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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [PATCH v5 03/15] emul/ns16x50: implement emulator stub
On Thu, 28 Aug 2025, dmukhin@xxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Denis Mukhin <dmukhin@xxxxxxxx>
>
> The change is the first on the way on introducing minimally functional
> NS16550-compatible UART emulator.
>
> Define UART state and a set of emulated registers.
>
> Implement alloc/free vUART hooks.
>
> Stub out I/O port handler.
>
> Add initialization of the NS16x50-compatible UART emulator state machine.
>
> Plumb debug logging.
>
> Signed-off-by: Denis Mukhin <dmukhin@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes since v4:
> - new patch
> ---
> xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c | 20 ++
> xen/common/emul/vuart/Kconfig | 18 ++
> xen/common/emul/vuart/Makefile | 1 +
> xen/common/emul/vuart/ns16x50.c | 362 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> xen/include/xen/sched.h | 4 +
> 5 files changed, 405 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 xen/common/emul/vuart/ns16x50.c
>
> diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c
> index 23bd7f078a1d..26760cf995df 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c
> @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
> #include <xen/softirq.h>
> #include <xen/trace.h>
> #include <xen/vm_event.h>
> +#include <xen/vuart.h>
> #include <xen/vpci.h>
> #include <xen/wait.h>
> #include <xen/warning.h>
> @@ -689,6 +690,21 @@ int hvm_domain_initialise(struct domain *d,
> if ( rc != 0 )
> goto fail1;
>
> + if ( IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VUART_NS16X50) )
maybe only for the hardware domain?
or only input_allowed = true only for the hardware domain?
> + {
> + struct vuart_info info = {
> + .name = "COM2",
> + .compatible = "ns16550",
> + .base_addr = 0x2f8,
> + .size = 8,
> + .irq = 3,
> + };
> +
> + rc = vuart_init(d, &info);
> + if ( rc )
> + goto out_vioapic_deinit;
> + }
> +
> stdvga_init(d);
>
> rtc_init(d);
> @@ -712,6 +728,8 @@ int hvm_domain_initialise(struct domain *d,
> return 0;
>
> fail2:
> + vuart_deinit(d);
> + out_vioapic_deinit:
> vioapic_deinit(d);
> fail1:
> if ( is_hardware_domain(d) )
> @@ -774,6 +792,8 @@ void hvm_domain_destroy(struct domain *d)
> if ( hvm_funcs.domain_destroy )
> alternative_vcall(hvm_funcs.domain_destroy, d);
>
> + vuart_deinit(d);
> +
> vioapic_deinit(d);
>
> XFREE(d->arch.hvm.pl_time);
> diff --git a/xen/common/emul/vuart/Kconfig b/xen/common/emul/vuart/Kconfig
> index ce1b976b7da7..539e6d5e4fc7 100644
> --- a/xen/common/emul/vuart/Kconfig
> +++ b/xen/common/emul/vuart/Kconfig
> @@ -3,4 +3,22 @@ config VUART_FRAMEWORK
>
> menu "UART Emulation"
>
> +config VUART_NS16X50
> + bool "NS16550-compatible UART Emulator" if EXPERT
> + depends on X86 && HVM
> + select VUART_FRAMEWORK
default n
> + help
> + In-hypervisor NS16x50 UART emulation.
> +
> + Only legacy PC COM2 port is emulated.
> +
> + This is strictly for testing purposes (such as early HVM guest
> console),
> + and not appropriate for use in production.
> +
> +config VUART_NS16X50_DEBUG
> + bool "NS16550-compatible UART Emulator Debugging"
> + depends on VUART_NS16X50 && DEBUG
> + help
> + Enable development debugging.
> +
> endmenu
> diff --git a/xen/common/emul/vuart/Makefile b/xen/common/emul/vuart/Makefile
> index 97f792dc6641..fe904f6cb65d 100644
> --- a/xen/common/emul/vuart/Makefile
> +++ b/xen/common/emul/vuart/Makefile
> @@ -1 +1,2 @@
> obj-y += vuart.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_VUART_NS16X50) += ns16x50.o
> diff --git a/xen/common/emul/vuart/ns16x50.c b/xen/common/emul/vuart/ns16x50.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..f0479e1022fb
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/xen/common/emul/vuart/ns16x50.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,362 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
> +/*
> + * NS16550-compatible UART Emulator.
> + *
> + * See:
> + * - Serial and UART Tutorial:
> + *
> https://download.freebsd.org/doc/en/articles/serial-uart/serial-uart_en.pdf
> + * - UART w/ 16 byte FIFO:
> + * https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tl16c550c.pdf
> + * - UART w/ 64 byte FIFO:
> + * https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/tl16c750.pdf
> + *
> + * Limitations:
> + * - Only x86;
> + * - Only Xen console as a backend, no inter-domain communication (similar to
> + * vpl011 on Arm);
> + * - Only 8n1 emulation (8-bit data, no parity, 1 stop bit);
> + * - No baud rate emulation (reports 115200 baud to the guest OS);
> + * - No FIFO-less mode emulation;
> + * - No RX FIFO interrupt moderation (FCR) emulation;
> + * - No integration w/ VM snapshotting (HVM_REGISTER_SAVE_RESTORE() and
> + * friends);
> + * - No ISA IRQ sharing allowed;
> + * - No MMIO-based UART emulation.
> + */
> +
> +#define pr_prefix "ns16x50"
> +#define pr_fmt(fmt) pr_prefix ": " fmt
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_VUART_NS16X50_DEBUG
> +#define guest_prefix "FROM GUEST "
> +#define ns16x50_log_level 2
> +#else
> +#define guest_prefix ""
> +#define ns16x50_log_level 0
> +#endif
> +
> +#include <xen/8250-uart.h>
> +#include <xen/console.h>
> +#include <xen/err.h>
> +#include <xen/iocap.h>
> +#include <xen/vuart.h>
> +#include <xen/xvmalloc.h>
> +
> +#include <public/io/console.h>
> +
> +#define ns16x50_log(n, lvl, vdev, fmt, args...) do { \
> + if ( ns16x50_log_level >= n) \
> + gprintk(lvl, pr_fmt("%s: " fmt), (vdev)->name, ## args); \
> +} while (0)
> +
> +#define ns16x50_err(vdev, fmt, args...) \
> + ns16x50_log(0, KERN_ERR, vdev, fmt, ## args)
> +#define ns16x50_warn(vdev, fmt, args...) \
> + ns16x50_log(1, KERN_WARNING, vdev, fmt, ## args)
> +#define ns16x50_info(vdev, fmt, args...) \
> + ns16x50_log(2, KERN_INFO, vdev, fmt, ## args)
> +#define ns16x50_debug(vdev, fmt, args...) \
> + ns16x50_log(3, KERN_DEBUG, vdev, fmt, ## args)
> +
> +/*
> + * Number of supported registers in the UART.
> + */
> +#define NS16X50_REGS_NUM (UART_SCR + 1)
> +
> +/*
> + * Number of emulated registers.
> + *
> + * - Emulated registers [0..NS16X50_REGS_NUM] are R/W registers for DLAB=0.
> + * - DLAB=1, R/W, DLL = NS16X50_REGS_NUM + 0
> + * - DLAB=1, R/W, DLM = NS16X50_REGS_NUM + 1
> + * - R/O, IIR (IIR_THR) = NS16X50_REGS_NUM + 2
> + */
> +#define NS16X50_EMU_REGS_NUM (NS16X50_REGS_NUM + 3)
> +
> +/*
> + * Virtual ns16x50 device state.
> + */
> +struct vuart_ns16x50 {
> + struct xencons_interface cons; /* Emulated RX/TX FIFOs */
> + uint8_t regs[NS16X50_EMU_REGS_NUM]; /* Emulated registers */
> + const char *name; /* Device name */
> + struct domain *owner; /* Owner domain */
> + const struct vuart_info *info; /* UART description */
> + spinlock_t lock; /* Protection */
> +};
> +
> +/*
> + * Emulate 8-bit write access to ns16x50 register.
> + */
> +static int ns16x50_io_write8(
> + struct vuart_ns16x50 *vdev, uint32_t reg, uint8_t *data)
> +{
> + int rc = 0;
> +
> + return rc;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Emulate 16-bit write access to ns16x50 register.
> + * NB: some guest OSes use outw() to access UART_DLL.
> + */
> +static int ns16x50_io_write16(
> + struct vuart_ns16x50 *vdev, uint32_t reg, uint16_t *data)
> +{
> + int rc = -EINVAL;
> +
> + return rc;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Emulate write access to ns16x50 register.
> + */
> +static int ns16x50_io_write(
> + struct vuart_ns16x50 *vdev, uint8_t reg, uint32_t size, uint32_t *data)
> +{
> + int rc;
> +
> + switch ( size )
> + {
> + case 1:
> + rc = ns16x50_io_write8(vdev, reg, (uint8_t *)data);
> + break;
> +
> + case 2:
> + rc = ns16x50_io_write16(vdev, reg, (uint16_t *)data);
> + break;
> +
> + default:
> + rc = -EINVAL;
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + return rc;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Emulate 8-bit read access to ns16x50 register.
> + */
> +static int ns16x50_io_read8(
> + struct vuart_ns16x50 *vdev, uint32_t reg, uint8_t *data)
> +{
> + uint8_t val = 0xff;
> + int rc = 0;
> +
> + *data = val;
> +
> + return rc;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Emulate 16-bit read access to ns16x50 register.
> + */
> +static int ns16x50_io_read16(
> + struct vuart_ns16x50 *vdev, uint32_t reg, uint16_t *data)
> +{
> + uint16_t val = 0xffff;
> + int rc = -EINVAL;
> +
> + *data = val;
> +
> + return rc;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Emulate read access to ns16x50 register.
> + */
> +static int ns16x50_io_read(
> + struct vuart_ns16x50 *vdev, uint8_t reg, uint32_t size, uint32_t *data)
> +{
> + int rc;
> +
> + switch ( size )
> + {
> + case 1:
> + rc = ns16x50_io_read8(vdev, reg, (uint8_t *)data);
> + break;
> +
> + case 2:
> + rc = ns16x50_io_read16(vdev, reg, (uint16_t *)data);
> + break;
> +
> + default:
> + *data = 0xffffffff;
> + rc = -EINVAL;
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + return rc;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Emulate I/O access to ns16x50 register.
> + * Note, emulation always returns X86EMUL_OKAY, once I/O port trap is
> enabled.
> + */
> +static int cf_check ns16x50_io_handle(
> + int dir, unsigned int addr, unsigned int size, uint32_t *data)
> +{
> +#define op(dir) (((dir) == IOREQ_WRITE) ? 'W' : 'R')
> + struct domain *d = rcu_lock_current_domain();
> + struct vuart *vuart = vuart_find_by_io_range(d, addr, size);
> + struct vuart_ns16x50 *vdev;
> + const struct domain *owner;
> + const struct vuart_info *info;
> + uint32_t reg;
> + unsigned dlab;
> + int rc;
> +
> + if ( !vuart || !vuart->vdev )
> + {
> + printk(KERN_ERR "%c io 0x%04x %d: not initialized\n",
XENLOG_ERR
> + op(dir), addr, size);
> +
> + ASSERT_UNREACHABLE();
> + goto out;
> + }
> + vdev = vuart->vdev;
> +
> + owner = vuart->owner;
> + ASSERT(owner);
> + if ( d != owner )
> + {
> + ns16x50_err(vdev, "%c io 0x%04x %d: does not match current domain
> %pv\n",
> + op(dir), addr, size, d);
> +
> + ASSERT_UNREACHABLE();
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + info = vuart->info;
> + ASSERT(info);
> + reg = addr - info->base_addr;
> + if ( !IS_ALIGNED(reg, size) )
> + {
> + ns16x50_err(vdev, "%c 0x%04x %d: unaligned access\n",
> + op(dir), addr, size);
For this one we could consider returning X86EMUL_UNHANDLEABLE but I am not sure
as it would crash the guest.
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + dlab = 0;
> + if ( reg >= NS16X50_REGS_NUM )
> + {
> + ns16x50_err(vdev, "%c io 0x%04x %d: DLAB=%d %02"PRIx32"
> 0x%08"PRIx32": not implemented\n",
> + op(dir), addr, size, dlab, reg, *data);
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + spin_lock(&vdev->lock);
> +
> + if ( dir == IOREQ_WRITE )
> + {
> + ns16x50_debug(vdev, "%c 0x%04x %d: DLAB=%d %02"PRIx32"
> 0x%08"PRIx32"\n",
> + op(dir), addr, size, dlab, reg, *data);
> + rc = ns16x50_io_write(vdev, reg, size, data);
> + }
> + else
> + {
> + rc = ns16x50_io_read(vdev, reg, size, data);
> + ns16x50_debug(vdev, "%c 0x%04x %d: DLAB=%d %02"PRIx32"
> 0x%08"PRIx32"\n",
> + op(dir), addr, size, dlab, reg, *data);
> + }
> + if ( rc < 0 )
> + ns16x50_err(vdev, "%c 0x%04x %d: DLAB=%d %02"PRIx32" 0x%08"PRIx32":
> unsupported access\n",
> + op(dir), addr, size, dlab, reg, *data);
> +
> + spin_unlock(&vdev->lock);
> +
> +out:
> + rcu_unlock_domain(d);
> +
> + return X86EMUL_OKAY;
> +#undef op
> +}
> +
> +static int ns16x50_init(void *arg)
> +{
> + struct vuart_ns16x50 *vdev = arg;
> + const struct vuart_info *info = vdev->info;
> + struct domain *d = vdev->owner;
> +
> + ASSERT(vdev);
> +
> + register_portio_handler(d, info->base_addr, info->size,
> ns16x50_io_handle);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static void cf_check ns16x50_deinit(void *arg)
> +{
> + struct vuart_ns16x50 *vdev = arg;
> +
> + ASSERT(vdev);
it should unregister the handlers
> +}
> +
> +static void * cf_check ns16x50_alloc(struct domain *d, const struct
> vuart_info *info)
> +{
> + struct vuart_ns16x50 *vdev;
> + int rc;
> +
> + if ( !info )
> + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> +
> + if ( vuart_find_by_io_range(d, info->base_addr, info->size) )
> + {
> + ns16x50_err(info, "already registered\n");
> + return ERR_PTR(-EBUSY);
> + }
> +
> + if ( !is_hvm_domain(d) )
> + {
> + ns16x50_err(info, "not an HVM domain\n");
> + return ERR_PTR(-ENOSYS);
> + }
> +
> + vdev = xvzalloc(typeof(*vdev));
> + if ( !vdev )
> + {
> + ns16x50_err(info, "failed to allocate memory\n");
> + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> + }
> +
> + /* Save convenience pointer. */
> + vdev->name = info->name;
> + vdev->owner = d;
> + vdev->info = info;
the spinlock should be initialized
> + rc = ns16x50_init(vdev);
> + if ( rc )
> + return ERR_PTR(rc);
> +
> + return vdev;
> +}
> +
> +static void cf_check ns16x50_free(void *arg)
> +{
> + struct vuart_ns16x50 *vdev = arg;
> +
> + if ( vdev )
> + ns16x50_deinit(vdev);
> +
> + XVFREE(vdev);
XVFREE should only be called if ( vdev )
> +}
> +
> +#define ns16x50_emulator \
> +{ \
> + .compatible = "ns16550", \
> + .alloc = ns16x50_alloc, \
> + .free = ns16x50_free, \
> + .dump_state = NULL, \
> + .put_rx = NULL, \
> +}
> +
> +VUART_REGISTER(ns16x50, ns16x50_emulator);
> +
> +/*
> + * Local variables:
> + * mode: C
> + * c-file-style: "BSD"
> + * c-basic-offset: 4
> + * indent-tabs-mode: nil
> + * End:
> + */
> diff --git a/xen/include/xen/sched.h b/xen/include/xen/sched.h
> index 02bdc256ce37..613f4596e33d 100644
> --- a/xen/include/xen/sched.h
> +++ b/xen/include/xen/sched.h
> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
> #include <asm/atomic.h>
> #include <asm/current.h>
> #include <xen/vpci.h>
> +#include <xen/vuart.h>
> #include <xen/wait.h>
> #include <public/xen.h>
> #include <public/domctl.h>
> @@ -660,6 +661,9 @@ struct domain
> struct {
> /* Permission to take ownership of the physical console input. */
> bool input_allowed;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_VUART_FRAMEWORK
> + struct vuart *vuart;
> +#endif
this should be in patch #1, as patch #1 does:
d->console.vuart = vuart;
> } console;
> } __aligned(PAGE_SIZE);
>
> --
> 2.51.0
>
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