Re: [PATCH] kvm: ppc: Print meaningful message on KVM_CREATE_VM failure

[David Gibson]

On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 11:13:40AM -0300, Fabiano Rosas wrote:
> PowerPC has two KVM types (HV, PR) that translate into three kernel
> modules:
> 
> kvm.ko - common kvm code
> kvm_hv.ko - kvm running with MSR_HV=1 or MSR_HV|PR=0 in a nested guest.
> kvm_pr.ko - kvm running in usermode MSR_PR=1.
> 
> Since the two KVM types can both be running at the same time, this
> creates a situation in which it is possible for one or both of the
> modules to fail to initialize, leaving the generic one behind. This
> leads QEMU to think it can create a guest, but KVM will fail when
> calling the type-specific code:
> 
>  ioctl(KVM_CREATE_VM) failed: 22 Invalid argument
>  qemu-kvm: failed to initialize KVM: Invalid argument
> 
> Ideally this would be solved kernel-side, but it might be a while
> until we can get rid of one of the modules. So in the meantime this
> patch tries to make this less confusing for the end user by adding a
> more elucidative message:
> 
>  ioctl(KVM_CREATE_VM) failed: 22 Invalid argument
>  PPC KVM module is not loaded. Try 'modprobe kvm_hv'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Fabiano Rosas <farosas@linux.ibm.com>

Applied to ppc-for-6.1, thanks.

> ---
>  accel/kvm/kvm-all.c | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
> index 3bd17135ce..4d9a7c7bfc 100644
> --- a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
> +++ b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
> @@ -2397,6 +2397,12 @@ static int kvm_init(MachineState *ms)
>                      "- for kernels supporting the vm.allocate_pgste sysctl, "
>                      "whether it is enabled\n");
>          }
> +#elif TARGET_PPC
> +        if (ret == -EINVAL) {
> +            fprintf(stderr,
> +                    "PPC KVM module is not loaded. Try modprobe kvm_%s.\n",
> +                    (type == 2) ? "pr" : "hv");
> +        }
>  #endif
>          goto err;
>      }

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