Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] i386/cpu/hyperv: support over 64 vcpus for windows guests

[Eduardo Habkost]

On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 11:20:27PM +0800, Gonglei wrote:
> Starting with Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8, if
> CPUID.40000005.EAX contains a value of -1, Windows assumes specific
> limit to the number of VPs. In this case, Windows Server 2012
> guest VMs may use more than 64 VPs, up to the maximum supported
> number of processors applicable to the specific Windows
> version being used.
> 
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/reference/tlfs
> 
> For compatibility, Let's introduce a new property for X86CPU,
> named "x-hv-max-vps" as Eduardo's suggestion, and set it
> to 0x40 before machine 2.10.
> 
> (The "x-" prefix indicates that the property is not supposed to
> be a stable user interface.)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gonglei <address@hidden>
> ---
>  include/hw/i386/pc.h |  5 +++++
>  target/i386/cpu.c    |  1 +
>  target/i386/cpu.h    |  2 ++
>  target/i386/kvm.c    | 15 ++++++++++++++-
>  4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
> index 8226904..087d184 100644
> --- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
> +++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
> @@ -371,6 +371,11 @@ bool e820_get_entry(int, uint32_t, uint64_t *, uint64_t 
> *);
>  
>  #define PC_COMPAT_2_10 \
>      HW_COMPAT_2_10 \
> +    {\
> +        .driver   = TYPE_X86_CPU,\
> +        .property = "x-hv-max-vps",\
> +        .value    = "0x40",\
> +    },
>  
>  #define PC_COMPAT_2_9 \
>      HW_COMPAT_2_9 \
> diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
> index 69676e1..2702485 100644
> --- a/target/i386/cpu.c
> +++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
> @@ -4145,6 +4145,7 @@ static Property x86_cpu_properties[] = {
>                       false),
>      DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("vmware-cpuid-freq", X86CPU, vmware_cpuid_freq, true),
>      DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("tcg-cpuid", X86CPU, expose_tcg, true),
> +    DEFINE_PROP_INT32("x-hv-max-vps", X86CPU, hv_max_vps, -1),
>      DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST()
>  };
>  
> diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.h b/target/i386/cpu.h
> index 525d35d..5c726f3 100644
> --- a/target/i386/cpu.h
> +++ b/target/i386/cpu.h
> @@ -1282,6 +1282,8 @@ struct X86CPU {
>      int32_t socket_id;
>      int32_t core_id;
>      int32_t thread_id;
> +
> +    int32_t hv_max_vps;
>  };
>  
>  static inline X86CPU *x86_env_get_cpu(CPUX86State *env)
> diff --git a/target/i386/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm.c
> index 6db7783..a898bef 100644
> --- a/target/i386/kvm.c
> +++ b/target/i386/kvm.c
> @@ -751,7 +751,20 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vcpu(CPUState *cs)
>  
>          c = &cpuid_data.entries[cpuid_i++];
>          c->function = HYPERV_CPUID_IMPLEMENT_LIMITS;
> -        c->eax = 0x40;
> +
> +        /*
> +         * From "Requirements for Implementing the Microsoft
> +         * Hypervisor Interface":
> +         * 
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/reference/tlfs
> +         *
> +         * "Starting with Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8, if
> +         * CPUID.40000005.EAX contains a value of -1, Windows assumes
> +         * specific limit to the number of VPs. In this case, Windows
> +         * Server 2012 guest VMs may use more than 64 VPs, up to the
> +         * maximum supported number of processors applicable to the
> +         * specific Windows version being used."
> +         */

I would place this comment above the DEFINE_PROP_INT32
declaration, as its purpose is to explain the -1 default.


> +        c->eax = cpu->hv_max_vps;
>          c->ebx = 0x40;
>  
>          kvm_base = KVM_CPUID_SIGNATURE_NEXT;
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1
> 
> 

-- 
Eduardo