[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] pc: Fix max_cpus

[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] pc: Fix max_cpus

[riegamaths]

From: Dunrong Huang <riegamaths@gmail.com>

The VCPU count limit in kernel now is 254, defined by KVM_MAX_VCPUS
in kernel's header files. But the count limit in QEMU is 255,
so QEMU will failed to start if user passes "-enable-kvm" and "-smp 255"
to it.

This patch intruduces a Macro MAX_VCPUS whose value is KVM_MAX_VCPUS
if CONFIG_KVM is defined. If user do not use kvm, set it's value to 255.

Signed-off-by: Dunrong Huang <riegamaths@gmail.com>
---
 hw/pc_piix.c |   28 +++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/hw/pc_piix.c b/hw/pc_piix.c
index 0c0096f..49cda51 100644
--- a/hw/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/pc_piix.c
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@
 
 #define MAX_IDE_BUS 2
 
+#ifndef KVM_MAX_VCPUS
+#define KVM_MAX_VCPUS 254
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM
+#define MAX_VCPUS KVM_MAX_VCPUS
+#else
+#define MAX_VCPUS 255
+#endif
+
 static const int ide_iobase[MAX_IDE_BUS] = { 0x1f0, 0x170 };
 static const int ide_iobase2[MAX_IDE_BUS] = { 0x3f6, 0x376 };
 static const int ide_irq[MAX_IDE_BUS] = { 14, 15 };
@@ -354,7 +364,7 @@ static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v1_2 = {
     .alias = "pc",
     .desc = "Standard PC",
     .init = pc_init_pci,
-    .max_cpus = 255,
+    .max_cpus = MAX_VCPUS,
     .is_default = 1,
 };
 
@@ -381,7 +391,7 @@ static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v1_1 = {
     .name = "pc-1.1",
     .desc = "Standard PC",
     .init = pc_init_pci,
-    .max_cpus = 255,
+    .max_cpus = MAX_VCPUS,
     .compat_props = (GlobalProperty[]) {
         PC_COMPAT_1_1,
         { /* end of list */ }
@@ -416,7 +426,7 @@ static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v1_0 = {
     .name = "pc-1.0",
     .desc = "Standard PC",
     .init = pc_init_pci,
-    .max_cpus = 255,
+    .max_cpus = MAX_VCPUS,
     .compat_props = (GlobalProperty[]) {
         PC_COMPAT_1_0,
         { /* end of list */ }
@@ -431,7 +441,7 @@ static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v0_15 = {
     .name = "pc-0.15",
     .desc = "Standard PC",
     .init = pc_init_pci,
-    .max_cpus = 255,
+    .max_cpus = MAX_VCPUS,
     .compat_props = (GlobalProperty[]) {
         PC_COMPAT_0_15,
         { /* end of list */ }
@@ -463,7 +473,7 @@ static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v0_14 = {
     .name = "pc-0.14",
     .desc = "Standard PC",
     .init = pc_init_pci,
-    .max_cpus = 255,
+    .max_cpus = MAX_VCPUS,
     .compat_props = (GlobalProperty[]) {
         PC_COMPAT_0_14, 
         {
@@ -496,7 +506,7 @@ static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v0_13 = {
     .name = "pc-0.13",
     .desc = "Standard PC",
     .init = pc_init_pci_no_kvmclock,
-    .max_cpus = 255,
+    .max_cpus = MAX_VCPUS,
     .compat_props = (GlobalProperty[]) {
         PC_COMPAT_0_13,
         {
@@ -533,7 +543,7 @@ static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v0_12 = {
     .name = "pc-0.12",
     .desc = "Standard PC",
     .init = pc_init_pci_no_kvmclock,
-    .max_cpus = 255,
+    .max_cpus = MAX_VCPUS,
     .compat_props = (GlobalProperty[]) {
         PC_COMPAT_0_12,
         {
@@ -566,7 +576,7 @@ static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v0_11 = {
     .name = "pc-0.11",
     .desc = "Standard PC, qemu 0.11",
     .init = pc_init_pci_no_kvmclock,
-    .max_cpus = 255,
+    .max_cpus = MAX_VCPUS,
     .compat_props = (GlobalProperty[]) {
         PC_COMPAT_0_11,
         {
@@ -587,7 +597,7 @@ static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v0_10 = {
     .name = "pc-0.10",
     .desc = "Standard PC, qemu 0.10",
     .init = pc_init_pci_no_kvmclock,
-    .max_cpus = 255,
+    .max_cpus = MAX_VCPUS,
     .compat_props = (GlobalProperty[]) {
         PC_COMPAT_0_11,
         {
-- 
1.7.8.6

Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] pc: Fix max_cpus

[Andreas Färber]

Am 23.07.2012 12:47, schrieb riegamaths@gmail.com:
> From: Dunrong Huang <riegamaths@gmail.com>
> 
> The VCPU count limit in kernel now is 254, defined by KVM_MAX_VCPUS
> in kernel's header files. But the count limit in QEMU is 255,
> so QEMU will failed to start if user passes "-enable-kvm" and "-smp 255"
> to it.
> 
> This patch intruduces a Macro MAX_VCPUS whose value is KVM_MAX_VCPUS
> if CONFIG_KVM is defined. If user do not use kvm, set it's value to 255.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dunrong Huang <riegamaths@gmail.com>
> ---
>  hw/pc_piix.c |   28 +++++++++++++++++++---------
>  1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/pc_piix.c b/hw/pc_piix.c
> index 0c0096f..49cda51 100644
> --- a/hw/pc_piix.c
> +++ b/hw/pc_piix.c
> @@ -49,6 +49,16 @@
>  
>  #define MAX_IDE_BUS 2
>  
> +#ifndef KVM_MAX_VCPUS
> +#define KVM_MAX_VCPUS 254
> +#endif
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_KVM
> +#define MAX_VCPUS KVM_MAX_VCPUS
> +#else
> +#define MAX_VCPUS 255
> +#endif
> +
>  static const int ide_iobase[MAX_IDE_BUS] = { 0x1f0, 0x170 };
>  static const int ide_iobase2[MAX_IDE_BUS] = { 0x3f6, 0x376 };
>  static const int ide_irq[MAX_IDE_BUS] = { 14, 15 };
> @@ -354,7 +364,7 @@ static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v1_2 = {
>      .alias = "pc",
>      .desc = "Standard PC",
>      .init = pc_init_pci,
> -    .max_cpus = 255,
> +    .max_cpus = MAX_VCPUS,
>      .is_default = 1,
>  };
>  
[snip]

This is not so ideal: -enable-kvm is a runtime switch whereas you are
changing a compile-time limit here. Any chance to change the runtime
usage of .max_cpus instead? Possibly introducing a helper function?

Andreas

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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] pc: Fix max_cpus

[Dunrong Huang]

2012/7/23 Andreas Färber <afaerber@suse.de>:
> Am 23.07.2012 12:47, schrieb riegamaths@gmail.com:
>> From: Dunrong Huang <riegamaths@gmail.com>
>>
>> The VCPU count limit in kernel now is 254, defined by KVM_MAX_VCPUS
>> in kernel's header files. But the count limit in QEMU is 255,
>> so QEMU will failed to start if user passes "-enable-kvm" and "-smp 255"
>> to it.
>>
>> This patch intruduces a Macro MAX_VCPUS whose value is KVM_MAX_VCPUS
>> if CONFIG_KVM is defined. If user do not use kvm, set it's value to 255.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Dunrong Huang <riegamaths@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  hw/pc_piix.c |   28 +++++++++++++++++++---------
>>  1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/hw/pc_piix.c b/hw/pc_piix.c
>> index 0c0096f..49cda51 100644
>> --- a/hw/pc_piix.c
>> +++ b/hw/pc_piix.c
>> @@ -49,6 +49,16 @@
>>
>>  #define MAX_IDE_BUS 2
>>
>> +#ifndef KVM_MAX_VCPUS
>> +#define KVM_MAX_VCPUS 254
>> +#endif
>> +
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_KVM
>> +#define MAX_VCPUS KVM_MAX_VCPUS
>> +#else
>> +#define MAX_VCPUS 255
>> +#endif
>> +
>>  static const int ide_iobase[MAX_IDE_BUS] = { 0x1f0, 0x170 };
>>  static const int ide_iobase2[MAX_IDE_BUS] = { 0x3f6, 0x376 };
>>  static const int ide_irq[MAX_IDE_BUS] = { 14, 15 };
>> @@ -354,7 +364,7 @@ static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v1_2 = {
>>      .alias = "pc",
>>      .desc = "Standard PC",
>>      .init = pc_init_pci,
>> -    .max_cpus = 255,
>> +    .max_cpus = MAX_VCPUS,
>>      .is_default = 1,
>>  };
>>
> [snip]
>
> This is not so ideal: -enable-kvm is a runtime switch whereas you are
> changing a compile-time limit here. Any chance to change the runtime
> usage of .max_cpus instead? Possibly introducing a helper function?
>

Do you mean do some hacks in smp_parse?
I agree with you, there has codes for checking max_cpus in runtime:
if (max_cpus > 255) { // Should be changed to 254 if enable kvm.
    fprintf(stderr, "Unsupported number of maxcpus\n");
    exit(1);
}

I think we also need to change the hard coded value of .max_cpus from 255
to macro which should be synchronized with KVM_MAX_VCPUS or something else.
> Andreas
>
> --
> SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
> GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer; HRB 16746 AG Nürnberg
>
>



-- 
Best Regards,

Dunrong Huang