.. _acrnshell: ACRN Shell Commands ################### The ACRN shell is a text-based terminal for the hypervisor, accessible via the target system's serial port. It is only available when the hypervisor build type is debug, the serial console port is configured, and a terminal emulator on your development computer is connected, typically via a serial-to-USB cable. The ACRN shell provides useful debugging commands for displaying internal system states, environment settings, and hypervisor statistics as well as reading and writing CPU model-specific registers (MSR). A short command history is maintained that lets you use the :kbd:`UP` and :kbd:`DOWN` keys to browse the command history and :kbd:`HOME`, :kbd:`END`, :kbd:`LEFT`, and :kbd:`RIGHT` keys to select an edit point within the command. Here's the list of commands supported by the ACRN shell, followed by example uses of these commands: .. list-table:: :header-rows: 1 :widths: 40 60 * - Command (and parameters) - Description * - help - Display information about supported hypervisor shell commands. * - version - Display the hypervisor version information. * - vm_list - List all VMs, displaying the VM UUID, ID, name, and state ("Started"=running). * - vcpu_list - List all vCPUs in all VMs. * - vcpu_dumpreg - Dump registers for a specific vCPU. * - dump_host_mem - Dump the host memory region as specified by the start of the region ``hva`` (in hexadecimal) and its length ``length`` (in bytes, decimal number). * - dump_guest_mem - Dump a User VM (guest) memory region based on the VM ID (``vm_id``, in decimal), the start of the memory region ``gva`` (in hexadecimal), and its length ``length`` (in bytes, decimal number). * - vm_console - Switch to the VM's console. Use :kbd:`Ctrl` + :kbd:`Alt` + :kbd:`Space` to return to the ACRN shell console. * - int - List interrupt information per CPU. * - pt - Show passthrough device information. * - vioapic - Show virtual IOAPIC (vIOAPIC) information for a specific VM. * - dump_ioapic - Show native IOAPIC information. * - loglevel - * If no parameters are given, the command will return the level of logging for the console, memory, and npk. * Give (up to) three parameters between ``0`` (none) and ``6`` (verbose) to set the loglevel for the console, memory, and npk (in that order). If fewer than three parameters are given, the loglevels for the remaining areas will not be changed. * - cpuid [subleaf] - Display the CPUID leaf [subleaf], in hexadecimal. * - rdmsr [-p] - Read the model-specific register (MSR) at index ``msr_index`` (in hexadecimal) for CPU ID ``pcpu_id``. * - wrmsr [-p] - Write ``value`` (in hexadecimal) to the model-specific register (MSR) at index ``msr_index`` (in hexadecimal) for CPU ID ``pcpu_id``. Command Examples **************** The following sections provide further details and examples for some of these commands. vm_list ======= The ``vm_list`` command provides the name of each virtual machine and its corresponding ID and state. .. figure:: images/shell_image8.png :align: center vm_list information vcpu_list ========= The ``vcpu_list`` command provides information about virtual CPUs (vCPU), including the VM ID, pCPU ID, vCPU ID, vCPU role (primary or secondary), and vCPU state (init, paused, running, zombie, or unknown). .. figure:: images/shell_image7.png :align: center vcpu_list information vcpu_dumpreg ============ The ``vcpu_dumpreg `` command provides vCPU-related information such as register values. In the following example, we dump the vCPU0 RIP register value and get into the Service VM to search for the running function, using these commands:: cat /proc/kallsyms | grep RIP_value As you can see, vCPU0 is running in function ``acpi_idle_do_entry``. .. figure:: images/shell_image10.png :align: center vcpu_dumpreg information .. figure:: images/shell_image9.png :align: center system map information dump_host_mem ============= The ``dump_host_mem `` command provides the specified memory target data such as the physical CPU (pCPU) number. In this example, we know the pCPU active bitmap and physical CPU number physical memory address through ``build/hypervisor/acrn.map``. (Note that the path for ``acrn.map`` depends on how we build the hypervisor.) Then we can dump the memory address of the pCPU active bitmap and CPU number. The pCPU active bitmap is 0x000000000000000f and pCPU number is 0x0000000000000004. .. figure:: images/shell_image12.png :align: center dumpmem information .. figure:: images/shell_image11.png :align: center acrn map information dump_guest_mem ============== The ``dump_guest_mem `` command dumps guest memory information according to the given VM ID and guest virtual address (``gva``). In this example, we know the starting address of the kernel text segment in the guest console or through the ``system.map``. (Note that the path for ``system.map`` depends on how we build the kernel.) .. figure:: images/shell_image19.png :align: center guest virtual address .. figure:: images/shell_image20.png :align: center guest memory information vm_console =========== The ``vm_console `` command switches the ACRN's console to become the VM's console. Press :kbd:`Ctrl` + :kbd:`Alt` + :kbd:`Space` to return to the ACRN shell console. vioapic ======= The ``vioapic `` command shows the virtual IOAPIC information for a specific VM. In the following figure, we show the virtual IOAPIC information for VM1: .. figure:: images/shell_image6.png :align: center vioapic information dump_ioapic =========== The ``dump_ioapic`` command provides IOAPIC information and we can get IRQ number, IRQ vector number, etc. .. figure:: images/shell_image14.png :align: center dump_ioapic information pt == The ``pt`` command provides passthrough detailed information, such as the virtual machine number, interrupt type, interrupt request, interrupt vector, and trigger mode. .. figure:: images/shell_image13.png :align: center pt information int === The ``int`` command provides interrupt information on all CPUs and their corresponding interrupt vector. .. figure:: images/shell_image17.png :align: center int information cpuid ===== The ``cpuid [subleaf]`` command provides the CPUID leaf [subleaf] in hexadecimal. .. figure:: images/shell_image15.png :align: center cpuid information rdmsr ===== We can read a model-specific register (MSR) to get register values through ``rdmsr [-p] ``. In the following example, we can get the IA32_APIC_BASE value of pCPU 0 through the command:: rdmsr -p0 1b and see that 1B (Hexadecimal) is the IA32_APIC_BASE MSR address. .. figure:: images/shell_image16.png :align: center IA32_APIC_BASE register information .. figure:: images/shell_image18.png :align: center rdmsr information wrmsr ===== We can write to a model-specific register (MSR) to set register values through ``wrmsr [-p] ``. In the following example, we can set the IA32_APIC_BASE value of pCPU 1 through the command:: wrmsr -p1 1b 0xfee00c00