From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49992) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fxDPQ-0004G9-BV for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2018 11:38:29 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fxDPN-0008Js-K0 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2018 11:38:28 -0400 Received: from mx3-rdu2.redhat.com ([66.187.233.73]:60668 helo=mx1.redhat.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fxDPN-0008JY-DM for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 04 Sep 2018 11:38:25 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 12D8D40216EB for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2018 15:38:25 +0000 (UTC) From: Igor Mammedov Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2018 17:30:22 +0200 Message-Id: <1536075022-46186-1-git-send-email-imammedo@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <1536067356-44609-2-git-send-email-imammedo@redhat.com> References: <1536067356-44609-2-git-send-email-imammedo@redhat.com> Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 1/2] vl.c deprecate incorrect CPUs topology List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: libvir-list@redhat.com, drjones@redhat.com, ehabkost@redhat.com -smp [cpus],sockets/cores/threads[,maxcpus] should describe topology so that total number of logical CPUs [sockets * cores * threads] would be equal to [maxcpus], however historically we didn't have such check in QEMU and it is possible to start VM with an invalid topology. Deprecate invalid options combination so we can make sure that the topology VM started with is always correct in the future. Users with an invalid sockets/cores/threads/maxcpus values should fix their CLI to make sure that [sockets * cores * threads] == [maxcpus] Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones --- v6: - s/socket/sockets/, the same for core, thread in subsection (Andrew Jones ) v5: - extend deprecation doc, adding that maxcpus should be multiple of present on CLI [sockets/cores/threads] options (Eduardo Habkost ) v4: - missed dot comment, fix it with s/./,/ (Andrew Jones ) v3: - more spelling fixes (Andrew Jones ) - place deprecation check after (sockets * cores * threads > max_cpus) check (Eduardo Habkost ) v2: - spelling&&co fixes (Andrew Jones ) --- qemu-deprecated.texi | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ vl.c | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+) diff --git a/qemu-deprecated.texi b/qemu-deprecated.texi index 87212b6..1fac52f 100644 --- a/qemu-deprecated.texi +++ b/qemu-deprecated.texi @@ -159,6 +159,25 @@ The 'file' driver for drives is no longer appropriate for character or host devices and will only accept regular files (S_IFREG). The correct driver for these file types is 'host_cdrom' or 'host_device' as appropriate. +@subsection -smp X,[sockets=a,cores=b,threads=c],maxcpus=Y (since 3.1) + +CPU topology properties should describe whole machine topology including +possible CPUs, but historically it was possible to start QEMU with +an incorrect topology where + sockets * cores * threads >= X && X < maxcpus +which could lead to an incorrect topology enumeration by the guest. +Support for invalid topologies will be removed, the user must ensure +topologies described with -smp include all possible cpus, i.e. + sockets * cores * threads == maxcpus +Note: it's assumed that maxcpus value must be multiple of the topology +options present on command line to avoid creating an invalid topology. +If maxcpus isn't be multiple of present topology options then the condition +(sockets * cores * threads == maxcpus) can't be satisfied and it will +trigger deprecation warning which later will be converted to a error. +If you get deprecation warning it's recommended to explicitly specify +a correct topology to make warning go away and ensure that it will +continue working in the future. + @section QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands @subsection block-dirty-bitmap-add "autoload" parameter (since 2.12.0) diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c index 5ba06ad..7fd700e 100644 --- a/vl.c +++ b/vl.c @@ -1246,6 +1246,13 @@ static void smp_parse(QemuOpts *opts) exit(1); } + if (sockets * cores * threads != max_cpus) { + warn_report("Invalid CPU topology deprecated: " + "sockets (%u) * cores (%u) * threads (%u) " + "!= maxcpus (%u)", + sockets, cores, threads, max_cpus); + } + smp_cpus = cpus; smp_cores = cores; smp_threads = threads; -- 2.7.4