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Subject: Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH] powerpc: Fix running the kvm-unit-tests with recent versions of QEMU
From: Thomas Huth <thuth () redhat ! com>
Date: 2022-12-06 10:58:29
Message-ID: 4e6c86cb-cd8e-1ac1-7e0f-463ee9b5a882 () redhat ! com
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On 06/12/2022 11.40, Cédric Le Goater wrote:
> On 12/6/22 11:14, Thomas Huth wrote:
>> Starting with version 7.0, QEMU starts the pseries guests in 32-bit mode
>> instead of 64-bit (see QEMU commit 6e3f09c28a - "spapr: Force 32bit when
>> resetting a core"). This causes our test_64bit() in powerpc/emulator.c
>> to fail. Let's switch to 64-bit in our startup code instead to fix the
>> issue.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
>> ---
>> powerpc/cstart64.S | 6 ++++++
>> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/powerpc/cstart64.S b/powerpc/cstart64.S
>> index 972851f9..206c518f 100644
>> --- a/powerpc/cstart64.S
>> +++ b/powerpc/cstart64.S
>> @@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
>> .globl start
>> start:
>> FIXUP_ENDIAN
>> + /* Switch to 64-bit mode */
>> + mfmsr r1
>> + li r2,1
>> + sldi r2,r2,63
>> + or r1,r1,r2
>> + mtmsrd r1
>> /*
>> * We were loaded at QEMU's kernel load address, but we're not
>> * allowed to link there due to how QEMU deals with linker VMAs,
>
> You could add this define in lib/powerpc/asm/ppc_asm.h :
>
> #define MSR_SF 0x8000000000000000ul
>
> and possibly use the LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE macro to set the MSR.
Using LOAD_REG_IMMEDIATE would add quite a bit of additional instructions
here, so not sure whether I like it ... but I think I could add a proper
#define for 63 at least.
Thomas
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