Changes v2: * Added "filtered-features" properties * Removed the non-qapi version and kept only the qapi version of the code * Moved the new types to qapi-schema.json instead of creating cpu-qapi-schema.json * Rebased on top of "feature words array" series Git tree: https://github.com/ehabkost/qemu-hacks/tree/work/cpu-raw-feature-props-v2 git://github.com/ehabkost/qemu-hacks.git work/cpu-raw-feature-props-v2 Description: As the work to get X86CPU subclasses static properties defined is taking very long to get reviewed and we risk not getting it finished in 1.5, I am sending an alternative mechanism to allow libvirt to probe for CPU model information. It's interesting to note that this alternative solution is actually _easier_ to use for libvirt, because libvirt logic is already based on CPUID bit values, not "feature names", so it should be very easy to convert the current libvirt code that (incorrectly) query the host CPU directly for available features to instead start QEMU with "-cpu host" and use the "feature-words" array information to find out which CPU features are supported by the host. The "feature-words" property will have two main use cases: * Checking host capabilities, by checking the features of the "host" CPU model; * Checking which features are enabled on each CPU model. The "filtered-features" property will have two main use cases: * Allowing libvirt to emulate the "check" & "enforce" flags while collecting more detailted data about the missing features; * Allowing libvirt to probe for CPU model information even if host features are missing (it can simply combine the "feature-words" and "filtered-features" values to get the full CPU model definition) Example output: $ ./QMP/qmp --path=/tmp/m qom-get --path=/machine/unattached/device[1] --property=feature-words item[0].cpuid-register: EDX item[0].cpuid-input-eax: 1 item[0].features: 126614521 item[1].cpuid-register: ECX item[1].cpuid-input-eax: 1 item[1].features: 2155880449 item[2].cpuid-register: EBX item[2].cpuid-input-eax: 7 item[2].features: 0 item[2].cpuid-input-ecx: 0 item[3].cpuid-register: EDX item[3].cpuid-input-eax: 2147483649 item[3].features: 563346425 item[4].cpuid-register: ECX item[4].cpuid-input-eax: 2147483649 item[4].features: 101 item[5].cpuid-register: EDX item[5].cpuid-input-eax: 3221225473 item[5].features: 0 item[6].cpuid-register: EAX item[6].cpuid-input-eax: 1073741825 item[6].features: 0 item[7].cpuid-register: EDX item[7].cpuid-input-eax: 2147483658 item[7].features: 0 Eduardo Habkost (5): target-i386: Add ECX information to FeatureWordInfo target-i386: Add "feature-words" property target-i386: Use FeatureWord loop on filter_features_for_kvm() target-i386: Introduce X86CPU.filtered_features field target-i386: Add "filtered-features" property to X86CPU .gitignore | 2 + Makefile.objs | 7 +++- qapi-schema.json | 32 +++++++++++++++ target-i386/cpu-qom.h | 3 ++ target-i386/cpu.c | 110 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 5 files changed, 121 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-) -- 1.8.1.4 -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list