Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 11/19] target-i386: introduce apic-id property

[Igor Mammedov]

On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:29:40 -0300
Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 05:46:42PM +0200, Igor Mammedov wrote:
> > On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:13:13 -0300
> > Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden> wrote:
> [...]
> > > > > > +static void x86_cpuid_set_apic_id(Object *obj, Visitor *v, void
> > > > > > *opaque,
> > > > > > +                                  const char *name, Error **errp)
> > > > > > +{
> > > > > > +    X86CPU *cpu = X86_CPU(obj);
> > > > > > +    const int64_t min = 0;
> > > > > > +    const int64_t max = UINT32_MAX;
> > > > > > +    Error *error = NULL;
> > > > > > +    int64_t value;
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +    visit_type_int(v, &value, name, &error);
> > > > > > +    if (error) {
> > > > > > +        error_propagate(errp, error);
> > > > > > +        return;
> > > > > > +    }
> > > > > > +    if (value < min || value > max) {
> > > > > > +        error_setg(&error, "Property %s.%s doesn't take value %"
> > > > > > PRId64
> > > > > > +                   " (minimum: %" PRId64 ", maximum: %" PRId64
> > > > > > ")" ,
> > > > > > +                   object_get_typename(obj), name, value, min,
> > > > > > max);
> > > > > > +        error_propagate(errp, error);
> > > > > > +        return;
> > > > > > +    }
> > > > > > +
> > > > > > +    if (cpu_exists(value)) {
> > > > > > +        error_setg(&error, "CPU with APIC ID %" PRIi64 "
> > > > > > exists", value);
> > > > > > +        error_propagate(errp, error);
> > > > > 
> > > > > What about implementing this check after implementing the
> > > > > /machine/icc-bridge links? Then we can simply check if
> > > > > "/machine/icc-bridge/cpus[ID]" is already set.
> > > > because it's more generic and won't break even if link location
> > > > changes
> > > 
> > > Well, if link location changed, we could change the cpu_exists()
> > > implementation. We don't even need to hardcode the icc-bridge path, we
> > > could simply follow appropriate links if we set them up.
> > > 
> > > My problem with cpu_exists() is that it is based on global state,
> > > instead of simply using the links between bus/devices to find out if the
> > > IDs are being allocated correctly. We could make it work like PCI: devfn
> > > conflicts are solved simply by looking at the list of devices in the
> > > specific PCIBus where the device is being added. See
> > > do_pci_register_device().
> > > 
> > > That said, I am not against the current approach if we don't have the
> > > necessary bus/links modelled yet. But if we are going to add icc-bridge,
> > > we could benefit from it to implement cpu_exists().
> > Well,check has to be done here anyway, regardless how cpu_exists()
> > implemented.
> > 
> > BTW:
> > This discussion and below belongs more to 9/19 patch that implements
> > cpu_exists() than here.
> 
> OK.
> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > (And then icc-bridge could be responsible for ensuring APIC ID
> > > > > uniqueness, not the CPU object itself)
> > > > Yep, with cpu-add id could be/is verified before setting property,
> > > > but if one considers device_add or fictional -device cpuxxx on cmd
> > > > line, then won't be an external check for this. This check takes care
> > > > about these use cases.
> > > 
> > > That's why I believe the CPU has to calculate the APIC ID based on
> > > signaling coming from other devices/buses, instead of allowing the APIC
> > You mean by board not by CPU, I suppose.
> 
> Actually I am not 100% sure. For example: we could simply provide the
> socket/core/thread IDs (or links to socket/core objects?) to the CPU
> object, and the CPU object could calculate the APIC ID itself.
> 
> > 
> > > ID to be directly specified in the device_add/-device options.  That's
> > > how real CPUs work: as the CPU manufacturer doesn't know what will be
> > > the package ID of the CPU, the APIC IDs are not hardcoded in the CPU;
> > > they are calculated based on the CPU topology and some socket identifier
> > > signal coming from the board.
> > that is why apic_id has been made a property, to be set from outside.
> 
> True. I believe the conflict here is: we want other objects to set the
> APIC ID (be it the board, or socket/core objects), but at the same time
> it would be interesting to not expose the APIC ID outside QEMU. Being
> too flexible regarding the APIC ID is more likely to cause problems
> later.
> 
> That said, I don't mind having a "apic-id" property because it is easier
> to simply expose it directly. But do you agree that: 1) we don't really
> need to expose it to be set from outside QEMU; 2) we shouldn't require
> it to be set from outside QEMU; 3) we should recommend users to not try
> to fiddle it with?
Due to nature of per thread CPU hotplug, management will have to specify some
kind of ID to specify which CPU is being plugged. Management really
doesn't/shouldn't care what this ID is.

> 
> > 
> > > 
> > > Comparing it with PCI again: devfn of PCI devices can be specified
> > > manually, but if it is not present you just need to look at the PCI bus
> > > to find out the next available devfn.
> > 18/19 gives an option to lookup available APIC IDs in a target specific
> > way. If we come up with a better target agnostic way to lookup ID, we can
> > always add it on top of currently proposed implementation.
> > 
> > > Based on that, I thought that icc-bridge was going be the component
> > > responsible for the APIC ID allocation logic, considering that it
> > > already contains APIC-ID-based links to the CPU objects.
> > in 19/19 APIC IDs are allocated by board for each possible CPU,
> > icc-bridge is just convenient place for storing links now. If machine was
> > QOM object, I'd probably place it there.
> 
> I was just wondering if we could solve both problems at the same time
> time: if we have a convenient place to store APIC-ID-based links, we are
> getting a more efficient APIC ID allocation/check system for free.
> Especially considering how inefficient is the method used by
> cpu_exists().
Like I said, when we come up with target-independent links interface,
we can easily switch implementation of cpu_exists(). Right now inefficiency
here isn't issue since it's used on slow path only.

> 
> It looks like the problem with my approach is that the QOM APIC-ID-based
> links are target-specific, but cpu_exists() is target-independent. If
> both were target-specific or both were target-independent, we could
> easily reuse the same mechanism for both, but that's not the case now.
> 

cpu_exists() is target-independent but it look-ups CPU by target specific ID,
that target provides via get_arch_id() hook. So for target-i386 it will be
APIC ID.