Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] kvm: support -dedicated cpu-pm=on|off

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 05:17:45PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 16/06/2018 00:29, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> >  
> > +static QemuOptsList qemu_dedicated_opts = {
> > +    .name = "dedicated",
> > +    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_dedicated_opts.head),
> > +    .desc = {
> > +        {
> > +            .name = "mem-lock",
> > +            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
> > +        },
> > +        {
> > +            .name = "cpu-pm",
> > +            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
> > +        },
> > +        { /* end of list */ }
> > +    },
> > +};
> > +
> 
> Let the bikeshedding begin!
> 
> 1) Should we deprecate -realtime?

Can be a patch on top, by whoever cares.

> 2) Maybe -hostresource?
> 
> Paolo

Is ability to cause high latency for other threads really a resource?

The issues in question:
1. a malicious guest can cause high latency for others sharing the host cpu.
2. to host scheduler cpu looks busier than it really is.

All are avoided if you use a dedicated host cpu, and 2 will
help scheduler get closer to giving you one.


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MST