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From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] KVM: x86: Add host physical address width
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To: Bandan Das <bsd@redhat.com>, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, qemu-devel@nongnu.org



On 09/07/2015 00:36, Bandan Das wrote:
> Let userspace inquire the maximum physical address width
> of the host processors; this can be used to identify maximum
> memory that can be assigned to the guest.
> 
> Reported-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bandan Das <bsd@redhat.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c       | 3 +++
>  include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index bbaf44e..97d6746 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -2683,6 +2683,9 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
>  	case KVM_CAP_NR_MEMSLOTS:
>  		r = KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS;
>  		break;
> +	case KVM_CAP_PHY_ADDR_WIDTH:
> +		r = boot_cpu_data.x86_phys_bits;
> +		break;

Userspace can just use CPUID, can't it?

Paolo

>  	case KVM_CAP_PV_MMU:	/* obsolete */
>  		r = 0;
>  		break;
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> index 716ad4a..e7949a1 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> @@ -817,6 +817,7 @@ struct kvm_ppc_smmu_info {
>  #define KVM_CAP_DISABLE_QUIRKS 116
>  #define KVM_CAP_X86_SMM 117
>  #define KVM_CAP_MULTI_ADDRESS_SPACE 118
> +#define KVM_CAP_PHY_ADDR_WIDTH 119
>  
>  #ifdef KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING
>  
>