[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] i386: Disable TOPOEXT by default on "-cpu host"

[Eduardo Habkost]

Enabling TOPOEXT is always allowed, but it can't be enabled
blindly by "-cpu host" because it may make guests crash if the
rest of the cache topology information isn't provided or isn't
consistent.

This addresses the bug reported at:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1613277

Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden>
---
 target/i386/cpu.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
index 723e02221e..3ac627978f 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -849,6 +849,12 @@ static FeatureWordInfo feature_word_info[FEATURE_WORDS] = {
         },
         .cpuid_eax = 0x80000001, .cpuid_reg = R_ECX,
         .tcg_features = TCG_EXT3_FEATURES,
+        /*
+         * TOPOEXT is always allowed but can't be enabled blindly by
+         * "-cpu host", as it requires consistent cache topology info
+         * to be provided so it doesn't confuse guests.
+         */
+        .no_autoenable_flags = CPUID_EXT3_TOPOEXT,
     },
     [FEAT_C000_0001_EDX] = {
         .feat_names = {
-- 
2.18.0.rc1.1.g3f1ff2140