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NEMU could not trap at misaligned memory access when running standalone
When NEMU is running as shared library, it could detect misaligned memory access and trap into address misaligned, which is good.
But when NEMU is running standalone, it is no longer able to detect misaligned memory access:
- Using
By host CPU(AC_HOST): NEMU would crash and report "BUS ERROR (core dumped)" - Using
By software emulation(AC_SOFT): Nothing would happen.
Check macro AC_SOFT, we could find isa_misalign_data_addr_check(). This function shows up at three place:
isa_mmu_check(): This function seems to be called rarely and only at AMO or ifetch.vaddr_read_internal():isa_misalign_data_addr_check()is only called when enableCONFIG_SHAREand it works well when NEMU is using as ref.vaddr_write():isa_misalign_data_addr_check()is only called when enableCONFIG_SHAREand it works well when NEMU is using as ref.
In Summary, there is no misalign check at normal loads and stores when NEMU is running standalone.
I have tried to remove #ifdef CONFIG_SHARE of isa_misalign_data_addr_check() in vaddr_read_internal() and vaddr_write(). It worked well if PERF_OPT is off, but crashed if PERF_OPT is on.
This problem is still here. When I run NEMU with SPIKE, NEMU won't trap at a misaligned addr access.