Re: [PATCH v10 7/9] s390x/cpu topology: add max_threads machine class attribute

Cédric Le Goater
2022-10-27T10:01:55Z

Hello Pierre,

On 10/12/22 18:21, Pierre Morel wrote:
> The S390 CPU topology accepts the smp.threads argument while
> in reality it does not effectively allow multthreading.
>
> Let's keep this behavior for machines older than 7.3 and
> refuse to use threads in newer machines until multithreading
> is really proposed to the guest by the machine.

This change is unrelated to the rest of the series and we could merge it
for 7.2. We still have time for it.

Thanks,

C.

> Signed-off-by: Pierre Morel <pmorel@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> include/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.h | 1 +
> hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c | 10 ++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.h b/include/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.h
> index 6c4b4645fc..319dfac1bb 100644
> --- a/include/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.h
> +++ b/include/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.h
> @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct S390CcwMachineClass {
> bool css_migration_enabled;
> bool hpage_1m_allowed;
> bool topology_allowed;
> + int max_threads;
> };
>
> /* runtime-instrumentation allowed by the machine */
> diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
> index 3a13fad4df..d6ce31d168 100644
> --- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
> +++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
> @@ -85,8 +85,15 @@ out:
> static void s390_init_cpus(MachineState *machine)
> {
> MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(machine);
> + S390CcwMachineClass *s390mc = S390_CCW_MACHINE_CLASS(mc);
> int i;
>
> + if (machine->smp.threads > s390mc->max_threads) {
> + error_report("S390 does not support more than %d threads.",
> + s390mc->max_threads);
> + exit(1);
> + }
> +
> /* initialize possible_cpus */
> mc->possible_cpu_arch_ids(machine);
>
> @@ -617,6 +624,7 @@ static void ccw_machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
> s390mc->css_migration_enabled = true;
> s390mc->hpage_1m_allowed = true;
> s390mc->topology_allowed = true;
> + s390mc->max_threads = 1;
> mc->init = ccw_init;
> mc->reset = s390_machine_reset;
> mc->block_default_type = IF_VIRTIO;
> @@ -887,12 +895,14 @@ static void ccw_machine_7_2_class_options(MachineClass *mc)
> S390CcwMachineClass *s390mc = S390_CCW_MACHINE_CLASS(mc);
> static GlobalProperty compat[] = {
> { TYPE_S390_CPU_TOPOLOGY, "topology-allowed", "off", },
> + { TYPE_S390_CPU_TOPOLOGY, "max_threads", "off", },
> };
>
> ccw_machine_7_3_class_options(mc);
> compat_props_add(mc->compat_props, hw_compat_7_2, hw_compat_7_2_len);
> compat_props_add(mc->compat_props, compat, G_N_ELEMENTS(compat));
> s390mc->topology_allowed = false;
> + s390mc->max_threads = S390_MAX_CPUS;
> }
> DEFINE_CCW_MACHINE(7_2, "7.2", false);
>