Re: [PATCH] x86emul: V{,P}{COMPRESS,EXPAND}* can (wrongly) trigger assertion

Teddy Astie <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.xenproject.lists.xen-devel
Message-ID <1784208936.8631fc262581453bbf619ec5b2062170.19f6b23cedf000edb5@vates.tech>
Le 16/07/2026 à 12:45, Jan Beulich a écrit :
> AFL has pointed out that the op_bytes-is-not-0 assertion in common SIMD
> handling can trigger for these insns. Indeed when the (relevant part of)
> the controlling mask register is 0, no memory is accessed at all. Leave
> op_bytes unaltered in this case, to engage the short-circuiting in common
> SIMD handling when fault_suppression is true and op_bytes is 0.
> 
> While there also correct a related typo in the test harness.
> 
> Fixes: 65f82d4ce1ea ("x86emul: support AVX512{F,_VBMI2} compress/expand insns")
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <[email protected]>
> ---
> In a release build, due to op_mask being 0 when n is 0, the short-circuit
> mentioned will prevent any damage.
> 
> --- a/tools/tests/x86_emulator/predicates.c
> +++ b/tools/tests/x86_emulator/predicates.c
> @@ -1946,7 +1946,7 @@ static const struct evex {
>       { { 0x83 }, 2, T, R, pfx_66, W1, Ln }, /* vpmultishiftqb */
>       { { 0x88 }, 2, T, R, pfx_66, Wn, Ln }, /* vpexpandp{s,d} */
>       { { 0x89 }, 2, T, R, pfx_66, Wn, Ln }, /* vpexpand{d,q} */
> -    { { 0x8a }, 2, T, W, pfx_66, Wn, Ln }, /* vpcompressp{s,d} */
> +    { { 0x8a }, 2, T, W, pfx_66, Wn, Ln }, /* vcompressp{s,d} */
>       { { 0x8b }, 2, T, W, pfx_66, Wn, Ln }, /* vpcompress{d,q} */
>       { { 0x8d }, 2, F, R, pfx_66, Wn, Ln }, /* vperm{b,w} */
>       { { 0x8f }, 2, F, R, pfx_66, W0, Ln }, /* vpshufbitqmb */
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/x86_emulate/x86_emulate.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/x86_emulate/x86_emulate.c
> @@ -6236,9 +6236,11 @@ x86_emulate(
>               ASSERT(op_bytes == n * elem_bytes);
>               op_mask &= ~0ULL >> (64 - n);
>               n = hweight64(op_mask);
> -            op_bytes = n * elem_bytes;
>               if ( n )
> +            {
> +                op_bytes = n * elem_bytes;
>                   op_mask = ~0ULL >> (64 - n);
> +            }
>           }
>           goto simd_zmm;
>   
> 

That looks like a bit of a hack in my understanding.
Is there anything specific preventing the common SIMD logic from 
accepting op_bytes being 0 ? Otherwise, we risk seeing similar issues 
with other instructions (future or current).
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