Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.11.2] spapr: make pseries-2.11 the default machine type

[Greg Kurz]

On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 11:22:40 +1000
David Gibson <address@hidden> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 01:11:28PM +0200, Greg Kurz wrote:
> > On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 21:04:38 -0500
> > Michael Roth <address@hidden> wrote:
> >   
> > > Quoting Greg Kurz (2018-05-22 12:17:28)  
> > > > The spapr capability framework was introduced in QEMU 2.12. It allows
> > > > to have an explicit control on how host features are exposed to the
> > > > guest. This is especially needed to handle migration between hetero-
> > > > geneous hosts (eg, POWER8 to POWER9). It is also used to expose fixes/
> > > > workarounds against speculative execution vulnerabilities to guests.
> > > > The framework was hence backported to QEMU 2.11.1, especially these
> > > > commits:
> > > > 
> > > > 0fac4aa93074 spapr: Add pseries-2.12 machine type
> > > > 9070f408f491 spapr: Treat Hardware Transactional Memory (HTM) as an
> > > >  optional capability
> > > > 
> > > > 0fac4aa93074 has the confusing effect of making pseries-2.12 the default
> > > > machine type for QEMU 2.11.1, instead of the expected pseries-2.11. This
> > > > patch changes the default machine back to pseries-2.11.
> > > > 
> > > > Unfortunately, 9070f408f491 enforces the HTM capability for 
> > > > pseries-2.11.
> > > > This isn't supported by TCG and breaks 'make check'. So this patch also
> > > > adds a hack to turn HTM off when using TCG.    
> > > 
> > > I noticed this ends up breaking TCG migration for 2.11.2 -> 2.12, I
> > > get this on the target side even when specifying -machine
> > > pseries-2.11,cap-htm=off for both ends:
> > > 
> > >   qemu-system-ppc64: cap-htm higher level (1) in incoming stream than on 
> > > destination (0)
> > >   qemu-system-ppc64: error while loading state for instance 0x0 of device 
> > > 'spapr'
> > >   qemu-system-ppc64: load of migration failed: Invalid argument
> > > 
> > > I'm not sure we care all that much about it but it's a regression from 
> > > 2.11.1
> > > at least. The main issue seems to be the default caps for 2.11.2 for TCG 
> > > are
> > > now different from 2.11 and 2.12+, but spapr_cap_##cap##_needed still 
> > > assumes
> > > everything is the same across all these versions and as such opts not to
> > > migrate cap-htm=off, since that's the default for 2.11.2. This results in 
> > > the
> > > target assuming the source was using the default, which is cap-htm=on,
> > > and since that disagrees with the spapr->eff we get a failure.
> > > 
> > > It seems spapr_cap_##cap##_needed needs to be fixed up to address that,
> > > but I'm not sure how best to deal with backward compatibility in that 
> > > case.
> > > Any ideas? If it ends up being a trade-off I think forward compatibility 
> > > is
> > > more important.
> > >   
> > 
> > Yeah, we shouldn't change the default since it affects the migration logic 
> > :-\
> > 
> > The motivation behind this hack is to fix TCG based 'make check', because
> > it doesn't pass cap-htm=off, and thus can't run with pseries-2.11.
> > 
> > Another possibility is to let the default as is, and to disable HTM after 
> > the
> > default caps have been applied.
> > 
> > Something like that squashed into this patch:
> > 
> > diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_caps.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_caps.c
> > index 82043e60e78b..26e6be043b18 100644
> > --- a/hw/ppc/spapr_caps.c
> > +++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_caps.c
> > @@ -285,11 +285,6 @@ static sPAPRCapabilities 
> > default_caps_with_cpu(sPAPRMachineState *spapr,
> >  
> >      caps = smc->default_caps;
> >  
> > -    /* HACK for 2.11.2: fix make check */
> > -    if (tcg_enabled()) {
> > -        caps.caps[SPAPR_CAP_HTM] = SPAPR_CAP_OFF;
> > -    }
> > -
> >      if (!ppc_check_compat(cpu, CPU_POWERPC_LOGICAL_2_07,
> >                            0, spapr->max_compat_pvr)) {
> >          caps.caps[SPAPR_CAP_HTM] = SPAPR_CAP_OFF;
> > @@ -405,6 +400,11 @@ void spapr_caps_reset(sPAPRMachineState *spapr)
> >          }
> >      }
> >  
> > +    /* HACK for 2.11.2: fix make check */
> > +    if (tcg_enabled()) {
> > +        spapr->eff.caps[SPAPR_CAP_HTM] = SPAPR_CAP_OFF;
> > +    }
> > +
> >      /* .. then apply those caps to the virtual hardware */
> >  
> >      for (i = 0; i < SPAPR_CAP_NUM; i++) {
> > ---------------------  
> 
> Nooooo!  The whole point of the caps stuff is to stop changing guest
> visible behaviours based on host side configuration like the
> accelerator.  So, really, let's not put it back in.
> 

Yes I'm aware of all the work we're doing to hide host details.
I was just thinking this small violation would be an acceptable
tradeoff.

> The correct fix is to add cap-htm=off to the testcases.  Gross, but
> necessary.
> 

Ok, then I'll try to come up with patches ASAP so that Mike can release
2.11.2. 

> 
> > 
> > This allows:
> > - TCG 'make check' to be happy with pseries-2.11
> > - 2.11.2 --> 2.12 migration and backward
> >   
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <address@hidden>
> > > > ---
> > > >  hw/ppc/spapr.c      |    4 ++--
> > > >  hw/ppc/spapr_caps.c |    5 +++++
> > > >  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
> > > > index 1a2dd1f597d9..6499a867520f 100644
> > > > --- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
> > > > +++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
> > > > @@ -3820,7 +3820,7 @@ static void 
> > > > spapr_machine_2_12_class_options(MachineClass *mc)
> > > >      /* Defaults for the latest behaviour inherited from the base class 
> > > > */
> > > >  }
> > > > 
> > > > -DEFINE_SPAPR_MACHINE(2_12, "2.12", true);
> > > > +DEFINE_SPAPR_MACHINE(2_12, "2.12", false);
> > > > 
> > > >  /*
> > > >   * pseries-2.11
> > > > @@ -3842,7 +3842,7 @@ static void 
> > > > spapr_machine_2_11_class_options(MachineClass *mc)
> > > >      SET_MACHINE_COMPAT(mc, SPAPR_COMPAT_2_11);
> > > >  }
> > > > 
> > > > -DEFINE_SPAPR_MACHINE(2_11, "2.11", false);
> > > > +DEFINE_SPAPR_MACHINE(2_11, "2.11", true);
> > > > 
> > > >  /*
> > > >   * pseries-2.10
> > > > diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_caps.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_caps.c
> > > > index 7b229517be38..82043e60e78b 100644
> > > > --- a/hw/ppc/spapr_caps.c
> > > > +++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_caps.c
> > > > @@ -285,6 +285,11 @@ static sPAPRCapabilities 
> > > > default_caps_with_cpu(sPAPRMachineState *spapr,
> > > > 
> > > >      caps = smc->default_caps;
> > > > 
> > > > +    /* HACK for 2.11.2: fix make check */
> > > > +    if (tcg_enabled()) {
> > > > +        caps.caps[SPAPR_CAP_HTM] = SPAPR_CAP_OFF;
> > > > +    }
> > > > +
> > > >      if (!ppc_check_compat(cpu, CPU_POWERPC_LOGICAL_2_07,
> > > >                            0, spapr->max_compat_pvr)) {
> > > >          caps.caps[SPAPR_CAP_HTM] = SPAPR_CAP_OFF;
> > > >     
> >   
>

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