Re: [PATCH] RPC: Support up to 4096 cpus on the host and 256 in the guest

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On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 02:35:50PM +0200, Peter Krempa wrote:
> The RPC limits for cpu maps didn't allow to use libvirt on ultra big
> boxes. This patch increases size of the limits to support a maximum of
> 4096 cpus on the host with the built-in maximum of 256 cpus per guest.
> The full cpu map of such a system takes 128 kilobytes and the map for
> vcpu pinning is 512 bytes long.
> ---
>  src/remote/remote_protocol.x | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/src/remote/remote_protocol.x b/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
> index 1ebbce7..a94e0db 100644
> --- a/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
> +++ b/src/remote/remote_protocol.x
> @@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ const REMOTE_DOMAIN_ID_LIST_MAX = 16384;
>  const REMOTE_DOMAIN_NAME_LIST_MAX = 16384;
> 
>  /* Upper limit on cpumap (bytes) passed to virDomainPinVcpu. */
> -const REMOTE_CPUMAP_MAX = 256;
> +const REMOTE_CPUMAP_MAX = 512;
> 
>  /* Upper limit on number of info fields returned by virDomainGetVcpus. */
> -const REMOTE_VCPUINFO_MAX = 2048;
> +const REMOTE_VCPUINFO_MAX = 4096;
> 
>  /* Upper limit on cpumaps (bytes) passed to virDomainGetVcpus. */
> -const REMOTE_CPUMAPS_MAX = 16384;
> +const REMOTE_CPUMAPS_MAX = 131072;
> 
>  /* Upper limit on migrate cookie. */
>  const REMOTE_MIGRATE_COOKIE_MAX = 16384;

4096 sounds large, but I can't help wondering if we should pre-empt the
inevitable and go even bigger. In terms of RPC message size, we can
afford to allow 16384 host CPUS and 4096 guest CPUS ?


Daniel
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