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SubjectRe: [PATCH v6 2/2] kvm: introduce KVM_MAX_VCPU_ID
On Mon, 09 May 2016 18:13:37 +0200
Greg Kurz <gkurz@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> The KVM_MAX_VCPUS define provides the maximum number of vCPUs per guest, and
> also the upper limit for vCPU ids. This is okay for all archs except PowerPC
> which can have higher ids, depending on the cpu/core/thread topology. In the
> worst case (single threaded guest, host with 8 threads per core), it limits
> the maximum number of vCPUS to KVM_MAX_VCPUS / 8.
>
> This patch separates the vCPU numbering from the total number of vCPUs, with
> the introduction of KVM_MAX_VCPU_ID, as the maximal valid value for vCPU ids
> plus one.
>
> The corresponding KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPU_ID allows userspace to validate vCPU ids
> before passing them to KVM_CREATE_VCPU.
>
> This patch only implements KVM_MAX_VCPU_ID with a specific value for PowerPC.
> Other archs continue to return KVM_MAX_VCPUS instead.
>
> Suggested-by: Radim Krcmar <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <gkurz@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> v6: - provide cap in generic code (Cornelia)
> - change PowerPC limit to threads_per_subcore * KVM_MAX_VCORES (Radim)
> ---
> Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 10 ++++++++--
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 3 +++
> include/linux/kvm_host.h | 4 ++++
> include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 1 +
> virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 4 +++-
> 5 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cornelia.huck@de.ibm.com>

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