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Violators will be prosecuted for from ; Mon, 15 Jan 2018 05:40:53 -0500 Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2018 08:40:40 -0200 From: joserz@linux.vnet.ibm.com References: <20180115072715.25921-1-david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> <20180115072715.25921-2-david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180115072715.25921-2-david@gibson.dropbear.id.au> Message-Id: <20180115104040.GB6946@pacoca> Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] target/ppc: Clarify compat mode max_threads value List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: David Gibson Cc: groug@kaod.org, surajjs@au1.ibm.com, sam.bobroff@au1.ibm.com, lvivier@redhat.com, qemu-ppc@nongnu.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 06:27:14PM +1100, David Gibson wrote: > We recently had some discussions that were sidetracked for a while, because > nearly everyone misapprehended the purpose of the 'max_threads' field in > the compatiblity modes table. It's all about guest expectations, not host > expectations or support (that's handled elsewhere). > > In an attempt to avoid a repeat of that confusion, rename the field to > 'max_vthreads' and add an explanatory comment. > > Signed-off-by: David Gibson > --- > hw/ppc/spapr.c | 4 ++-- > target/ppc/compat.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++-------- > target/ppc/cpu.h | 2 +- > 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c > index 3e528fe91e..e35214bfc3 100644 > --- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c > +++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c > @@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ static int spapr_fixup_cpu_dt(void *fdt, sPAPRMachineState *spapr) > PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(cs); > DeviceClass *dc = DEVICE_GET_CLASS(cs); > int index = spapr_vcpu_id(cpu); > - int compat_smt = MIN(smp_threads, ppc_compat_max_threads(cpu)); > + int compat_smt = MIN(smp_threads, ppc_compat_max_vthreads(cpu)); > > if ((index % smt) != 0) { > continue; > @@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ static void spapr_populate_cpu_dt(CPUState *cs, void *fdt, int offset, > size_t page_sizes_prop_size; > uint32_t vcpus_per_socket = smp_threads * smp_cores; > uint32_t pft_size_prop[] = {0, cpu_to_be32(spapr->htab_shift)}; > - int compat_smt = MIN(smp_threads, ppc_compat_max_threads(cpu)); > + int compat_smt = MIN(smp_threads, ppc_compat_max_vthreads(cpu)); > sPAPRDRConnector *drc; > int drc_index; > uint32_t radix_AP_encodings[PPC_PAGE_SIZES_MAX_SZ]; > diff --git a/target/ppc/compat.c b/target/ppc/compat.c > index 276b5b52c2..807c906f68 100644 > --- a/target/ppc/compat.c > +++ b/target/ppc/compat.c > @@ -32,7 +32,16 @@ typedef struct { > uint32_t pvr; > uint64_t pcr; > uint64_t pcr_level; > - int max_threads; > + > + /* > + * Maximum allowed virtual threads per virtual core > + * > + * This is to stop older guests getting confused by seeing more > + * threads than they think the cpu can support. Usually it's > + * equal to the number of threads supported on bare metal > + * hardware, but not always (see POWER9). > + */ > + int max_vthreads; > } CompatInfo; > > static const CompatInfo compat_table[] = { > @@ -45,28 +54,28 @@ static const CompatInfo compat_table[] = { > .pcr = PCR_COMPAT_3_00 | PCR_COMPAT_2_07 | PCR_COMPAT_2_06 | > PCR_COMPAT_2_05 | PCR_TM_DIS | PCR_VSX_DIS, > .pcr_level = PCR_COMPAT_2_05, > - .max_threads = 2, > + .max_vthreads = 2, > }, > { /* POWER7, ISA2.06 */ > .name = "power7", > .pvr = CPU_POWERPC_LOGICAL_2_06, > .pcr = PCR_COMPAT_3_00 | PCR_COMPAT_2_07 | PCR_COMPAT_2_06 | PCR_TM_DIS, > .pcr_level = PCR_COMPAT_2_06, > - .max_threads = 4, > + .max_vthreads = 4, > }, > { > .name = "power7+", > .pvr = CPU_POWERPC_LOGICAL_2_06_PLUS, > .pcr = PCR_COMPAT_3_00 | PCR_COMPAT_2_07 | PCR_COMPAT_2_06 | PCR_TM_DIS, > .pcr_level = PCR_COMPAT_2_06, > - .max_threads = 4, > + .max_vthreads = 4, > }, > { /* POWER8, ISA2.07 */ > .name = "power8", > .pvr = CPU_POWERPC_LOGICAL_2_07, > .pcr = PCR_COMPAT_3_00 | PCR_COMPAT_2_07, > .pcr_level = PCR_COMPAT_2_07, > - .max_threads = 8, > + .max_vthreads = 8, > }, > { /* POWER9, ISA3.00 */ > .name = "power9", > @@ -80,7 +89,7 @@ static const CompatInfo compat_table[] = { > * confusing if half of the threads disappear from the guest > * if it announces it's POWER9 aware at CAS time. > */ > - .max_threads = 8, > + .max_vthreads = 8, > }, > }; > > @@ -192,14 +201,14 @@ void ppc_set_compat_all(uint32_t compat_pvr, Error **errp) > } > } > > -int ppc_compat_max_threads(PowerPCCPU *cpu) > +int ppc_compat_max_vthreads(PowerPCCPU *cpu) > { > const CompatInfo *compat = compat_by_pvr(cpu->compat_pvr); > int n_threads = CPU(cpu)->nr_threads; > > if (cpu->compat_pvr) { > g_assert(compat); > - n_threads = MIN(n_threads, compat->max_threads); > + n_threads = MIN(n_threads, compat->max_vthreads); > } > > return n_threads; > diff --git a/target/ppc/cpu.h b/target/ppc/cpu.h > index a5e49f23e9..dc6820c5eb 100644 > --- a/target/ppc/cpu.h > +++ b/target/ppc/cpu.h > @@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ void ppc_set_compat(PowerPCCPU *cpu, uint32_t compat_pvr, Error **errp); > #if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY) > void ppc_set_compat_all(uint32_t compat_pvr, Error **errp); > #endif > -int ppc_compat_max_threads(PowerPCCPU *cpu); > +int ppc_compat_max_vthreads(PowerPCCPU *cpu); > void ppc_compat_add_property(Object *obj, const char *name, > uint32_t *compat_pvr, const char *basedesc, > Error **errp); > -- > 2.14.3 > Reviewed-by: Jose Ricardo Ziviani