genode/repos/ports/src/virtualbox/spec/nova/vcpu_vmx.h
Josef Söntgen 5b6fdc96fc vbox: disable rdtsc VM exit
Trapping rdtsc creates a huge load in some guests, e.g. Windows 8.1,
that use this instruction very frequently. This influences audio
playback/recording in a bad way (distorted sounds, …). As a interim
solution disable the virtualization of rdtsc completely. As long
as each guest VM runs on its own CPU core it should be fine as there
should not be that much interference (TSC warping).

That being said, TSC offsetting as well as adjusting within vbox have to
be evaluated.

Fixes #1768.
2015-11-09 13:08:30 +01:00

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/*
* \brief Genode/Nova specific VirtualBox SUPLib supplements
* \author Alexander Boettcher
* \author Norman Feske
* \author Christian Helmuth
*/
/*
* Copyright (C) 2013-2014 Genode Labs GmbH
*
* This file is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
* version 2.
*/
#ifndef _VIRTUALBOX__SPEC__NOVA__VCPU_VMX_H_
#define _VIRTUALBOX__SPEC__NOVA__VCPU_VMX_H_
/* VirtualBox includes */
#include <VBox/vmm/hm_vmx.h>
#include "vmm_memory.h"
/* Genode's VirtualBox includes */
#include "vcpu.h"
#include "vmx.h"
class Vcpu_handler_vmx : public Vcpu_handler
{
private:
template <unsigned X>
__attribute__((noreturn)) void _vmx_ept()
{
using namespace Nova;
using namespace Genode;
Thread_base *myself = Thread_base::myself();
Utcb *utcb = reinterpret_cast<Utcb *>(myself->utcb());
_exc_memory<X>(myself, utcb, utcb->qual[0] & 0x38,
utcb->qual[1] & ~((1UL << 12) - 1));
}
__attribute__((noreturn)) void _vmx_default() { _default_handler(); }
__attribute__((noreturn)) void _vmx_startup()
{
using namespace Nova;
Genode::Thread_base *myself = Genode::Thread_base::myself();
Utcb *utcb = reinterpret_cast<Utcb *>(myself->utcb());
/* configure VM exits to get */
next_utcb.mtd = Nova::Mtd::CTRL;
/* from src/VBox/VMM/VMMR0/HWVMXR0.cpp of virtualbox sources */
next_utcb.ctrl[0] = VMX_VMCS_CTRL_PROC_EXEC_HLT_EXIT |
VMX_VMCS_CTRL_PROC_EXEC_MOV_DR_EXIT |
VMX_VMCS_CTRL_PROC_EXEC_UNCOND_IO_EXIT |
/* XXX commented out because TinyCore Linux won't run as guest otherwise
VMX_VMCS_CTRL_PROC_EXEC_MONITOR_EXIT |
VMX_VMCS_CTRL_PROC_EXEC_MWAIT_EXIT |
*/
VMX_VMCS_CTRL_PROC_EXEC_CR8_LOAD_EXIT |
VMX_VMCS_CTRL_PROC_EXEC_CR8_STORE_EXIT |
VMX_VMCS_CTRL_PROC_EXEC_RDPMC_EXIT;
/* VMX_VMCS_CTRL_PROC_EXEC_PAUSE_EXIT | */
/*
* Disable trapping RDTSC for now as it creates a huge load with
* VM guests that execute it frequently.
*/
// VMX_VMCS_CTRL_PROC_EXEC_RDTSC_EXIT;
next_utcb.ctrl[1] = VMX_VMCS_CTRL_PROC_EXEC2_VIRT_APIC |
VMX_VMCS_CTRL_PROC_EXEC2_WBINVD_EXIT |
VMX_VMCS_CTRL_PROC_EXEC2_UNRESTRICTED_GUEST |
VMX_VMCS_CTRL_PROC_EXEC2_VPID |
/* VMX_VMCS_CTRL_PROC_EXEC2_X2APIC | */
VMX_VMCS_CTRL_PROC_EXEC2_RDTSCP |
VMX_VMCS_CTRL_PROC_EXEC2_EPT;
void *exit_status = _start_routine(_arg);
pthread_exit(exit_status);
Nova::reply(nullptr);
}
__attribute__((noreturn)) void _vmx_triple()
{
Genode::Thread_base *myself = Genode::Thread_base::myself();
using namespace Nova;
Vmm::printf("triple fault - dead\n");
_default_handler();
}
__attribute__((noreturn)) void _vmx_irqwin() { _irq_window(); }
__attribute__((noreturn)) void _vmx_recall()
{
Vcpu_handler::_recall_handler();
}
__attribute__((noreturn)) void _vmx_invalid()
{
Genode::Thread_base *myself = Genode::Thread_base::myself();
Nova::Utcb *utcb = reinterpret_cast<Nova::Utcb *>(myself->utcb());
unsigned const dubious = utcb->inj_info |
utcb->intr_state | utcb->actv_state;
if (dubious)
Vmm::printf("%s - dubious - inj_info=0x%x inj_error=%x"
" intr_state=0x%x actv_state=0x%x\n", __func__,
utcb->inj_info, utcb->inj_error,
utcb->intr_state, utcb->actv_state);
Vcpu_handler::_default_handler();
}
/*
* This VM exit is in part handled by the NOVA kernel (writing the CR
* register) and in part by VirtualBox (updating the PDPTE registers,
* which requires access to the guest physical memory).
* Intel manual sections 4.4.1 of Vol. 3A and 26.3.2.4 of Vol. 3C
* indicate the conditions when the PDPTE registers need to get
* updated.
*/
__attribute__((noreturn)) void _vmx_mov_crx()
{
unsigned long value;
void *stack_reply = reinterpret_cast<void *>(&value - 1);
Genode::Thread_base *myself = Genode::Thread_base::myself();
Nova::Utcb *utcb = reinterpret_cast<Nova::Utcb *>(myself->utcb());
Genode::uint64_t *pdpte = (Genode::uint64_t*)
guest_memory()->lookup(utcb->cr3, sizeof(utcb->pdpte));
Assert(pdpte != 0);
utcb->pdpte[0] = pdpte[0];
utcb->pdpte[1] = pdpte[1];
utcb->pdpte[2] = pdpte[2];
utcb->pdpte[3] = pdpte[3];
utcb->mtd = Nova::Mtd::PDPTE | Nova::Mtd::FPU;
Nova::reply(stack_reply);
}
public:
Vcpu_handler_vmx(size_t stack_size, const pthread_attr_t *attr,
void *(*start_routine) (void *), void *arg,
Genode::Cpu_session * cpu_session,
Genode::Affinity::Location location,
unsigned int cpu_id)
:
Vcpu_handler(stack_size, attr, start_routine, arg, cpu_session,
location, cpu_id)
{
using namespace Nova;
typedef Vcpu_handler_vmx This;
Genode::addr_t const exc_base = vcpu().exc_base();
register_handler<VMX_EXIT_TRIPLE_FAULT, This,
&This::_vmx_triple> (exc_base, Mtd::ALL | Mtd::FPU);
register_handler<VMX_EXIT_INIT_SIGNAL, This,
&This::_vmx_default> (exc_base, Mtd::ALL | Mtd::FPU);
register_handler<VMX_EXIT_INT_WINDOW, This,
&This::_vmx_irqwin> (exc_base, Mtd::ALL | Mtd::FPU);
register_handler<VMX_EXIT_TASK_SWITCH, This,
&This::_vmx_default> (exc_base, Mtd::ALL | Mtd::FPU);
register_handler<VMX_EXIT_CPUID, This,
&This::_vmx_default> (exc_base, Mtd::ALL | Mtd::FPU);
register_handler<VMX_EXIT_HLT, This,
&This::_vmx_default> (exc_base, Mtd::ALL | Mtd::FPU);
/* we don't support tsc offsetting for now - so let the rdtsc exit */
register_handler<VMX_EXIT_RDTSC, This,
&This::_vmx_default> (exc_base, Mtd::ALL | Mtd::FPU);
register_handler<VMX_EXIT_VMCALL, This,
&This::_vmx_default> (exc_base, Mtd::ALL | Mtd::FPU);
register_handler<VMX_EXIT_IO_INSTR, This,
&This::_vmx_default> (exc_base, Mtd::ALL | Mtd::FPU);
register_handler<VMX_EXIT_RDMSR, This,
&This::_vmx_default> (exc_base, Mtd::ALL | Mtd::FPU);
register_handler<VMX_EXIT_WRMSR, This,
&This::_vmx_default> (exc_base, Mtd::ALL | Mtd::FPU);
register_handler<VMX_EXIT_ERR_INVALID_GUEST_STATE, This,
&This::_vmx_invalid> (exc_base, Mtd::ALL | Mtd::FPU);
// register_handler<VMX_EXIT_PAUSE, This,
// &This::_vmx_default> (exc_base, Mtd::ALL | Mtd::FPU);
register_handler<VMX_EXIT_WBINVD, This,
&This::_vmx_default> (exc_base, Mtd::ALL | Mtd::FPU);
register_handler<VMX_EXIT_MOV_CRX, This,
&This::_vmx_mov_crx> (exc_base, Mtd::ALL | Mtd::FPU);
register_handler<VMX_EXIT_MOV_DRX, This,
&This::_vmx_default> (exc_base, Mtd::ALL | Mtd::FPU);
register_handler<VMX_EXIT_EPT_VIOLATION, This,
&This::_vmx_ept<VMX_EXIT_EPT_VIOLATION>> (exc_base, Mtd::ALL | Mtd::FPU);
register_handler<VCPU_STARTUP, This,
&This::_vmx_startup> (exc_base, Mtd::ALL | Mtd::FPU);
register_handler<RECALL, This,
&This::_vmx_recall> (exc_base, Mtd::ALL | Mtd::FPU);
start();
}
bool hw_save_state(Nova::Utcb * utcb, VM * pVM, PVMCPU pVCpu) {
return vmx_save_state(utcb, pVM, pVCpu);
}
bool hw_load_state(Nova::Utcb * utcb, VM * pVM, PVMCPU pVCpu) {
return vmx_load_state(utcb, pVM, pVCpu);
}
};
#endif /* _VIRTUALBOX__SPEC__NOVA__VCPU_VMX_H_ */