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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 22/27] pc: set CPU APIC ID explicitly
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Eduardo Habkost |
Subject: |
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 22/27] pc: set CPU APIC ID explicitly |
Date: |
Thu, 1 Nov 2012 12:30:39 -0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) |
On Thu, Nov 01, 2012 at 03:04:05PM +0100, Igor Mammedov wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:49:56 -0200
> Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > The PC code takes care of CPU topology, and CPU topology affect the CPU
> > APIC ID. So the PC CPU initialization code needs to set the APIC ID
> > explicitly.
> >
> > By now, keep the existing behavior but create a apic_id_for_cpu()
> > function that will be changed later to implement appropriate
> > topology-dependent behavior.
> >
> > The cpuid_apic_id field is used only at:
> >
> > - x86_cpu_apic_init(), called from x86_cpu_realize()
> > - kvm_init_vcpu(), that is called from the VCPU thread
> > created by qemu_init_vcpu(), called by x86_cpu_realize()
> > - helper_cpuid(), called only when the VCPU is already running
> > - kvm_arch_init_vcpu(), that's called by kvm_init_vcpu()
> >
> > So it's safe to change it before x86_cpu_realize() is called.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden>
> > ---
> > This is based on the patch that I have originally suybmitted as:
> > Subject: pc: create apic_id_for_cpu() function (v3)
> > ---
> > hw/pc.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/hw/pc.c b/hw/pc.c
> > index 0e9a00f..eb68851 100644
> > --- a/hw/pc.c
> > +++ b/hw/pc.c
> > @@ -553,6 +553,21 @@ static void bochs_bios_write(void *opaque, uint32_t
> > addr, uint32_t val) }
> > }
> >
> > +/* Calculates initial APIC ID for a specific CPU index
> > + *
> > + * Currently we need to be able to calculate the APIC ID from the CPU index
> > + * alone (without requiring a CPU object), as the QEMU<->Seabios
> > interfaces have
> > + * no concept of "CPU index", and the NUMA tables on fw_cfg need the APIC
> > ID of
> > + * all CPUs up to max_cpus.
> > + */
> > +static uint32_t apic_id_for_cpu(PCInitArgs *args, int cpu_index)
> > +{
> > + /* right now APIC ID == CPU index. this will eventually change to use
> > + * the CPU topology configuration properly
> > + */
> > + return cpu_index;
> > +}
> > +
> > int e820_add_entry(uint64_t address, uint64_t length, uint32_t type)
> > {
> > int index = le32_to_cpu(e820_table.count);
> > @@ -870,6 +885,13 @@ static void pc_cpu_init(PCInitArgs *args, int
> > cpu_index) exit(1);
> > }
> >
> > + /* Override the default APIC set by the X86CPU init function.
> > + * We need to do that because:
> > + * - The APIC ID depends on the CPU topology;
> > + * - The exact APIC ID used may depend on the machine-type init
> > arguments.
> > + */
> > + cpu->env.cpuid_apic_id = apic_id_for_cpu(args, cpu_index);
> Could you create property setter for apic_id and use it here, please.
I was considering doing that, but I thought it could be overkill. I will
do it in the next version.
>
> > +
> > x86_cpu_realize(OBJECT(cpu), &err);
> > if (err) {
> > error_report("pc_cpu_init: %s\n", error_get_pretty(err));
>
--
Eduardo