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SubjectRe: [PATCH v13 018/113] KVM: x86, tdx: Make KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPUS backend specific
On Wed, 29 Mar 2023 16:32:58 -0700
Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 08:13:26PM +0200,
> Zhi Wang <zhi.wang.linux@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 12 Mar 2023 10:55:42 -0700
> > isaku.yamahata@intel.com wrote:
> >
> > > From: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@intel.com>
> > >
> > > TDX has its own limitation on the maximum number of vcpus that the guest
> > > can accommodate. Allow x86 kvm backend to implement its own KVM_ENABLE_CAP
> > > handler and implement TDX backend for KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPUS. user space VMM,
> > > e.g. qemu, can specify its value instead of KVM_MAX_VCPUS.
> > >
> >
> > I think enabling the cap here is actually "configuring the cap". KVM_CAP_MAX
> > _VCPUS is actually always enabled whether userspace enables it or not. It
> > would be nice to configure of the max VCPUS in kvm_arch_vm_ioctl() where
> > routines of configuring a VM should belong. E.g. KVM_SET_MAX_VCPUS.
>
> I'm not sure I understand your point. Although KVM_ENABLE_CAP sounds like
> only on/off feature, but it isn't. It's also used to set parameters. For
> example, KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPU_ID.
>

Yes, I understand your point. But what has been there might not be right as
well. That doesn't smell right as "enable" is for something which is previously
"disabled". I understand that there can be some caps require configuration
when being enabled. But later, for those caps which don't have "on/off"
state, KVM_ENABLE_CAP doesn't actually enable a feature, it is just
configuring a feature. It seems like the KVM_ENABLE_CAP has been mis-used
little by little in the history. Also, I don't find KVM_DISABLE_CAP
accordingly. So KVM_ENABLE_CAP is actually used as "KVM_SET_CAP".

I realize it is not realistic to solve the problem in this patch series.
You can keep the current approach.

> KVM_SET_XXX is for run time feature. But the maxium number of vcpus is not
> runtime changable. Set it at vm creation.

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