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Re: [Qemu-arm] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] arm: Don't crash if user tries to us
From: |
Igor Mammedov |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-arm] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] arm: Don't crash if user tries to use a Cortex-M CPU without an NVIC |
Date: |
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 17:26:44 +0200 |
On Fri, 1 Jun 2018 17:03:55 +0100
Peter Maydell <address@hidden> wrote:
> The Cortex-M CPU and its NVIC are two intimately intertwined parts of
> the same hardware; it is not possible to use one without the other.
> Unfortunately a lot of our board models don't do any sanity checking
> on the CPU type the user asks for, so a command line like
> qemu-system-arm -M versatilepb -cpu cortex-m3
> will create an M3 without an NVIC, and coredump immediately.
> In the other direction, trying a non-M-profile CPU in an M-profile
> board won't blow up, but doesn't do anything useful either:
> qemu-system-arm -M lm3s6965evb -cpu arm926
>
> Add some checking in the NVIC and CPU realize functions that the
> user isn't trying to use an NVIC without an M-profile CPU or
> an M-profile CPU without an NVIC, so we can produce a helpful
> error message rather than a core dump.
>
> Fixes: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1766896
> Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>
> ---
> hw/arm/armv7m.c | 7 ++++++-
> hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c | 6 +++++-
> target/arm/cpu.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/hw/arm/armv7m.c b/hw/arm/armv7m.c
> index a4ab7d2069..9e00d4037c 100644
> --- a/hw/arm/armv7m.c
> +++ b/hw/arm/armv7m.c
> @@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ static void armv7m_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error
> **errp)
> return;
> }
> }
> +
> + /* Tell the CPU where the NVIC is; it will fail realize if it doesn't
> + * have one.
> + */
> + s->cpu->env.nvic = &s->nvic;
> +
> object_property_set_bool(OBJECT(s->cpu), true, "realized", &err);
> if (err != NULL) {
> error_propagate(errp, err);
> @@ -202,7 +208,6 @@ static void armv7m_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
> sbd = SYS_BUS_DEVICE(&s->nvic);
> sysbus_connect_irq(sbd, 0,
> qdev_get_gpio_in(DEVICE(s->cpu), ARM_CPU_IRQ));
> - s->cpu->env.nvic = &s->nvic;
>
> memory_region_add_subregion(&s->container, 0xe000e000,
> sysbus_mmio_get_region(sbd, 0));
> diff --git a/hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c b/hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c
> index c51151fa8a..661be8878a 100644
> --- a/hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c
> +++ b/hw/intc/armv7m_nvic.c
> @@ -2183,7 +2183,11 @@ static void armv7m_nvic_realize(DeviceState *dev,
> Error **errp)
> int regionlen;
>
> s->cpu = ARM_CPU(qemu_get_cpu(0));
> - assert(s->cpu);
> +
> + if (!s->cpu || !arm_feature(&s->cpu->env, ARM_FEATURE_M)) {
> + error_setg(errp, "The NVIC can only be used with a Cortex-M CPU");
> + return;
> + }
>
> if (s->num_irq > NVIC_MAX_IRQ) {
> error_setg(errp, "num-irq %d exceeds NVIC maximum", s->num_irq);
> diff --git a/target/arm/cpu.c b/target/arm/cpu.c
> index 5d60893a07..eda1ce14fc 100644
> --- a/target/arm/cpu.c
> +++ b/target/arm/cpu.c
> @@ -767,6 +767,24 @@ static void arm_cpu_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error
> **errp)
> return;
> }
>
> +#ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
> + /* The NVIC and M-profile CPU are two halves of a single piece of
> + * hardware; trying to use one without the other is a command line
> + * error and will result in segfaults if not caught here.
> + */
> + if (arm_feature(env, ARM_FEATURE_M)) {
> + if (!env->nvic) {
> + error_setg(errp, "This board cannot be used with Cortex-M CPUs");
mentioning board in CPU's realize seems a little bit strange,
maybe something similar to following would be better:
"Cortex-M CPUs require device_foo for working"
> + return;
> + }
> + } else {
> + if (env->nvic) {
> + error_setg(errp, "This board can only be used with Cortex-M
> CPUs");
> + return;
> + }
> + }
> +#endif
> +
> cpu_exec_realizefn(cs, &local_err);
> if (local_err != NULL) {
> error_propagate(errp, local_err);