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Tsirkin" To: Igor Mammedov Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org, peter.maydell@linaro.org, philmd@linaro.org, wangyanan55@huawei.com, pbonzini@redhat.com, richard.henderson@linaro.org, anisinha@redhat.com, qemu-arm@nongnu.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] smbios: make memory device size configurable per Machine Message-ID: <20240711071054-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> References: <20240711074822.3384344-1-imammedo@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20240711074822.3384344-1-imammedo@redhat.com> Received-SPF: pass client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=mst@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com X-Spam_score_int: -21 X-Spam_score: -2.2 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.2 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.142, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+qemu-devel=archiver.kernel.org@nongnu.org On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 09:48:22AM +0200, Igor Mammedov wrote: > Currently SMBIOS maximum memory device chunk is capped at 16Gb, > which is fine for the most cases (QEMU uses it to describe initial > RAM (type 17 SMBIOS table entries)). > However when starting guest with terabytes of RAM this leads to > too many memory device structures, which eventually upsets linux > kernel as it reserves only 64K for these entries and when that > border is crossed out it runs out of reserved memory. > > Instead of partitioning initial RAM on 16Gb chunks, use maximum > possible chunk size that SMBIOS spec allows[1]. Which lets > encode RAM in Mb units in uint32_t-1 field (upto 2047Tb). > As result initial RAM will generate only one type 17 structure > until host/guest reach ability to use more RAM in the future. > > Compat changes: > We can't unconditionally change chunk size as it will break > QEMU<->guest ABI (and migration). Thus introduce a new machine class > field that would let older versioned machines to use 16Gb chunks > while new machine type could use maximum possible chunk size. > > While it might seem to be risky to rise max entry size this much > (much beyond of what current physical RAM modules support), > I'd not expect it causing much issues, modulo uncovering bugs > in software running within guest. And those should be fixed > on guest side to handle SMBIOS spec properly, especially if > guest is expected to support so huge RAM configs. > In worst case, QEMU can reduce chunk size later if we would > care enough about introducing a workaround for some 'unfixable' > guest OS, either by fixing up the next machine type or > giving users a CLI option to customize it. > > 1) SMBIOS 3.1.0 7.18.5 Memory Device — Extended Size > > PS: > * tested on 8Tb host with RHEL6 guest, which seems to parse > type 17 SMBIOS table entries correctly (according to 'dmidecode'). > > Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov > --- > include/hw/boards.h | 4 ++++ > hw/arm/virt.c | 1 + > hw/core/machine.c | 1 + > hw/i386/pc_piix.c | 1 + > hw/i386/pc_q35.c | 1 + > hw/smbios/smbios.c | 11 ++++++----- > 6 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/hw/boards.h b/include/hw/boards.h > index ef6f18f2c1..48ff6d8b93 100644 > --- a/include/hw/boards.h > +++ b/include/hw/boards.h > @@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ typedef struct { > * purposes only. > * Applies only to default memory backend, i.e., explicit memory backend > * wasn't used. > + * @smbios_memory_device_size: > + * Default size of memory device, > + * SMBIOS 3.1.0 "7.18 Memory Device (Type 17)" Maybe it would be better to just make this a boolean, and put the spec related logic in smbios.c ? WDYT? > */ > struct MachineClass { > /*< private >*/ > @@ -304,6 +307,7 @@ struct MachineClass { > const CPUArchIdList *(*possible_cpu_arch_ids)(MachineState *machine); > int64_t (*get_default_cpu_node_id)(const MachineState *ms, int idx); > ram_addr_t (*fixup_ram_size)(ram_addr_t size); > + uint64_t smbios_memory_device_size; > }; > > /** > diff --git a/hw/arm/virt.c b/hw/arm/virt.c > index b0c68d66a3..719e83e6a1 100644 > --- a/hw/arm/virt.c > +++ b/hw/arm/virt.c > @@ -3308,6 +3308,7 @@ DEFINE_VIRT_MACHINE_AS_LATEST(9, 1) > static void virt_machine_9_0_options(MachineClass *mc) > { > virt_machine_9_1_options(mc); > + mc->smbios_memory_device_size = 16 * GiB; > compat_props_add(mc->compat_props, hw_compat_9_0, hw_compat_9_0_len); > } > DEFINE_VIRT_MACHINE(9, 0) > diff --git a/hw/core/machine.c b/hw/core/machine.c > index bc38cad7f2..3cfdaec65d 100644 > --- a/hw/core/machine.c > +++ b/hw/core/machine.c > @@ -1004,6 +1004,7 @@ static void machine_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data) > /* Default 128 MB as guest ram size */ > mc->default_ram_size = 128 * MiB; > mc->rom_file_has_mr = true; > + mc->smbios_memory_device_size = 2047 * TiB; > > /* numa node memory size aligned on 8MB by default. > * On Linux, each node's border has to be 8MB aligned All these values really should be documented. And I feel > diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c > index 9445b07b4f..d9e69243b4 100644 > --- a/hw/i386/pc_piix.c > +++ b/hw/i386/pc_piix.c > @@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ static void pc_i440fx_machine_9_0_options(MachineClass *m) > pc_i440fx_machine_9_1_options(m); > m->alias = NULL; > m->is_default = false; > + m->smbios_memory_device_size = 16 * GiB; > > compat_props_add(m->compat_props, hw_compat_9_0, hw_compat_9_0_len); > compat_props_add(m->compat_props, pc_compat_9_0, pc_compat_9_0_len); > diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c > index 71d3c6d122..9d108b194e 100644 > --- a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c > +++ b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c > @@ -374,6 +374,7 @@ static void pc_q35_machine_9_0_options(MachineClass *m) > PCMachineClass *pcmc = PC_MACHINE_CLASS(m); > pc_q35_machine_9_1_options(m); > m->alias = NULL; > + m->smbios_memory_device_size = 16 * GiB; > compat_props_add(m->compat_props, hw_compat_9_0, hw_compat_9_0_len); > compat_props_add(m->compat_props, pc_compat_9_0, pc_compat_9_0_len); > pcmc->isa_bios_alias = false; > diff --git a/hw/smbios/smbios.c b/hw/smbios/smbios.c > index 3b7703489d..a394514264 100644 > --- a/hw/smbios/smbios.c > +++ b/hw/smbios/smbios.c > @@ -1093,6 +1093,7 @@ static bool smbios_get_tables_ep(MachineState *ms, > Error **errp) > { > unsigned i, dimm_cnt, offset; > + MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(ms); > ERRP_GUARD(); > > assert(ep_type == SMBIOS_ENTRY_POINT_TYPE_32 || > @@ -1123,12 +1124,12 @@ static bool smbios_get_tables_ep(MachineState *ms, > smbios_build_type_9_table(errp); > smbios_build_type_11_table(); > > -#define MAX_DIMM_SZ (16 * GiB) > -#define GET_DIMM_SZ ((i < dimm_cnt - 1) ? MAX_DIMM_SZ \ > - : ((current_machine->ram_size - 1) % MAX_DIMM_SZ) + 1) > +#define GET_DIMM_SZ ((i < dimm_cnt - 1) ? mc->smbios_memory_device_size \ > + : ((current_machine->ram_size - 1) % mc->smbios_memory_device_size) + 1) > > - dimm_cnt = QEMU_ALIGN_UP(current_machine->ram_size, MAX_DIMM_SZ) / > - MAX_DIMM_SZ; > + dimm_cnt = QEMU_ALIGN_UP(current_machine->ram_size, > + mc->smbios_memory_device_size) / > + mc->smbios_memory_device_size; > > /* > * The offset determines if we need to keep additional space between > -- > 2.43.0