We can only request a list of registers once the vCPU has been
initialised so the user needs to use either call the find function on
vCPU initialisation or during the translation phase. We don't expose
the reg number to the plugin instead hiding it behind an opaque
handle. This allows for a bit of future proofing should the internals
need to be changed while also being hashed against the CPUClass so we
can handle different register sets per-vCPU in hetrogenous situations.
Having an internal state within the plugins also allows us to expand
the interface in future (for example providing callbacks on register
change if the translator can track changes).
Resolves: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1706
Cc: Akihiko Odaki <akihiko.odaki@daynix.com>
Based-on: <20231025093128.33116-18-akihiko.odaki@daynix.com>
Signed-off-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>
---
vAJB:
The main difference to Akikio's version is hiding the gdb register
detail from the plugin for the reasons described above.
---
include/qemu/qemu-plugin.h | 52 +++++++++++++++++-
plugins/api.c | 102 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
plugins/qemu-plugins.symbols | 2 +
3 files changed, 154 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/qemu/qemu-plugin.h b/include/qemu/qemu-plugin.h
index 50a9957279..e5c16df5ca 100644
--- a/include/qemu/qemu-plugin.h
+++ b/include/qemu/qemu-plugin.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#ifndef QEMU_QEMU_PLUGIN_H
#define QEMU_QEMU_PLUGIN_H
+#include <glib.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stddef.h>
@@ -218,8 +219,8 @@ struct qemu_plugin_insn;
* @QEMU_PLUGIN_CB_R_REGS: callback reads the CPU's regs
* @QEMU_PLUGIN_CB_RW_REGS: callback reads and writes the CPU's regs
*
- * Note: currently unused, plugins cannot read or change system
- * register state.
+ * Note: currently QEMU_PLUGIN_CB_RW_REGS is unused, plugins cannot change
+ * system register state.
*/
enum qemu_plugin_cb_flags {
QEMU_PLUGIN_CB_NO_REGS,
@@ -664,4 +665,51 @@ uint64_t qemu_plugin_end_code(void);
*/
uint64_t qemu_plugin_entry_code(void);
+/** struct qemu_plugin_register - Opaque handle for a translated instruction */
+struct qemu_plugin_register;
+
+/**
+ * typedef qemu_plugin_reg_descriptor - register descriptions
+ *
+ * @name: register name
+ * @handle: opaque handle for retrieving value with qemu_plugin_read_register
+ * @feature: optional feature descriptor, can be NULL
+ */
+typedef struct {
+ char name[32];
+ struct qemu_plugin_register *handle;
+ const char *feature;
+} qemu_plugin_reg_descriptor;
+
+/**
+ * qemu_plugin_find_registers() - return register list
+ * @vcpu_index: vcpu to query
+ * @reg_pattern: register name pattern
+ *
+ * Returns a GArray of qemu_plugin_reg_descriptor or NULL. Caller
+ * frees. As the register set of a given vCPU is only available once
+ * the vCPU is initialised if you want to monitor registers from the
+ * start you should call this from a qemu_plugin_register_vcpu_init_cb()
+ * callback.
+ */
+GArray * qemu_plugin_find_registers(unsigned int vcpu_index, const char
*reg_pattern);