1 /*P:200 This contains all the /dev/lguest code, whereby the userspace
2 * launcher controls and communicates with the Guest. For example,
3 * the first write will tell us the Guest's memory layout and entry
4 * point. A read will run the Guest until something happens, such as
5 * a signal or the Guest accessing a device.
7 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
8 #include <linux/miscdevice.h>
10 #include <linux/sched.h>
11 #include <linux/file.h>
12 #include <linux/slab.h>
13 #include <linux/export.h>
17 The Launcher can get the registers, and also set some of them.
19 static int getreg_setup(struct lg_cpu
*cpu
, const unsigned long __user
*input
)
23 /* We re-use the ptrace structure to specify which register to read. */
24 if (get_user(which
, input
) != 0)
28 * We set up the cpu register pointer, and their next read will
29 * actually get the value (instead of running the guest).
31 * The last argument 'true' says we can access any register.
33 cpu
->reg_read
= lguest_arch_regptr(cpu
, which
, true);
37 /* And because this is a write() call, we return the length used. */
38 return sizeof(unsigned long) * 2;
41 static int setreg(struct lg_cpu
*cpu
, const unsigned long __user
*input
)
43 unsigned long which
, value
, *reg
;
45 /* We re-use the ptrace structure to specify which register to read. */
46 if (get_user(which
, input
) != 0)
49 if (get_user(value
, input
) != 0)
52 /* The last argument 'false' means we can't access all registers. */
53 reg
= lguest_arch_regptr(cpu
, which
, false);
59 /* And because this is a write() call, we return the length used. */
60 return sizeof(unsigned long) * 3;
64 * Sending an interrupt is done by writing LHREQ_IRQ and an interrupt
65 * number to /dev/lguest.
67 static int user_send_irq(struct lg_cpu
*cpu
, const unsigned long __user
*input
)
71 if (get_user(irq
, input
) != 0)
73 if (irq
>= LGUEST_IRQS
)
77 * Next time the Guest runs, the core code will see if it can deliver
80 set_interrupt(cpu
, irq
);
85 * Deliver a trap: this is used by the Launcher if it can't emulate
88 static int trap(struct lg_cpu
*cpu
, const unsigned long __user
*input
)
90 unsigned long trapnum
;
92 if (get_user(trapnum
, input
) != 0)
95 if (!deliver_trap(cpu
, trapnum
))
102 * Once our Guest is initialized, the Launcher makes it run by reading
105 static ssize_t
read(struct file
*file
, char __user
*user
, size_t size
,loff_t
*o
)
107 struct lguest
*lg
= file
->private_data
;
109 unsigned int cpu_id
= *o
;
111 /* You must write LHREQ_INITIALIZE first! */
115 /* Watch out for arbitrary vcpu indexes! */
116 if (cpu_id
>= lg
->nr_cpus
)
119 cpu
= &lg
->cpus
[cpu_id
];
121 /* If you're not the task which owns the Guest, go away. */
122 if (current
!= cpu
->tsk
)
125 /* If the Guest is already dead, we indicate why */
129 /* lg->dead either contains an error code, or a string. */
130 if (IS_ERR(lg
->dead
))
131 return PTR_ERR(lg
->dead
);
133 /* We can only return as much as the buffer they read with. */
134 len
= min(size
, strlen(lg
->dead
)+1);
135 if (copy_to_user(user
, lg
->dead
, len
) != 0)
141 * If we returned from read() last time because the Guest sent I/O,
144 if (cpu
->pending
.trap
)
145 cpu
->pending
.trap
= 0;
147 /* Run the Guest until something interesting happens. */
148 return run_guest(cpu
, (unsigned long __user
*)user
);
152 * This actually initializes a CPU. For the moment, a Guest is only
153 * uniprocessor, so "id" is always 0.
155 static int lg_cpu_start(struct lg_cpu
*cpu
, unsigned id
, unsigned long start_ip
)
157 /* We have a limited number of CPUs in the lguest struct. */
158 if (id
>= ARRAY_SIZE(cpu
->lg
->cpus
))
161 /* Set up this CPU's id, and pointer back to the lguest struct. */
163 cpu
->lg
= container_of(cpu
, struct lguest
, cpus
[id
]);
166 /* Each CPU has a timer it can set. */
170 * We need a complete page for the Guest registers: they are accessible
171 * to the Guest and we can only grant it access to whole pages.
173 cpu
->regs_page
= get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL
);
177 /* We actually put the registers at the end of the page. */
178 cpu
->regs
= (void *)cpu
->regs_page
+ PAGE_SIZE
- sizeof(*cpu
->regs
);
181 * Now we initialize the Guest's registers, handing it the start
184 lguest_arch_setup_regs(cpu
, start_ip
);
187 * We keep a pointer to the Launcher task (ie. current task) for when
188 * other Guests want to wake this one (eg. console input).
193 * We need to keep a pointer to the Launcher's memory map, because if
194 * the Launcher dies we need to clean it up. If we don't keep a
195 * reference, it is destroyed before close() is called.
197 cpu
->mm
= get_task_mm(cpu
->tsk
);
200 * We remember which CPU's pages this Guest used last, for optimization
201 * when the same Guest runs on the same CPU twice.
203 cpu
->last_pages
= NULL
;
205 /* No error == success. */
210 * The initialization write supplies 3 pointer sized (32 or 64 bit) values (in
211 * addition to the LHREQ_INITIALIZE value). These are:
213 * base: The start of the Guest-physical memory inside the Launcher memory.
215 * pfnlimit: The highest (Guest-physical) page number the Guest should be
216 * allowed to access. The Guest memory lives inside the Launcher, so it sets
217 * this to ensure the Guest can only reach its own memory.
219 * start: The first instruction to execute ("eip" in x86-speak).
221 static int initialize(struct file
*file
, const unsigned long __user
*input
)
223 /* "struct lguest" contains all we (the Host) know about a Guest. */
226 unsigned long args
[4];
229 * We grab the Big Lguest lock, which protects against multiple
230 * simultaneous initializations.
232 mutex_lock(&lguest_lock
);
233 /* You can't initialize twice! Close the device and start again... */
234 if (file
->private_data
) {
239 if (copy_from_user(args
, input
, sizeof(args
)) != 0) {
244 lg
= kzalloc(sizeof(*lg
), GFP_KERNEL
);
250 /* Populate the easy fields of our "struct lguest" */
251 lg
->mem_base
= (void __user
*)args
[0];
252 lg
->pfn_limit
= args
[1];
253 lg
->device_limit
= args
[3];
255 /* This is the first cpu (cpu 0) and it will start booting at args[2] */
256 err
= lg_cpu_start(&lg
->cpus
[0], 0, args
[2]);
261 * Initialize the Guest's shadow page tables. This allocates
262 * memory, so can fail.
264 err
= init_guest_pagetable(lg
);
268 /* We keep our "struct lguest" in the file's private_data. */
269 file
->private_data
= lg
;
271 mutex_unlock(&lguest_lock
);
273 /* And because this is a write() call, we return the length used. */
277 /* FIXME: This should be in free_vcpu */
278 free_page(lg
->cpus
[0].regs_page
);
282 mutex_unlock(&lguest_lock
);
287 * The first operation the Launcher does must be a write. All writes
288 * start with an unsigned long number: for the first write this must be
289 * LHREQ_INITIALIZE to set up the Guest. After that the Launcher can use
290 * writes of other values to send interrupts or set up receipt of notifications.
292 * Note that we overload the "offset" in the /dev/lguest file to indicate what
293 * CPU number we're dealing with. Currently this is always 0 since we only
294 * support uniprocessor Guests, but you can see the beginnings of SMP support
297 static ssize_t
write(struct file
*file
, const char __user
*in
,
298 size_t size
, loff_t
*off
)
301 * Once the Guest is initialized, we hold the "struct lguest" in the
304 struct lguest
*lg
= file
->private_data
;
305 const unsigned long __user
*input
= (const unsigned long __user
*)in
;
307 struct lg_cpu
*uninitialized_var(cpu
);
308 unsigned int cpu_id
= *off
;
310 /* The first value tells us what this request is. */
311 if (get_user(req
, input
) != 0)
315 /* If you haven't initialized, you must do that first. */
316 if (req
!= LHREQ_INITIALIZE
) {
317 if (!lg
|| (cpu_id
>= lg
->nr_cpus
))
319 cpu
= &lg
->cpus
[cpu_id
];
321 /* Once the Guest is dead, you can only read() why it died. */
327 case LHREQ_INITIALIZE
:
328 return initialize(file
, input
);
330 return user_send_irq(cpu
, input
);
332 return getreg_setup(cpu
, input
);
334 return setreg(cpu
, input
);
336 return trap(cpu
, input
);
342 static int open(struct inode
*inode
, struct file
*file
)
344 file
->private_data
= NULL
;
350 * The final piece of interface code is the close() routine. It reverses
351 * everything done in initialize(). This is usually called because the
354 * Note that the close routine returns 0 or a negative error number: it can't
355 * really fail, but it can whine. I blame Sun for this wart, and K&R C for
356 * letting them do it.
358 static int close(struct inode
*inode
, struct file
*file
)
360 struct lguest
*lg
= file
->private_data
;
363 /* If we never successfully initialized, there's nothing to clean up */
368 * We need the big lock, to protect from inter-guest I/O and other
369 * Launchers initializing guests.
371 mutex_lock(&lguest_lock
);
373 /* Free up the shadow page tables for the Guest. */
374 free_guest_pagetable(lg
);
376 for (i
= 0; i
< lg
->nr_cpus
; i
++) {
377 /* Cancels the hrtimer set via LHCALL_SET_CLOCKEVENT. */
378 hrtimer_cancel(&lg
->cpus
[i
].hrt
);
379 /* We can free up the register page we allocated. */
380 free_page(lg
->cpus
[i
].regs_page
);
382 * Now all the memory cleanups are done, it's safe to release
383 * the Launcher's memory management structure.
385 mmput(lg
->cpus
[i
].mm
);
389 * If lg->dead doesn't contain an error code it will be NULL or a
390 * kmalloc()ed string, either of which is ok to hand to kfree().
392 if (!IS_ERR(lg
->dead
))
394 /* Free the memory allocated to the lguest_struct */
396 /* Release lock and exit. */
397 mutex_unlock(&lguest_lock
);
403 * Welcome to our journey through the Launcher!
405 * The Launcher is the Host userspace program which sets up, runs and services
406 * the Guest. In fact, many comments in the Drivers which refer to "the Host"
407 * doing things are inaccurate: the Launcher does all the device handling for
408 * the Guest, but the Guest can't know that.
410 * Just to confuse you: to the Host kernel, the Launcher *is* the Guest and we
411 * shall see more of that later.
413 * We begin our understanding with the Host kernel interface which the Launcher
414 * uses: reading and writing a character device called /dev/lguest. All the
415 * work happens in the read(), write() and close() routines:
417 static const struct file_operations lguest_fops
= {
418 .owner
= THIS_MODULE
,
423 .llseek
= default_llseek
,
428 * This is a textbook example of a "misc" character device. Populate a "struct
429 * miscdevice" and register it with misc_register().
431 static struct miscdevice lguest_dev
= {
432 .minor
= MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR
,
434 .fops
= &lguest_fops
,
437 int __init
lguest_device_init(void)
439 return misc_register(&lguest_dev
);
442 void __exit
lguest_device_remove(void)
444 misc_deregister(&lguest_dev
);