[RFC 8/8] qemu-options: Add the cache topology description of -smp

[Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@linux.intel.com>]

From: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>

Signed-off-by: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>
---
 qemu-options.hx | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 70eaf3256685..85c78c99a3b0 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -281,7 +281,9 @@ ERST
 
 DEF("smp", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_smp,
     "-smp [[cpus=]n][,maxcpus=maxcpus][,drawers=drawers][,books=books][,sockets=sockets]\n"
-    "               [,dies=dies][,clusters=clusters][,cores=cores][,threads=threads]\n"
+    "               [,dies=dies][,clusters=clusters][,modules=modules][,cores=cores]\n"
+    "               [,threads=threads][,l1d-cache=level][,l1i-cache=level][,l2-cache=level]\n"
+    "               [,l3-cache=level]\n"
     "                set the number of initial CPUs to 'n' [default=1]\n"
     "                maxcpus= maximum number of total CPUs, including\n"
     "                offline CPUs for hotplug, etc\n"
@@ -290,9 +292,14 @@ DEF("smp", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_smp,
     "                sockets= number of sockets in one book\n"
     "                dies= number of dies in one socket\n"
     "                clusters= number of clusters in one die\n"
-    "                cores= number of cores in one cluster\n"
+    "                modules= number of modules in one cluster\n"
+    "                cores= number of cores in one module\n"
     "                threads= number of threads in one core\n"
-    "Note: Different machines may have different subsets of the CPU topology\n"
+    "                l1d-cache= topology level of L1 D-cache\n"
+    "                l1i-cache= topology level of L1 I-cache\n"
+    "                l2-cache= topology level of L2 cache\n"
+    "                l3-cache= topology level of L3 cache\n"
+    "Note: Different machines may have different subsets of the CPU and cache topology\n"
     "      parameters supported, so the actual meaning of the supported parameters\n"
     "      will vary accordingly. For example, for a machine type that supports a\n"
     "      three-level CPU hierarchy of sockets/cores/threads, the parameters will\n"
@@ -306,7 +313,7 @@ DEF("smp", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_smp,
     "      must be set as 1 in the purpose of correct parsing.\n",
     QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 SRST
-``-smp [[cpus=]n][,maxcpus=maxcpus][,sockets=sockets][,dies=dies][,clusters=clusters][,cores=cores][,threads=threads]``
+``-smp [[cpus=]n][,maxcpus=maxcpus][,drawers=drawers][,books=books][,sockets=sockets][,dies=dies][,clusters=clusters][,modules=modules][,cores=cores][,threads=threads][,l1d-cache=level][,l1i-cache=level][,l2-cache=level][,l3-cache=level]``
     Simulate a SMP system with '\ ``n``\ ' CPUs initially present on
     the machine type board. On boards supporting CPU hotplug, the optional
     '\ ``maxcpus``\ ' parameter can be set to enable further CPUs to be
@@ -320,15 +327,34 @@ SRST
     Both parameters are subject to an upper limit that is determined by
     the specific machine type chosen.
 
+    CPU topology parameters include '\ ``drawers``\ ', '\ ``books``\ ',
+    '\ ``sockets``\ ', '\ ``dies``\ ', '\ ``clusters``\ ', '\ ``modules``\ ',
+    '\ ``cores``\ ' and '\ ``threads``\ '. These CPU parameters accept only
+    integers and are used to specify the number of specific topology domains
+    under the corresponding topology level.
+
     To control reporting of CPU topology information, values of the topology
     parameters can be specified. Machines may only support a subset of the
-    parameters and different machines may have different subsets supported
-    which vary depending on capacity of the corresponding CPU targets. So
-    for a particular machine type board, an expected topology hierarchy can
+    CPU topology parameters and different machines may have different subsets
+    supported which vary depending on capacity of the corresponding CPU targets.
+    So for a particular machine type board, an expected topology hierarchy can
     be defined through the supported sub-option. Unsupported parameters can
     also be provided in addition to the sub-option, but their values must be
     set as 1 in the purpose of correct parsing.
 
+    Cache topology parameters include '\ ``l1d-cache``\ ', '\ ``l1i-cache``\ ',
+    '\ ``l2-cache``\ ' and '\ ``l3-cache``\ '. These cache topology parameters
+    accept the strings of CPU topology levels (such as '\ ``drawer``\ ', '\ ``book``\ ',
+    '\ ``socket``\ ', '\ ``die``\ ', '\ ``cluster``\ ', '\ ``module``\ ',
+    '\ ``core``\ ' or '\ ``thread``\ '). Exactly which topology level strings
+    could be accepted as the parameter depends on the machine's support for the
+    corresponding CPU topology level.
+
+    Machines may also only support a subset of the cache topology parameters.
+    Unsupported cache topology parameters will be omitted, and correspondingly,
+    the target CPU's cache topology will use the its default cache topology
+    setting.
+
     Either the initial CPU count, or at least one of the topology parameters
     must be specified. The specified parameters must be greater than zero,
     explicit configuration like "cpus=0" is not allowed. Values for any
@@ -354,6 +380,20 @@ SRST
 
         -smp 32,sockets=2,dies=2,modules=2,cores=2,threads=2,maxcpus=32
 
+    The following sub-option defines a CPU topology hierarchy (2 sockets
+    totally on the machine, 2 dies per socket, 2 modules per die, 2 cores per
+    module, 2 threads per core) with 3-level cache topology hierarchy (L1
+    D-cache per core, L1 I-cache per core, L2 cache per core and L3 cache per
+    die) for PC machines which support sockets/dies/modules/cores/threads.
+    Some members of the CPU topology option can be omitted but their values
+    will be automatically computed. Some members of the cache topology
+    option can also be omitted and target CPU will use the default topology.:
+
+    ::
+
+        -smp 32,sockets=2,dies=2,modules=2,cores=2,threads=2,maxcpus=32,\
+             l1d-cache=core,l1i-cache=core,l2-cache=core,l3-cache=die
+
     The following sub-option defines a CPU topology hierarchy (2 sockets
     totally on the machine, 2 clusters per socket, 2 cores per cluster,
     2 threads per core) for ARM virt machines which support sockets/clusters
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