From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:42187) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TLfDg-0002Es-2T for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:12:00 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TLfDV-0004XT-A6 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:11:56 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:19909) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1TLfDV-0004Wm-1K for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Tue, 09 Oct 2012 15:11:45 -0400 Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 16:11:36 -0300 From: Marcelo Tosatti Message-ID: <20121009191136.GD2927@amt.cnet> References: <1348497138-2516-1-git-send-email-Don@CloudSwitch.com> <1348497138-2516-6-git-send-email-Don@CloudSwitch.com> <20121009171805.GA26004@amt.cnet> <20121009182726.GA27536@amt.cnet> <20121009184753.GA1403@amt.cnet> <5074765D.8000208@CloudSwitch.Com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5074765D.8000208@CloudSwitch.Com> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 05/16] target-i386: Use Hypervisor level in -machine pc, accel=kvm. List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Don Slutz Cc: peter.maydell@linaro.org, ehabkost@redhat.com, kvm@vger.kernel.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org, avi@redhat.com, anthony@codemonkey.ws, imammedo@redhat.com, afaerber@suse.de On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 03:09:17PM -0400, Don Slutz wrote: > On 10/09/12 14:47, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > >On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 03:27:26PM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > >>On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 02:18:05PM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote: > >>>On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 10:32:07AM -0400, Don Slutz wrote: > >>>>Also known as Paravirtualization level. > >>>> > >>>>This change is based on: > >>>> > >>>>Microsoft Hypervisor CPUID Leaves: > >>>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff542428%28v=vs.85%29.aspx > >>>> > >>>>Linux kernel change starts with: > >>>> http://fixunix.com/kernel/538707-use-cpuid-communicate-hypervisor.html > >>>>Also: > >>>> http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1205.0/00100.html > >>>> > >>>>VMware documention on CPUIDs (Mechanisms to determine if software is > >>>>running in a VMware virtual machine): > >>>> http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1009458 > >>>> > >>>>QEMU knows this is KVM_CPUID_SIGNATURE (0x40000000). > >>>> > >>>>Signed-off-by: Don Slutz > >>>>--- > >>>> target-i386/kvm.c | 4 ++-- > >>>> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > >>>> > >>>>diff --git a/target-i386/kvm.c b/target-i386/kvm.c > >>>>index 895d848..8462c75 100644 > >>>>--- a/target-i386/kvm.c > >>>>+++ b/target-i386/kvm.c > >>>>@@ -389,12 +389,12 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vcpu(CPUX86State *env) > >>>> c = &cpuid_data.entries[cpuid_i++]; > >>>> memset(c, 0, sizeof(*c)); > >>>> c->function = KVM_CPUID_SIGNATURE > >>>>- if (!hyperv_enabled()) { > >>>>+ if (!env->cpuid_hv_level_set) { > >>>> memcpy(signature, "KVMKVMKVM\0\0\0", 12); > >>>> c->eax = 0; > >>>> } else { > >>>> memcpy(signature, "Microsoft Hv", 12); > >>>>- c->eax = HYPERV_CPUID_MIN; > >>>>+ c->eax = env->cpuid_hv_level; > >>>This breaks hyperv_enabled() checks. > >>> > >>>Don, are you certain it is worthwhile to make this configurable? > >>>Can you explain why, under your scenario, it is worthwhile? > >>> > >>>Because these are separate problems: > >>> > >>>- "Fake" VMWare hypervisor (which seems to be your main goal). > >>>- Make CPUID HV leafs configurable via command line. > >>Err, meant via properties. Point is, why have VMWare CPUID > >>configuration as data, if there are reasons to believe code > >>is a better fit (code as in current Hyper-V implementation). > >Nevermind, its the right thing to do. Just separate the patchset > >please: > > > >1) Create object properties. > >2) Export VMWare CPUID via properties. > >3) Convert Hyper-V. > > > >Be careful to make sure Hyper-V's current options are functional > >in 3). > > > Did you mean 3 patch sets (or more)? Or just a different order? > -Don Slutz Different order. Patches should be logically related (think of what information the reviewer needs). Please write changelogs for every patch.