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john bryant

2008-Mar-05 16:13 UTC

[Xen-users] general protection fault: 0000 [#1]

hi,

I have written a small kernel module to profile an event in xen. When i
invoke "rdmsr", I get general protection error. As far as i
understand, any
kernel module is in CPL0, then rdmsr should work in kernel module. Any help
?  Below is log from syslog

-John

general protection fault: 0000 [#1]
SMP
Modules linked in: hello_printk autofs4 hidp l2cap bluetooth sunrpc ipv6
binfmt_misc dm_mirror dm_multipath dm_mod video thermal processor fan
container button battery ac lp nvram tsdev evdev i2c_i801 i2c_core piix tg3
r8169 parport_pc parport serio_raw serial_core usbhid rtc ahci libata shpchp
pci_hotplug ext3 jbd ehci_hcd ohci_hcd uhci_hcd usbcore
CPU:    0
EIP:    0061:[<ee07e023>]    Not tainted VLI
EFLAGS: 00010296   (2.6.16.33-xen #337)
EIP is at hello_init+0x23/0x8d [hello_printk]
eax: 00000000   ebx: 00000119   ecx: 00000119   edx: ff1bbfb4
esi: d9de86b0   edi: d9de8400   ebp: d9de86d8   esp: d9eafe1c
ds: 007b   es: 007b   ss: 0069
Process insmod (pid: 11521, threadinfo=d9eae000 task=c0713030)
Stack: <0>ee1df034 ca680746 0000b06e c0135f05 c013d301 ee1df400 d9de86b0
d9de8400
       c0137381 ee1df448 c03916c1 ee1df40c 00000000 00000008 00000003
00000000
       ee1df40c ee1df448 ee1df400 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00000000
Call Trace:
 [<c0135f05>] __link_module+0x0/0x1f
 [<c013d301>] stop_machine_run+0x2e/0x34
 [<c0137381>] sys_init_module+0x13e/0x1afb
 [<c011e45a>] printk+0x0/0x1f
 [<c0162dc1>] do_sync_read+0xc3/0xff
 [<c0130e9e>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x37
 [<c01540e7>] do_brk+0x21b/0x220
 [<c01c4ca4>] _atomic_dec_and_lock+0x40/0x5c
 [<c0179452>] dput+0xc3/0x12a
 [<c0163fe5>] __fput+0x137/0x18c
 [<c017d1e0>] mntput_no_expire+0x13/0x6c
 [<c0105289>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
Code:  Bad EIP value.


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Santos, Jose Renato G

2008-Mar-05 18:12 UTC

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[Xen-devel] RE: general protection fault: 0000 [#1]

No. In Xen, kernel and modules for PV guests run in ring 1, Xen provide
virtualization for some MSRs enabling access to them from ring 1, but this is
not available for performance counter MSRs. For OProfile we have a Xen component
(xenoprof) that acess the performance counters. Oprofile kernel module for Xen
is modified to  use hypercalls in order to get the performance counters
programmed instead of accessing MSRs directly.

Regards

Renato
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Subject: general protection fault: 0000 [#1]

hi,

I have written a small kernel module to profile an event in xen. When i invoke
"rdmsr", I get general protection error. As far as i understand, any
kernel module is in CPL0, then rdmsr should work in kernel module. Any help ? 
Below is log from syslog

-John

general protection fault: 0000 [#1]
SMP
Modules linked in: hello_printk autofs4 hidp l2cap bluetooth sunrpc ipv6
binfmt_misc dm_mirror dm_multipath dm_mod video thermal processor fan container
button battery ac lp nvram tsdev evdev i2c_i801 i2c_core piix tg3 r8169
parport_pc parport serio_raw serial_core usbhid rtc ahci libata shpchp
pci_hotplug ext3 jbd ehci_hcd ohci_hcd uhci_hcd usbcore
CPU:    0
EIP:    0061:[<ee07e023>]    Not tainted VLI
EFLAGS: 00010296   (2.6.16.33-xen #337)
EIP is at hello_init+0x23/0x8d [hello_printk]
eax: 00000000   ebx: 00000119   ecx: 00000119   edx: ff1bbfb4
esi: d9de86b0   edi: d9de8400   ebp: d9de86d8   esp: d9eafe1c
ds: 007b   es: 007b   ss: 0069
Process insmod (pid: 11521, threadinfo=d9eae000 task=c0713030)
Stack: <0>ee1df034 ca680746 0000b06e c0135f05 c013d301 ee1df400 d9de86b0
d9de8400
       c0137381 ee1df448 c03916c1 ee1df40c 00000000 00000008 00000003 00000000
       ee1df40c ee1df448 ee1df400 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Call Trace:
 [<c0135f05>] __link_module+0x0/0x1f
 [<c013d301>] stop_machine_run+0x2e/0x34
 [<c0137381>] sys_init_module+0x13e/0x1afb
 [<c011e45a>] printk+0x0/0x1f
 [<c0162dc1>] do_sync_read+0xc3/0xff
 [<c0130e9e>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x37
 [<c01540e7>] do_brk+0x21b/0x220
 [<c01c4ca4>] _atomic_dec_and_lock+0x40/0x5c
 [<c0179452>] dput+0xc3/0x12a
 [<c0163fe5>] __fput+0x137/0x18c
 [<c017d1e0>] mntput_no_expire+0x13/0x6c
 [<c0105289>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
Code:  Bad EIP value.



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john bryant

2008-Mar-05 19:04 UTC

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[Xen-users] Re: general protection fault: 0000 [#1]

Thanks Renato.
I have tried kernel module in normal linux, i still get *"general
protection"* error. Question - Are all kernel modules run in CPL0. For this
particular error, i have taken a traditional "hello world" module and
inserted rdmsr call inside  the init program. So, does it execute in CPL0
(in normal linux) ?

Thanks again
-John

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Santos, Jose Renato G <
joserenato.santos@hp.com> wrote:
>  No. In Xen, kernel and modules for PV guests run in ring 1, Xen provide
> virtualization for some MSRs enabling access to them from ring 1, but this
> is not available for performance counter MSRs. For OProfile we have a Xen
> component (xenoprof) that acess the performance counters. Oprofile kernel
> module for Xen is modified to  use hypercalls in order to get the
> performance counters programmed instead of accessing MSRs directly.
>
> Regards
>
> Renato
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* oprofile-list-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:
> oprofile-list-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] *On Behalf Of *john bryant
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 05, 2008 8:14 AM
> *To:* xen-users@lists.xensource.com; xen-devel@lists.xensource.com;
> oprofile-list@lists.sourceforge.net
> *Subject:* general protection fault: 0000 [#1]
>
> hi,
>
> I have written a small kernel module to profile an event in xen. When i
> invoke "rdmsr", I get general protection error. As far as i
understand, any
> kernel module is in CPL0, then rdmsr should work in kernel module. Any help
> ?  Below is log from syslog
>
> -John
>
> general protection fault: 0000 [#1]
> SMP
> Modules linked in: hello_printk autofs4 hidp l2cap bluetooth sunrpc ipv6
> binfmt_misc dm_mirror dm_multipath dm_mod video thermal processor fan
> container button battery ac lp nvram tsdev evdev i2c_i801 i2c_core piix tg3
> r8169 parport_pc parport serio_raw serial_core usbhid rtc ahci libata
shpchp
> pci_hotplug ext3 jbd ehci_hcd ohci_hcd uhci_hcd usbcore
> CPU:    0
> EIP:    0061:[<ee07e023>]    Not tainted VLI
> EFLAGS: 00010296   (2.6.16.33-xen #337)
> EIP is at hello_init+0x23/0x8d [hello_printk]
> eax: 00000000   ebx: 00000119   ecx: 00000119   edx: ff1bbfb4
> esi: d9de86b0   edi: d9de8400   ebp: d9de86d8   esp: d9eafe1c
> ds: 007b   es: 007b   ss: 0069
> Process insmod (pid: 11521, threadinfo=d9eae000 task=c0713030)
> Stack: <0>ee1df034 ca680746 0000b06e c0135f05 c013d301 ee1df400
d9de86b0
> d9de8400
>        c0137381 ee1df448 c03916c1 ee1df40c 00000000 00000008 00000003
> 00000000
>        ee1df40c ee1df448 ee1df400 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> 00000000
> Call Trace:
>  [<c0135f05>] __link_module+0x0/0x1f
>  [<c013d301>] stop_machine_run+0x2e/0x34
>  [<c0137381>] sys_init_module+0x13e/0x1afb
>  [<c011e45a>] printk+0x0/0x1f
>  [<c0162dc1>] do_sync_read+0xc3/0xff
>  [<c0130e9e>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x37
>  [<c01540e7>] do_brk+0x21b/0x220
>  [<c01c4ca4>] _atomic_dec_and_lock+0x40/0x5c
>  [<c0179452>] dput+0xc3/0x12a
>  [<c0163fe5>] __fput+0x137/0x18c
>  [<c017d1e0>] mntput_no_expire+0x13/0x6c
>  [<c0105289>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
> Code:  Bad EIP value.
>
>

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Santos, Jose Renato G

2008-Mar-05 20:13 UTC

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[Xen-devel] RE: general protection fault: 0000 [#1]

Yep. Kernel modules are part of the kernel and should run in ring 0 for native
Linux.
Renato

________________________________
From: john bryant [mailto:bryant.johan@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 11:04 AM
To: Santos, Jose Renato G
Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com; xen-devel@lists.xensource.com;
oprofile-list@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: general protection fault: 0000 [#1]

Thanks Renato.
I have tried kernel module in normal linux, i still get "general
protection" error. Question - Are all kernel modules run in CPL0. For this
particular error, i have taken a traditional "hello world" module and
inserted rdmsr call inside  the init program. So, does it execute in CPL0 (in
normal linux) ?

Thanks again
-John

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Santos, Jose Renato G
<joserenato.santos@hp.com<mailto:joserenato.santos@hp.com>> wrote:
No. In Xen, kernel and modules for PV guests run in ring 1, Xen provide
virtualization for some MSRs enabling access to them from ring 1, but this is
not available for performance counter MSRs. For OProfile we have a Xen component
(xenoprof) that acess the performance counters. Oprofile kernel module for Xen
is modified to  use hypercalls in order to get the performance counters
programmed instead of accessing MSRs directly.

Regards

Renato
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Subject: general protection fault: 0000 [#1]

hi,

I have written a small kernel module to profile an event in xen. When i invoke
"rdmsr", I get general protection error. As far as i understand, any
kernel module is in CPL0, then rdmsr should work in kernel module. Any help ? 
Below is log from syslog

-John

general protection fault: 0000 [#1]
SMP
Modules linked in: hello_printk autofs4 hidp l2cap bluetooth sunrpc ipv6
binfmt_misc dm_mirror dm_multipath dm_mod video thermal processor fan container
button battery ac lp nvram tsdev evdev i2c_i801 i2c_core piix tg3 r8169
parport_pc parport serio_raw serial_core usbhid rtc ahci libata shpchp
pci_hotplug ext3 jbd ehci_hcd ohci_hcd uhci_hcd usbcore
CPU:    0
EIP:    0061:[<ee07e023>]    Not tainted VLI
EFLAGS: 00010296   (2.6.16.33-xen #337)
EIP is at hello_init+0x23/0x8d [hello_printk]
eax: 00000000   ebx: 00000119   ecx: 00000119   edx: ff1bbfb4
esi: d9de86b0   edi: d9de8400   ebp: d9de86d8   esp: d9eafe1c
ds: 007b   es: 007b   ss: 0069
Process insmod (pid: 11521, threadinfo=d9eae000 task=c0713030)
Stack: <0>ee1df034 ca680746 0000b06e c0135f05 c013d301 ee1df400 d9de86b0
d9de8400
       c0137381 ee1df448 c03916c1 ee1df40c 00000000 00000008 00000003 00000000
       ee1df40c ee1df448 ee1df400 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Call Trace:
 [<c0135f05>] __link_module+0x0/0x1f
 [<c013d301>] stop_machine_run+0x2e/0x34
 [<c0137381>] sys_init_module+0x13e/0x1afb
 [<c011e45a>] printk+0x0/0x1f
 [<c0162dc1>] do_sync_read+0xc3/0xff
 [<c0130e9e>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x37
 [<c01540e7>] do_brk+0x21b/0x220
 [<c01c4ca4>] _atomic_dec_and_lock+0x40/0x5c
 [<c0179452>] dput+0xc3/0x12a
 [<c0163fe5>] __fput+0x137/0x18c
 [<c017d1e0>] mntput_no_expire+0x13/0x6c
 [<c0105289>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
Code:  Bad EIP value.

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john bryant

2008-Mar-06 00:51 UTC

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[Xen-users] Re: general protection fault: 0000 [#1]

Thanks again renato.

I have tried playing with xenoprof ( or oprofile). For certain kind of
application, i needed to get accurate information on events; thus need
information from various sources to validate my claims.
I see that rdmsr/wrmsr is virtualized in Xen Guest/Dom0 as they run in ring
1.  If i embed rdpmc- do i need to virtualize it also. My understanding is
that rdpmc is enabled using X86_CR4_PCE bit to be accessed from any ring
(0,1or 3). So, do i need to go through an emulation-path as explained in
following conversation (in Xen forum):
http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2007-09/msg00092.html

Thanks

-John

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Santos, Jose Renato G <
joserenato.santos@hp.com> wrote:
>  Yep. Kernel modules are part of the kernel and should run in ring 0 for
> native Linux.
> Renato
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* john bryant [mailto:bryant.johan@gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 05, 2008 11:04 AM
> *To:* Santos, Jose Renato G
> *Cc:* xen-users@lists.xensource.com; xen-devel@lists.xensource.com;
> oprofile-list@lists.sourceforge.net
> *Subject:* Re: general protection fault: 0000 [#1]
>
> Thanks Renato.
> I have tried kernel module in normal linux, i still get *"general
> protection"* error. Question - Are all kernel modules run in CPL0. For
> this particular error, i have taken a traditional "hello world"
module and
> inserted rdmsr call inside  the init program. So, does it execute in CPL0
> (in normal linux) ?
>
> Thanks again
> -John
>
> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Santos, Jose Renato G <
> joserenato.santos@hp.com> wrote:
>
> >  No. In Xen, kernel and modules for PV guests run in ring 1, Xen
provide
> > virtualization for some MSRs enabling access to them from ring 1, but
this
> > is not available for performance counter MSRs. For OProfile we have a
Xen
> > component (xenoprof) that acess the performance counters. Oprofile
kernel
> > module for Xen is modified to  use hypercalls in order to get the
> > performance counters programmed instead of accessing MSRs directly.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Renato
> >
> >  ------------------------------
> > *From:* oprofile-list-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:
> > oprofile-list-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] *On Behalf Of *john
bryant
> > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 05, 2008 8:14 AM
> > *To:* xen-users@lists.xensource.com; xen-devel@lists.xensource.com;
> > oprofile-list@lists.sourceforge.net
> > *Subject:* general protection fault: 0000 [#1]
> >
> >   hi,
> >
> > I have written a small kernel module to profile an event in xen. When
i
> > invoke "rdmsr", I get general protection error. As far as i
understand, any
> > kernel module is in CPL0, then rdmsr should work in kernel module. Any
help
> > ?  Below is log from syslog
> >
> > -John
> >
> > general protection fault: 0000 [#1]
> > SMP
> > Modules linked in: hello_printk autofs4 hidp l2cap bluetooth sunrpc
ipv6
> > binfmt_misc dm_mirror dm_multipath dm_mod video thermal processor fan
> > container button battery ac lp nvram tsdev evdev i2c_i801 i2c_core
piix tg3
> > r8169 parport_pc parport serio_raw serial_core usbhid rtc ahci libata
shpchp
> > pci_hotplug ext3 jbd ehci_hcd ohci_hcd uhci_hcd usbcore
> > CPU:    0
> > EIP:    0061:[<ee07e023>]    Not tainted VLI
> > EFLAGS: 00010296   (2.6.16.33-xen #337)
> > EIP is at hello_init+0x23/0x8d [hello_printk]
> > eax: 00000000   ebx: 00000119   ecx: 00000119   edx: ff1bbfb4
> > esi: d9de86b0   edi: d9de8400   ebp: d9de86d8   esp: d9eafe1c
> > ds: 007b   es: 007b   ss: 0069
> > Process insmod (pid: 11521, threadinfo=d9eae000 task=c0713030)
> > Stack: <0>ee1df034 ca680746 0000b06e c0135f05 c013d301 ee1df400
d9de86b0
> > d9de8400
> >        c0137381 ee1df448 c03916c1 ee1df40c 00000000 00000008 00000003
> > 00000000
> >        ee1df40c ee1df448 ee1df400 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
> > 00000000
> > Call Trace:
> >  [<c0135f05>] __link_module+0x0/0x1f
> >  [<c013d301>] stop_machine_run+0x2e/0x34
> >  [<c0137381>] sys_init_module+0x13e/0x1afb
> >  [<c011e45a>] printk+0x0/0x1f
> >  [<c0162dc1>] do_sync_read+0xc3/0xff
> >  [<c0130e9e>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x37
> >  [<c01540e7>] do_brk+0x21b/0x220
> >  [<c01c4ca4>] _atomic_dec_and_lock+0x40/0x5c
> >  [<c0179452>] dput+0xc3/0x12a
> >  [<c0163fe5>] __fput+0x137/0x18c
> >  [<c017d1e0>] mntput_no_expire+0x13/0x6c
> >  [<c0105289>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
> > Code:  Bad EIP value.
> >
> >
>

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Jan Beulich

2008-Mar-06 08:42 UTC

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[Xen-devel] RE: general protection fault: 0000 [#1]

Actually, it''s not exactly that way - as long as an MSR can be read by
Xen (i.e. is implemented), guests are permitted to read them (see the
default case in the rdmsr handling part of emulate_privileged_op().

However, I have a hard time understanding what need profiling code
would have to access MSR 0x119 (which, according to my docs, is
PentiumPro/II/III specific).

Jan
>>> "Santos, Jose Renato G" <joserenato.santos@hp.com>
05.03.08 19:12 >>>No. In Xen, kernel and modules for PV guests run in ring 1, Xen provide
virtualization for some MSRs enabling access to them from ring 1, but this is
not available for performance counter MSRs. For OProfile we have a Xen component
(xenoprof) that acess the performance counters. Oprofile kernel module for Xen
is modified to  use hypercalls in order to get the performance counters
programmed instead of accessing MSRs directly.

Regards

Renato
________________________________
From: oprofile-list-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net
[mailto:oprofile-list-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of john bryant
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 8:14 AM
To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com; xen-devel@lists.xensource.com;
oprofile-list@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: general protection fault: 0000 [#1]

hi,

I have written a small kernel module to profile an event in xen. When i invoke
"rdmsr", I get general protection error. As far as i understand, any
kernel module is in CPL0, then rdmsr should work in kernel module. Any help ? 
Below is log from syslog

-John

general protection fault: 0000 [#1]
SMP
Modules linked in: hello_printk autofs4 hidp l2cap bluetooth sunrpc ipv6
binfmt_misc dm_mirror dm_multipath dm_mod video thermal processor fan container
button battery ac lp nvram tsdev evdev i2c_i801 i2c_core piix tg3 r8169
parport_pc parport serio_raw serial_core usbhid rtc ahci libata shpchp
pci_hotplug ext3 jbd ehci_hcd ohci_hcd uhci_hcd usbcore
CPU:    0
EIP:    0061:[<ee07e023>]    Not tainted VLI
EFLAGS: 00010296   (2.6.16.33-xen #337)
EIP is at hello_init+0x23/0x8d [hello_printk]
eax: 00000000   ebx: 00000119   ecx: 00000119   edx: ff1bbfb4
esi: d9de86b0   edi: d9de8400   ebp: d9de86d8   esp: d9eafe1c
ds: 007b   es: 007b   ss: 0069
Process insmod (pid: 11521, threadinfo=d9eae000 task=c0713030)
Stack: <0>ee1df034 ca680746 0000b06e c0135f05 c013d301 ee1df400 d9de86b0
d9de8400
       c0137381 ee1df448 c03916c1 ee1df40c 00000000 00000008 00000003 00000000
       ee1df40c ee1df448 ee1df400 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
Call Trace:
 [<c0135f05>] __link_module+0x0/0x1f
 [<c013d301>] stop_machine_run+0x2e/0x34
 [<c0137381>] sys_init_module+0x13e/0x1afb
 [<c011e45a>] printk+0x0/0x1f
 [<c0162dc1>] do_sync_read+0xc3/0xff
 [<c0130e9e>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x37
 [<c01540e7>] do_brk+0x21b/0x220
 [<c01c4ca4>] _atomic_dec_and_lock+0x40/0x5c
 [<c0179452>] dput+0xc3/0x12a
 [<c0163fe5>] __fput+0x137/0x18c
 [<c017d1e0>] mntput_no_expire+0x13/0x6c
 [<c0105289>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
Code:  Bad EIP value.



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Keir Fraser

2008-Mar-06 09:31 UTC

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Re: [Xen-devel] RE: general protection fault: 0000 [#1]

The current let-anyone-RDMSR is pretty dodgy, to be honest. I think we
should whitelist with a default of returning 0 for the contents (rather than
#GP, which would be a bit harsh response for a PV kernel).

 -- Keir

On 6/3/08 08:42, "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@novell.com> wrote:
> Actually, it''s not exactly that way - as long as an MSR can be
read by
> Xen (i.e. is implemented), guests are permitted to read them (see the
> default case in the rdmsr handling part of emulate_privileged_op().
> 
> However, I have a hard time understanding what need profiling code
> would have to access MSR 0x119 (which, according to my docs, is
> PentiumPro/II/III specific).


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Santos, Jose Renato G

2008-Mar-06 17:25 UTC

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RE: [Xen-devel] RE: general protection fault: 0000 [#1]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Beulich [mailto:jbeulich@novell.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 12:42 AM
> To: john bryant; Santos, Jose Renato G
> Cc: oprofile-list@lists.sourceforge.net;
> xen-devel@lists.xensource.com; xen-users@lists.xensource.com
> Subject: [Xen-devel] RE: general protection fault: 0000 [#1]
>
> Actually, it''s not exactly that way - as long as an MSR can
> be read by Xen (i.e. is implemented), guests are permitted to
> read them (see the default case in the rdmsr handling part of
> emulate_privileged_op().
>
  To use performance counters you also have to write MSRs, not
  only read them. I am not familiar with MSR emulation in Xen but
  I think it should not allow guests to arbitrary write to them.
  Anyway, I did not know you could actualy read any MSR in Xen.
  Thanks for pointing this out.
> However, I have a hard time understanding what need profiling
> code would have to access MSR 0x119 (which, according to my
> docs, is PentiumPro/II/III specific).
>
  Most performance counters are model specific, although more recent
  CPUs have now a subset of counters that more general and expected to
  be supported across new models of the same architecture
  (architectural counters)

  Renato

> Jan
>
> >>> "Santos, Jose Renato G"
<joserenato.santos@hp.com> 05.03.08 19:12
> >>> >>>
> No. In Xen, kernel and modules for PV guests run in ring 1,
> Xen provide virtualization for some MSRs enabling access to
> them from ring 1, but this is not available for performance
> counter MSRs. For OProfile we have a Xen component (xenoprof)
> that acess the performance counters. Oprofile kernel module
> for Xen is modified to  use hypercalls in order to get the
> performance counters programmed instead of accessing MSRs directly.
>
> Regards
>
> Renato
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> [mailto:oprofile-list-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] On
> Behalf Of john bryant
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 8:14 AM
> To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com;
> xen-devel@lists.xensource.com; oprofile-list@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: general protection fault: 0000 [#1]
>
> hi,
>
> I have written a small kernel module to profile an event in
> xen. When i invoke "rdmsr", I get general protection error.
> As far as i understand, any kernel module is in CPL0, then
> rdmsr should work in kernel module. Any help ?  Below is log
> from syslog
>
> -John
>
> general protection fault: 0000 [#1]
> SMP
> Modules linked in: hello_printk autofs4 hidp l2cap bluetooth
> sunrpc ipv6 binfmt_misc dm_mirror dm_multipath dm_mod video
> thermal processor fan container button battery ac lp nvram
> tsdev evdev i2c_i801 i2c_core piix tg3 r8169 parport_pc
> parport serio_raw serial_core usbhid rtc ahci libata shpchp
> pci_hotplug ext3 jbd ehci_hcd ohci_hcd uhci_hcd usbcore
> CPU:    0
> EIP:    0061:[<ee07e023>]    Not tainted VLI
> EFLAGS: 00010296   (2.6.16.33-xen #337)
> EIP is at hello_init+0x23/0x8d [hello_printk]
> eax: 00000000   ebx: 00000119   ecx: 00000119   edx: ff1bbfb4
> esi: d9de86b0   edi: d9de8400   ebp: d9de86d8   esp: d9eafe1c
> ds: 007b   es: 007b   ss: 0069
> Process insmod (pid: 11521, threadinfo=d9eae000 task=c0713030)
> Stack: <0>ee1df034 ca680746 0000b06e c0135f05 c013d301
> ee1df400 d9de86b0 d9de8400
>        c0137381 ee1df448 c03916c1 ee1df40c 00000000 00000008
> 00000003 00000000
>        ee1df40c ee1df448 ee1df400 00000000 00000000 00000000
> 00000000 00000000 Call Trace:
>  [<c0135f05>] __link_module+0x0/0x1f
>  [<c013d301>] stop_machine_run+0x2e/0x34  [<c0137381>]
> sys_init_module+0x13e/0x1afb  [<c011e45a>] printk+0x0/0x1f
> [<c0162dc1>] do_sync_read+0xc3/0xff  [<c0130e9e>]
> autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x37  [<c01540e7>]
> do_brk+0x21b/0x220  [<c01c4ca4>]
> _atomic_dec_and_lock+0x40/0x5c  [<c0179452>] dput+0xc3/0x12a
> [<c0163fe5>] __fput+0x137/0x18c  [<c017d1e0>]
> mntput_no_expire+0x13/0x6c  [<c0105289>] syscall_call+0x7/0xb
> Code:  Bad EIP value.
>
>
>
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tgh

2008-Mar-09 02:50 UTC

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[Xen-devel] about network live connection during migration

hi
  I try to understand to the mechanism of live migration, and I read the 
code ,and have some confusion about the network live connection during 
the migration,could you help me, i read the paper about the live 
migration,it explaine that in a single switched LAN,host sends 
unsolicited ARP,and in router case, broadcastARP will not be accecpted 
,and migratedOS need to sends to the interfaces in the ARPcache,while in 
a switched net,migrated OS holds the same MAC address,and network switch 
could detect the change of location,   i am confused about where the 
code for all of these , could you give me some more detailed explanation 
or tell me where the code for these

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2008-Mar-09 06:56 UTC

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[Xen-devel] arp reply for migration

hi
  I read the live migration paper,and in the paper,"...generate an 
unsolicited ARP reply from the migrated host",and which is the migrated 
host? source physical node,or destination physical node,or VM?and i 
guess ,it is destination physical node, is it right? if it is, then when 
is the ARP reply generated ?after the guestOS has been resumed or when ? 
i did not find the code for it ? could you help me

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2008-Mar-09 09:28 UTC

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Re: [Xen-devel] about network live connection during migration

On Sun, 2008-03-09 at 10:50 +0800, tgh wrote:> hi
>   I try to understand to the mechanism of live migration, and I read the 
> code ,and have some confusion about the network live connection during 
> the migration,could you help me, i read the paper about the live 
> migration,it explaine that in a single switched LAN,host sends 
> unsolicited ARP,and in router case, broadcastARP will not be accecpted 
> ,and migratedOS need to sends to the interfaces in the ARPcache,while in 
> a switched net,migrated OS holds the same MAC address,and network switch 
> could detect the change of location,   i am confused about where the 
> code for all of these , could you give me some more detailed explanation 
> or tell me where the code for these
The unsolicited ARP is generated by the network frontend whenever it is
brought up, as would be the case upon resume. look out for something i
believe is called fake_arp (?) in netfront. This is a very simple
operation, btw.

Unicasting to peers listed in the ARP cache is, to my knowledge, not
performed. I believe the paper just outlines what the alternatives would
look like.

regards,
daniel

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Re: [Xen-devel] arp reply for migration

On Sun, 2008-03-09 at 14:56 +0800, tgh wrote:> hi
>   I read the live migration paper,and in the paper,"...generate an 
> unsolicited ARP reply from the migrated host",and which is the
migrated
> host? source physical node,or destination physical node,or VM?and i 
> guess ,it is destination physical node, is it right? if it is, then when 
> is the ARP reply generated ?after the guestOS has been resumed or when ? 
> i did not find the code for it ? could you help me
It is certainly sent fron the destination host, i.e. after migration.

The purpose is to let peers (i.e. hosts to which connections (e.g. on
the ip layer) are maintained across the migration phase) know that the
destination hardware address (i.e. on the mac layer) has changed. 

Even if you don''t change the mac address, as the paper suggests, you
would still need to send -something- in order to let switches learn that
the migrated guest has been moved to a different physical port on that
switch.

If you don''t understand this, I suggest to get yourself a book on the
topic. See e.g. page 62 in

http://books.google.com/books?id=-btNds68w84C

regards,
daniel

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Re: [Xen-devel] about network live connection during migration

Thank you
and you say ,"The unsolicited ARP is generated by the network frontend 
whenever it is brought up, as would be the case upon resume."
that is , the guestos should be aware of its suspend-and-resume ,but xen 
maybe support the transparent migration for the guestos, that is ,the 
guestos does not know itself has been suspended ,is it?

but may be some action did the same thing  in the net backend, is it ?
and fake_arp() has not been found, it is helpful ,even though ,i have 
not found the code

could you or someone help me
i am still interested in the  code  for  sending  The unsolicited ARP 
after migration

Thanks


 

Daniel Stodden 写道:> On Sun, 2008-03-09 at 10:50 +0800, tgh wrote:
>   
>> hi
>>   I try to understand to the mechanism of live migration, and I read
the
>> code ,and have some confusion about the network live connection during 
>> the migration,could you help me, i read the paper about the live 
>> migration,it explaine that in a single switched LAN,host sends 
>> unsolicited ARP,and in router case, broadcastARP will not be accecpted 
>> ,and migratedOS need to sends to the interfaces in the ARPcache,while
in
>> a switched net,migrated OS holds the same MAC address,and network
switch
>> could detect the change of location,   i am confused about where the 
>> code for all of these , could you give me some more detailed
explanation
>> or tell me where the code for these
>>     
>
> The unsolicited ARP is generated by the network frontend whenever it is
> brought up, as would be the case upon resume. look out for something i
> believe is called fake_arp (?) in netfront. This is a very simple
> operation, btw.
>
> Unicasting to peers listed in the ARP cache is, to my knowledge, not
> performed. I believe the paper just outlines what the alternatives would
> look like.
>
> regards,
> daniel
>
>   

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