Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for 2.11 5/5] hw: add .min_cpus and .default_cpus fields to machine_class

[Alistair Francis]

On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 11:53 AM, Emilio G. Cota <address@hidden> wrote:
> max_cpus needs to be an upper bound on the number of vCPUs
> initialized; otherwise TCG region initialization breaks.
>
> Some boards initialize a hard-coded number of vCPUs, which is not
> captured by the global max_cpus and therefore breaks TCG initialization.
> Fix it by adding the .min_cpus field to machine_class.
>
> This commit also changes some user-facing behaviour: we now die if
> -smp is below this hard-coded vCPU minimum instead of silently
> ignoring the passed -smp value (sometimes announcing this by printing
> a warning). However, the introduction of .default_cpus lessens the
> likelihood that users will notice this: if -smp isn't set, we now
> assign the value in .default_cpus to both smp_cpus and max_cpus. IOW,
> if a user does not set -smp, they always get a correct number of vCPUs.
>
> This change fixes 3468b59 ("tcg: enable multiple TCG contexts in
> softmmu", 2017-10-24), which broke TCG initialization for some
> ARM boards.
>
> Fixes: 3468b59e18b179bc63c7ce934de912dfa9596122
> Reported-by: Thomas Huth <address@hidden>
> Suggested-by: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Emilio G. Cota <address@hidden>

Reviewed-by: Alistair Francis <address@hidden>

Alistair

> ---
>  include/hw/boards.h     |  5 +++++
>  hw/arm/exynos4_boards.c | 12 ++++--------
>  hw/arm/raspi.c          |  2 ++
>  hw/arm/xlnx-zcu102.c    |  2 ++
>  vl.c                    | 21 ++++++++++++++++++---
>  5 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/hw/boards.h b/include/hw/boards.h
> index 191a5b3..62f160e 100644
> --- a/include/hw/boards.h
> +++ b/include/hw/boards.h
> @@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ typedef struct {
>
>  /**
>   * MachineClass:
> + * @max_cpus: maximum number of CPUs supported. Default: 1
> + * @min_cpus: minimum number of CPUs supported. Default: 1
> + * @default_cpus: number of CPUs instantiated if none are specified. 
> Default: 1
>   * @get_hotplug_handler: this function is called during bus-less
>   *    device hotplug. If defined it returns pointer to an instance
>   *    of HotplugHandler object, which handles hotplug operation
> @@ -167,6 +170,8 @@ struct MachineClass {
>      BlockInterfaceType block_default_type;
>      int units_per_default_bus;
>      int max_cpus;
> +    int min_cpus;
> +    int default_cpus;
>      unsigned int no_serial:1,
>          no_parallel:1,
>          use_virtcon:1,
> diff --git a/hw/arm/exynos4_boards.c b/hw/arm/exynos4_boards.c
> index f1441ec..750162c 100644
> --- a/hw/arm/exynos4_boards.c
> +++ b/hw/arm/exynos4_boards.c
> @@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
>  #include "qemu-common.h"
>  #include "cpu.h"
>  #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
> -#include "sysemu/qtest.h"
>  #include "hw/sysbus.h"
>  #include "net/net.h"
>  #include "hw/arm/arm.h"
> @@ -129,13 +128,6 @@ exynos4_boards_init_common(MachineState *machine,
>                             Exynos4BoardType board_type)
>  {
>      Exynos4BoardState *s = g_new(Exynos4BoardState, 1);
> -    MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(machine);
> -
> -    if (smp_cpus != EXYNOS4210_NCPUS && !qtest_enabled()) {
> -        error_report("%s board supports only %d CPU cores, ignoring smp_cpus"
> -                     " value",
> -                     mc->name, EXYNOS4210_NCPUS);
> -    }
>
>      exynos4_board_binfo.ram_size = exynos4_board_ram_size[board_type];
>      exynos4_board_binfo.board_id = exynos4_board_id[board_type];
> @@ -189,6 +181,8 @@ static void nuri_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
>      mc->desc = "Samsung NURI board (Exynos4210)";
>      mc->init = nuri_init;
>      mc->max_cpus = EXYNOS4210_NCPUS;
> +    mc->min_cpus = EXYNOS4210_NCPUS;
> +    mc->default_cpus = EXYNOS4210_NCPUS;
>      mc->ignore_memory_transaction_failures = true;
>  }
>
> @@ -205,6 +199,8 @@ static void smdkc210_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void 
> *data)
>      mc->desc = "Samsung SMDKC210 board (Exynos4210)";
>      mc->init = smdkc210_init;
>      mc->max_cpus = EXYNOS4210_NCPUS;
> +    mc->min_cpus = EXYNOS4210_NCPUS;
> +    mc->default_cpus = EXYNOS4210_NCPUS;
>      mc->ignore_memory_transaction_failures = true;
>  }
>
> diff --git a/hw/arm/raspi.c b/hw/arm/raspi.c
> index 5941c9f..cd5fa8c 100644
> --- a/hw/arm/raspi.c
> +++ b/hw/arm/raspi.c
> @@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ static void raspi2_machine_init(MachineClass *mc)
>      mc->no_floppy = 1;
>      mc->no_cdrom = 1;
>      mc->max_cpus = BCM2836_NCPUS;
> +    mc->min_cpus = BCM2836_NCPUS;
> +    mc->default_cpus = BCM2836_NCPUS;
>      mc->default_ram_size = 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
>      mc->ignore_memory_transaction_failures = true;
>  };
> diff --git a/hw/arm/xlnx-zcu102.c b/hw/arm/xlnx-zcu102.c
> index 190eb69..9631a53 100644
> --- a/hw/arm/xlnx-zcu102.c
> +++ b/hw/arm/xlnx-zcu102.c
> @@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ static void xlnx_ep108_machine_class_init(ObjectClass 
> *oc, void *data)
>      mc->units_per_default_bus = 1;
>      mc->ignore_memory_transaction_failures = true;
>      mc->max_cpus = XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_APU_CPUS + XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_RPU_CPUS;
> +    mc->default_cpus = XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_APU_CPUS;
>  }
>
>  static const TypeInfo xlnx_ep108_machine_init_typeinfo = {
> @@ -246,6 +247,7 @@ static void xlnx_zcu102_machine_class_init(ObjectClass 
> *oc, void *data)
>      mc->units_per_default_bus = 1;
>      mc->ignore_memory_transaction_failures = true;
>      mc->max_cpus = XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_APU_CPUS + XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_RPU_CPUS;
> +    mc->default_cpus = XLNX_ZYNQMP_NUM_APU_CPUS;
>  }
>
>  static const TypeInfo xlnx_zcu102_machine_init_typeinfo = {
> diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
> index ec29909..7372424 100644
> --- a/vl.c
> +++ b/vl.c
> @@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ Chardev *virtcon_hds[MAX_VIRTIO_CONSOLES];
>  Chardev *sclp_hds[MAX_SCLP_CONSOLES];
>  int win2k_install_hack = 0;
>  int singlestep = 0;
> -int smp_cpus = 1;
> -unsigned int max_cpus = 1;
> +int smp_cpus;
> +unsigned int max_cpus;
>  int smp_cores = 1;
>  int smp_threads = 1;
>  int acpi_enabled = 1;
> @@ -4327,9 +4327,24 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
>          exit(0);
>      }
>
> +    /* machine_class: default to UP */
> +    machine_class->max_cpus = machine_class->max_cpus ?: 1;
> +    machine_class->min_cpus = machine_class->min_cpus ?: 1;
> +    machine_class->default_cpus = machine_class->default_cpus ?: 1;
> +
> +    /* default to machine_class->default_cpus */
> +    smp_cpus = machine_class->default_cpus;
> +    max_cpus = machine_class->default_cpus;
> +
>      smp_parse(qemu_opts_find(qemu_find_opts("smp-opts"), NULL));
>
> -    machine_class->max_cpus = machine_class->max_cpus ?: 1; /* Default to UP 
> */
> +    /* sanity-check smp_cpus and max_cpus against machine_class */
> +    if (smp_cpus < machine_class->min_cpus) {
> +        error_report("Invalid SMP CPUs %d. The min CPUs "
> +                     "supported by machine '%s' is %d", smp_cpus,
> +                     machine_class->name, machine_class->min_cpus);
> +        exit(1);
> +    }
>      if (max_cpus > machine_class->max_cpus) {
>          error_report("Invalid SMP CPUs %d. The max CPUs "
>                       "supported by machine '%s' is %d", max_cpus,
> --
> 2.7.4
>
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