Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 5/6] x86: fix up 32 bit phys_bits case

["Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@redhat.com>]

* Daniel P. Berrange (berrange@redhat.com) wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 05, 2016 at 12:29:30PM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
> > * Daniel P. Berrange (berrange@redhat.com) wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 04, 2016 at 08:16:08PM +0100, Dr. David Alan Gilbert (git) wrote:
> > > > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@redhat.com>
> > > > 
> > > > On 32 bit systems fix up phys_bits to be consistent with what
> > > > we tell the guest; don't ever bother with using the phys_bits
> > > > property.
> > > 
> > > > @@ -2990,6 +2986,15 @@ static void x86_cpu_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
> > > >              cpu->phys_bits = host_phys_bits;
> > > >  
> > > >          }
> > > > +    } else {
> > > > +        /* For 32 bit systems don't use the user set value, but keep
> > > > +         * phys_bits consistent with what we tell the guest.
> > > > +         */
> > > > +        if (env->features[FEAT_1_EDX] & CPUID_PSE36) {
> > > > +            cpu->phys_bits = 36;
> > > > +        } else {
> > > > +            cpu->phys_bits = 32;
> > > > +        }
> > > 
> > > I kind of feel like we should report an error and exit if the
> > > user/app has provided a phys_bits property value, rather than
> > > silently ignoring their provided value, on the basis that this
> > > is a user/app configuration error.
> > 
> > Do we have an easy way to tell that the user has set the parameter
> > as opposed to it being the default?
> 
> Not sure if there's an official way, but you could perhaps default
> phys_bits to -1, and treat -1 as being equivalent to 0 if set by
> the user.

Done in v3 (I used 9999 since I'd kept it as an unsigned)

Dave

> 
> 
> Regards,
> Daniel
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