Hi Eric,
Thanks for this patch!
On 2019/8/24 1:52, Auger Eric wrote:
Hi Zenghui, Marc,
On 8/23/19 7:33 PM, Eric Auger wrote:
At the moment we use 2 IO devices per GICv3 redistributor: one
^^^
one for the RD_base frame and one for the SGI_base frame.
^^^
Instead we can use a single IO device per redistributor (the 2
frames are contiguous). This saves slots on the KVM_MMIO_BUS
which is currently limited to NR_IOBUS_DEVS (1000).
This change allows to instantiate up to 512 redistributors and may
speed the guest boot with a large number of VCPUs.
Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@xxxxxxxxxx>
I tested this patch with below kernel and QEMU branches:
kernel: https://github.com/eauger/linux/tree/256fix-v1
(Marc's patch + this patch)
https://github.com/eauger/qemu/tree/v4.1.0-256fix-rfc1-rc0
(header update + kvm_arm_gic_set_irq modification)
I also tested these three changes on HiSi D05 (with 64 pcpus), and yes,
I can get a 512U guest to boot properly now.
Tested-by: Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@xxxxxxxxxx>
On a machine with 224 pcpus, I was able to boot a 512 vcpu guest.
As expected, qemu outputs warnings:
qemu-system-aarch64: warning: Number of SMP cpus requested (512) exceeds
the recommended cpus supported by KVM (224)
qemu-system-aarch64: warning: Number of hotpluggable cpus requested
(512) exceeds the recommended cpus supported by KVM (224)
on the guest: getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN returns 512
Then I have no clue about what can be expected of such overcommit config
and I have not further exercised the guest at the moment. But at least
it seems to boot properly. I also tested without overcommit and it seems
to behave as before (boot, migration).
I still need to look at the migration of > 256vcpu guest at qemu level.
Let us know if further tests are needed.
Thanks,
zenghui
