_t a3, uint64_t a4, uint64_t a5, + uint64_t a6, uint64_t a7, uint64_t a8, + int64_t *sysret, void *userdata) +{ + if (num =3D=3D dlcall_syscall_num) { + switch (a1) { + /* Query host attribute by a reserved key. */ + case DLCALL_ID_GET_HOST_ATTRIBUTE: { + const char *key =3D (const char *) a2; + const char **attr_ptr =3D (const char **) a3; + assert(attr_ptr); + *attr_ptr =3D query_host_attribute(key); + *sysret =3D 0; + break; + } + + /* Load a shared library. */ + case DLCALL_ID_LOAD_LIBRARY: { + const char *path =3D (const char *) a2; + int flags =3D (int) a3; + void **handle_ptr =3D (void **) a4; + assert(handle_ptr); + *handle_ptr =3D dlopen(path, flags); + *sysret =3D 0; + break; + } + + /* Get the address of a function in a shared library. */ + case DLCALL_ID_GET_PROC_ADDRESS: { + void *handle =3D (void *) a2; + const char *name =3D (const char *) a3; + void **entry_ptr =3D (void **) a4; + assert(entry_ptr); + *entry_ptr =3D dlsym(handle, name); + *sysret =3D 0; + break; + } + + /* Free a shared library. */ + case DLCALL_ID_FREE_LIBRARY: { + void *handle =3D (void *) a2; + int *ret_ptr =3D (int *) a3; + *ret_ptr =3D dlclose(handle); + *sysret =3D 0; + break; + } + + /* Get the last error message for a library event. */ + case DLCALL_ID_GET_LIBRARY_ERROR: { + const char **error_ptr =3D (const char **) a2; + *error_ptr =3D dlerror(); + *sysret =3D 0; + break; + } + + /* Invoke a function of a common interface. */ + case DLCALL_ID_INVOKE_PROC: { + void *proc =3D (void *) a2; + void *arg1 =3D (void *) a3; + void *arg2 =3D (void *) a4; + assert(proc); + invoke_proc(proc, arg1, arg2); + *sysret =3D 0; + break; + } + + default: + *sysret =3D -EINVAL; + break; + } + return true; + } + return false; +} + +QEMU_PLUGIN_EXPORT int qemu_plugin_install(qemu_plugin_id_t id, + const qemu_info_t *info, + int argc, char **argv) +{ + if (info->system_emulation) { + fprintf(stderr, "plugin dlcall: only useful for user emulation\n"); + return -1; + } + + for (int i =3D 0; i < argc; i++) { + char *opt =3D argv[i]; + g_auto(GStrv) tokens =3D g_strsplit(opt, "=3D", 2); + if (g_strcmp0(tokens[0], "syscall_num") =3D=3D 0) { + const char *val =3D tokens[1]; + char *endptr =3D NULL; + guint64 num; + if (!val || *val =3D=3D '\0') { + fprintf(stderr, + "plugin dlcall: missing value for syscall_num\n"); + return -1; + } + num =3D g_ascii_strtoull(val, &endptr, 0); + if (*endptr !=3D '\0' || g_strrstr(val, "-") !=3D NULL) { + fprintf(stderr, + "plugin dlcall: invalid syscall_num '%s'\n", val); + return -1; + } + if (num < DLCALL_SYSCALL_MIN || num > G_MAXINT64) { + fprintf(stderr, + "plugin dlcall: syscall_num %s is out of range; 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Signed-off-by: Ziyang Zhang --- docs/about/emulation.rst | 86 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 86 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/about/emulation.rst b/docs/about/emulation.rst index 3b4c365933..8528cc7444 100644 --- a/docs/about/emulation.rst +++ b/docs/about/emulation.rst @@ -1046,6 +1046,92 @@ Count traps This plugin counts the number of interrupts (asynchronous events), excepti= ons (synchronous events) and host calls (e.g. semihosting) per cpu. =20 +Dynamic Linking Call +.................... + +``contrib/plugins/dlcall.c`` + +This plugin provides a dynamic linking function call interception mechanism +for linux-user guests: the guest hands a call off to the host, where the p= lugin +runs native code in its place instead of the guest emulating it. Intercept= ion +alone enables several uses, for instance tracing or auditing guest calls. +One use is acceleration by leveraging the host's native shared libraries. = For +example, a thunk layer can run the stock zlib ``minizip`` utility under +emulation while forwarding its ``deflate`` calls to the host's native zlib +library (libz). This avoids emulating those selected library calls instruc= tion +by instruction. + +The guest issues a reserved "magic" system call (4096 by default, configur= able +with ``syscall_num=3DN``) whose first argument selects a pass-through oper= ation: +dlopen/dlclose a host library, dlsym a symbol, and invoke a resolved host +function. The plugin performs the operation on the host and consumes the +syscall, so the real kernel never sees it. + +.. warning:: + + Trusted guests only. The guest can load arbitrary host libraries and run + arbitrary code in the QEMU host process. The plugin is not a sandbox and + provides no isolation. It also requires ``guest_base =3D=3D 0`` (qemu-u= ser's + default), as guest pointers are dereferenced as host addresses with no + translation. + +The plugin intentionally keeps the QEMU side lightweight and knows nothing +about any particular library or its calling convention. Turning a real lib= rary +into working thunks, including argument marshalling, callbacks and variadic +functions, is done entirely in userspace, and any toolchain can implement = the +interface. + +Loading the plugin is all that is required from QEMU's side: + +.. code-block:: shell + + qemu-x86_64 -plugin contrib/plugins/libdlcall.so ... + +`Lorelei `_ is one end-to-end usersp= ace +implementation of this: it provides the guest and host runtimes and an +automated toolchain that generates the thunks from a library's headers, to +accelerate execution over native libraries. Its prebuilt thunks are for an +x86_64 guest, running on an x86_64, aarch64 or riscv64 host. + +A minimal end-to-end example wraps a one-function library: + +.. code-block:: c + + void hello(const char *name, int lucky); + +In Lorelei a short manifest describes it: + +.. code-block:: toml + + dir =3D "hello" + project =3D "hello" + + [symbols] + lib =3D "libhello.so" # dump its exported symbols from here + + [desc] + headers =3D ["hello.h"] # parse these for the signatures + +The toolchain turns that into the guest and host thunks, and an ordinary x= 86_64 +program that calls ``hello()`` then runs over them under the plugin. See t= he +runnable +`hello `_ +(minimal) and +`demo `_ +(variadic functions and a callback that reenters the guest) examples, and +`Lorelei `_ for prebuilt thunk trees= and +the runtime environment they expect. + +.. list-table:: Dynamic Linking Call arguments + :widths: 20 80 + :header-rows: 1 + + * - Option + - Description + * - syscall_num=3DN + - The magic syscall number the guest issues (default 4096). Must be hi= gh + enough not to clash with a real syscall. + Other emulation features ------------------------ =20 --=20 2.34.1