Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 1/1] hyperv: cpu hotplug fix with HyperV enabled

["Denis V. Lunev" <den@openvz.org>]

On 02/22/2016 12:13 PM, Denis V. Lunev wrote:
> With Hyper-V enabled CPU hotplug stops working. The CPU appears in device
> manager on Windows but does not appear in peformance monitor and control
> panel.
>
> The root of the problem is the following. Windows checks
> HV_X64_CPU_DYNAMIC_PARTITIONING_AVAILABLE bit in CPUID. The presence of
> this bit is enough to cure the situation.
>
> The bit should be set when CPU hotplug is allowed for HyperV VM. The check
> that hot_add_cpu callback is defined is enough from the protocol point
> of view. Though this callback is defined almost always thus there is no
> need to export that knowledge in the other way.
>
> Signed-off-by: Denis V. Lunev <den@openvz.org>
> Reviewed-by: Roman Kagan <rkagan@virtuozzo.com>
> CC: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> CC: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>
> CC: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
> CC: "Andreas Färber" <afaerber@suse.de>
> ---
> Changes from v2:
> - bit set unconditionally upon the discussion
>
> Changes from v1:
> - dropped command line option and set the bit if HyperV is enabled and
>    hot_add_cpu callback is present
>
>   target-i386/kvm.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/target-i386/kvm.c b/target-i386/kvm.c
> index 7974acb..08d6444 100644
> --- a/target-i386/kvm.c
> +++ b/target-i386/kvm.c
> @@ -639,6 +639,7 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vcpu(CPUState *cs)
>           if (cpu->hyperv_crash && has_msr_hv_crash) {
>               c->edx |= HV_X64_GUEST_CRASH_MSR_AVAILABLE;
>           }
> +        c->edx |= HV_X64_CPU_DYNAMIC_PARTITIONING_AVAILABLE;
>           if (cpu->hyperv_reset && has_msr_hv_reset) {
>               c->eax |= HV_X64_MSR_RESET_AVAILABLE;
>           }
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