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Re: [PATCH 5/7] spapr/xics: Configure number of servers in KVM
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Cédric Le Goater |
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Re: [PATCH 5/7] spapr/xics: Configure number of servers in KVM |
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Thu, 3 Oct 2019 14:29:46 +0200 |
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On 03/10/2019 14:01, Greg Kurz wrote:
> The XICS-on-XIVE KVM devices now has an attribute to configure the number
> of interrupt servers. This allows to greatly optimize the usage of the VP
> space in the XIVE HW, and thus to start a lot more VMs.
>
> Only set this attribute if available in order to support older POWER9 KVM
> and pre-POWER9 XICS KVM devices.
>
> The XICS-on-XIVE KVM device now reports the exhaustion of VPs upon the
> connection of the first VCPU. Check that in order to have a chance to
> provide an hint to the user.
That part would have been better in its own patch. Simpler to review.
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <address@hidden>
Anyhow, if you split or not :
Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater <address@hidden>
> ---
> hw/intc/xics_kvm.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/hw/intc/xics_kvm.c b/hw/intc/xics_kvm.c
> index ba90d6dc966c..12d9524cc432 100644
> --- a/hw/intc/xics_kvm.c
> +++ b/hw/intc/xics_kvm.c
> @@ -165,8 +165,15 @@ void icp_kvm_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
>
> ret = kvm_vcpu_enable_cap(cs, KVM_CAP_IRQ_XICS, 0, kernel_xics_fd,
> vcpu_id);
> if (ret < 0) {
> - error_setg(errp, "Unable to connect CPU%ld to kernel XICS: %s",
> vcpu_id,
> - strerror(errno));
> + Error *local_err = NULL;
> +
> + error_setg(&local_err, "Unable to connect CPU%ld to kernel XICS: %s",
> + vcpu_id, strerror(errno));
> + if (errno == ENOSPC) {
> + error_append_hint(&local_err, "Try -smp maxcpus=N with N < %u\n",
> + MACHINE(qdev_get_machine())->smp.max_cpus);
> + }
> + error_propagate(errp, local_err);
> return;
> }
> enabled_icp = g_malloc(sizeof(*enabled_icp));
> @@ -344,6 +351,7 @@ void ics_kvm_set_irq(ICSState *ics, int srcno, int val)
>
> int xics_kvm_connect(SpaprMachineState *spapr, Error **errp)
> {
> + ICSState *ics = spapr->ics;
> int rc;
> CPUState *cs;
> Error *local_err = NULL;
> @@ -397,6 +405,18 @@ int xics_kvm_connect(SpaprMachineState *spapr, Error
> **errp)
> goto fail;
> }
>
> + /* Tell KVM about the # of VCPUs we may have (POWER9 and newer only) */
> + if (kvm_device_check_attr(rc, KVM_DEV_XICS_GRP_CTRL,
> + KVM_DEV_XICS_NR_SERVERS)) {
> + uint32_t nr_servers = xics_nr_servers(ics->xics);
> +
> + if (kvm_device_access(rc, KVM_DEV_XICS_GRP_CTRL,
> + KVM_DEV_XICS_NR_SERVERS, &nr_servers, true,
> + &local_err)) {
> + goto fail;
> + }
> + }
> +
> kernel_xics_fd = rc;
> kvm_kernel_irqchip = true;
> kvm_msi_via_irqfd_allowed = true;
>
[PATCH 3/7] spapr, xics, xive: Drop nr_servers argument in DT-related functions, Greg Kurz, 2019/10/03
[PATCH RFC 4/7] linux-headers: Update against 5.3-rc2, Greg Kurz, 2019/10/03
[PATCH 5/7] spapr/xics: Configure number of servers in KVM, Greg Kurz, 2019/10/03
- Re: [PATCH 5/7] spapr/xics: Configure number of servers in KVM,
Cédric Le Goater <=
[PATCH 6/7] spapr/xive: Configure number of servers in KVM, Greg Kurz, 2019/10/03
[PATCH 7/7] spapr: Set VSMT to smp_threads by default, Greg Kurz, 2019/10/03