[PATCH 1/2] qemu: support for kvm-hint-dedicated performance hint

[Menno Lageman <menno.lageman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Wim ten Have <wim.ten.have@xxxxxxxxxx>

QEMU version 2.12.1 introduced a performance feature under commit
be7773268d98 ("target-i386: add KVM_HINTS_DEDICATED performance hint")

This patch adds a new KVM feature 'hint-dedicated' to set this performance
hint for KVM guests. The feature is off by default.

To enable this hint and have libvirt add "-cpu host,kvm-hint-dedicated=on"
to the QEMU command line, the following XML code needs to be added to the
guest's domain description in conjunction with CPU mode='host-passthrough'.

  <features>
    <kvm>
      <hint-dedicated state='on'/>
    </kvm>
  </features>
  ...
  <cpu mode='host-passthrough ... />

Signed-off-by: Wim ten Have <wim.ten.have@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Menno Lageman <menno.lageman@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 docs/formatdomain.html.in     |  7 +++++++
 docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng |  5 +++++
 src/conf/domain_conf.c        |  4 ++++
 src/conf/domain_conf.h        |  1 +
 src/qemu/qemu_command.c       | 13 +++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
index 6d084d7c0472..c9b18b57e1fc 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
@@ -2044,6 +2044,7 @@
   &lt;/hyperv&gt;
   &lt;kvm&gt;
     &lt;hidden state='on'/&gt;
+    &lt;hint-dedicated state='on'/&gt;
   &lt;/kvm&gt;
   &lt;pvspinlock state='on'/&gt;
   &lt;gic version='2'/&gt;
@@ -2217,6 +2218,12 @@
           <td>on, off</td>
           <td><span class="since">1.2.8 (QEMU 2.1.0)</span></td>
         </tr>
+        <tr>
+          <td>hint-dedicated</td>
+          <td>Set the "dedicated physical CPU" performance hint ("-cpu kvm-hint-dedicated=on")</td>
+          <td>on, off</td>
+          <td><span class="since">5.7.0 (QEMU 2.12.1)</span></td>
+        </tr>
       </table>
       </dd>
       <dt><code>pmu</code></dt>
diff --git a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
index a0771da45b5d..08853f9d9e92 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
+++ b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
@@ -5965,6 +5965,11 @@
             <ref name="featurestate"/>
           </element>
         </optional>
+        <optional>
+          <element name="hint-dedicated">
+            <ref name="featurestate"/>
+          </element>
+        </optional>
       </interleave>
     </element>
   </define>
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 03312afaaff8..3907fcf6e5ca 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainHyperv,
 VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainKVM,
               VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_LAST,
               "hidden",
+              "hint-dedicated",
 );
 
 VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainMsrsUnknown,
@@ -20412,6 +20413,7 @@ virDomainDefParseXML(xmlDocPtr xml,
 
             switch ((virDomainKVM) feature) {
                 case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_HIDDEN:
+                case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_DEDICATED:
                     if (!(tmp = virXMLPropString(nodes[i], "state"))) {
                         virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR,
                                        _("missing 'state' attribute for "
@@ -22624,6 +22626,7 @@ virDomainDefFeaturesCheckABIStability(virDomainDefPtr src,
         for (i = 0; i < VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_LAST; i++) {
             switch ((virDomainKVM) i) {
             case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_HIDDEN:
+            case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_DEDICATED:
                 if (src->kvm_features[i] != dst->kvm_features[i]) {
                     virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
                                    _("State of KVM feature '%s' differs: "
@@ -28124,6 +28127,7 @@ virDomainDefFormatFeatures(virBufferPtr buf,
             for (j = 0; j < VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_LAST; j++) {
                 switch ((virDomainKVM) j) {
                 case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_HIDDEN:
+                case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_DEDICATED:
                     if (def->kvm_features[j])
                         virBufferAsprintf(&childBuf, "<%s state='%s'/>\n",
                                           virDomainKVMTypeToString(j),
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index bce47443c858..f7423b1b6f89 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -1765,6 +1765,7 @@ typedef enum {
 
 typedef enum {
     VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_HIDDEN = 0,
+    VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_DEDICATED,
 
     VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_LAST
 } virDomainKVM;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
index 71a36ff63a81..ab535af5efb6 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
@@ -7212,6 +7212,19 @@ qemuBuildCpuCommandLine(virCommandPtr cmd,
                     virBufferAddLit(&buf, ",kvm=off");
                 break;
 
+            case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_DEDICATED:
+                if (def->kvm_features[i] == VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ON) {
+                    if (def->cpu && def->cpu->mode == VIR_CPU_MODE_HOST_PASSTHROUGH) {
+                        virBufferAddLit(&buf, ",kvm-hint-dedicated=on");
+                    } else {
+                        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
+                                _("kvm-hint-dedicated=on is only applicable when "
+                                  "<cpu mode=\"host-passthrough\" .../> is in effect"));
+                        goto cleanup;
+                    }
+                }
+                break;
+
             /* coverity[dead_error_begin] */
             case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_LAST:
                 break;
-- 
2.21.0

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