git: ac0032344ca2 - main - arm64/vmm: Don't set MDSCR_EL1.KDE when enabling single-stepping

From: Mark Johnston <markj_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:52:49 UTC
The branch main has been updated by markj:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=ac0032344ca256f758a5eeb0fd6089dd647b0496

commit ac0032344ca256f758a5eeb0fd6089dd647b0496
Author:     Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2025-11-05 20:54:30 +0000
Commit:     Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2025-11-12 16:09:08 +0000

    arm64/vmm: Don't set MDSCR_EL1.KDE when enabling single-stepping
    
    When VHE mode is enabled, this results in a hang on the host.  In
    particular, when MDSCR_EL2.KDE is set to 1 and the CPU is executing at
    EL_D, i.e., EL2, debug exceptions are enabled. In non-VHE mode, we call
    into the guest by trapping to EL2, which implicitly masks debug
    exceptions by setting PSTATE.D. However, in VHE mode, PSTATE.D remains
    clear, so when the guest's MDSCR_EL1 value is loaded, we immediately
    begin single-stepping.
    
    In non-VHE mode there is no need to set KDE either, so just stop setting
    it.
    
    Reviewed by:    andrew
    MFC after:      3 days
    Sponsored by:   CHERI Research Centre (EPSRC grant UKRI3001)
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D48965
---
 sys/arm64/vmm/vmm_arm64.c | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sys/arm64/vmm/vmm_arm64.c b/sys/arm64/vmm/vmm_arm64.c
index 006239431f29..991b0d2bc345 100644
--- a/sys/arm64/vmm/vmm_arm64.c
+++ b/sys/arm64/vmm/vmm_arm64.c
@@ -1373,19 +1373,18 @@ vmmops_setcap(void *vcpui, int num, int val)
 
 		if (val != 0) {
 			hypctx->debug_spsr |= (hypctx->tf.tf_spsr & PSR_SS);
-			hypctx->debug_mdscr |= hypctx->mdscr_el1 &
-			    (MDSCR_SS | MDSCR_KDE);
+			hypctx->debug_mdscr |= (hypctx->mdscr_el1 & MDSCR_SS);
 
 			hypctx->tf.tf_spsr |= PSR_SS;
-			hypctx->mdscr_el1 |= MDSCR_SS | MDSCR_KDE;
+			hypctx->mdscr_el1 |= MDSCR_SS;
 			hypctx->mdcr_el2 |= MDCR_EL2_TDE;
 		} else {
 			hypctx->tf.tf_spsr &= ~PSR_SS;
 			hypctx->tf.tf_spsr |= hypctx->debug_spsr;
 			hypctx->debug_spsr &= ~PSR_SS;
-			hypctx->mdscr_el1 &= ~(MDSCR_SS | MDSCR_KDE);
+			hypctx->mdscr_el1 &= ~MDSCR_SS;
 			hypctx->mdscr_el1 |= hypctx->debug_mdscr;
-			hypctx->debug_mdscr &= ~(MDSCR_SS | MDSCR_KDE);
+			hypctx->debug_mdscr &= ~MDSCR_SS;
 			hypctx->mdcr_el2 &= ~MDCR_EL2_TDE;
 		}
 		break;