We currently enable KVM by default, and when it's not available, we
print a message and fall back to TCG. Option -enable-kvm is ignored.
Option -no-kvm suppresses KVM.
Upstream works differently: KVM is off by default, -enable-kvm
switches it on. -enable-kvm terminates the process unsuccessfully if
KVM is not available.
upstream qemu | default |-enable-kvm
----------------+-----------+-----------
KVM available | disabled | enabled
KVM unavailable | disabled | fail
qemu-kvm | default |-enable-kvm
----------------+-----------+-----------
KVM available | enabled* | enabled
KVM unavailable | disabled | disabled*
* differs from upstream
Users of qemu and qemu-kvm need to be aware of these differences to
enable / disable use of KVM reliably. This is bothersome.
Consider -enable-kvm when KVM is unavailable: If the user expects
qemu-kvm behavior (fall back), but qemu fails, he'll likely be
surprised and unhappy. If the user expects upstream behavior (fail),
but qemu-kvm falls back to TCG, the guest runs slow as molasses, and
the user will likely be confused and unhappy (unless he spots and
understands the "disable KVM" message).
Switch to upstream semantics: KVM off by default, -enable-kvm switches
it on, and when it can't, it's fatal.
Having to enable KVM explicitly is annoying, but the proper place to
address that is upstream.
Signed-off-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
vl.c | 10 +---------
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index e3c8919..87e88c2 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static void *boot_set_opaque;
static NotifierList exit_notifiers =
NOTIFIER_LIST_INITIALIZER(exit_notifiers);
-int kvm_allowed = 1;
+int kvm_allowed = 0;
uint32_t xen_domid;
enum xen_mode xen_mode = XEN_EMULATE;
@@ -2436,10 +2436,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
case QEMU_OPTION_smbios:
do_smbios_option(optarg);
break;
-#ifdef OBSOLETE_KVM_IMPL
case QEMU_OPTION_enable_kvm:
kvm_allowed = 1;
-#endif
break;
case QEMU_OPTION_no_kvm:
kvm_allowed = 0;
@@ -2789,18 +2787,12 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
if (kvm_allowed) {
int ret = kvm_init(smp_cpus);
if (ret < 0) {
-#if defined(OBSOLETE_KVM_IMPL) || defined(CONFIG_NO_CPU_EMULATION)
if (!kvm_available()) {
printf("KVM not supported for this target\n");
} else {
fprintf(stderr, "failed to initialize KVM: %s\n", strerror(-ret));
}
exit(1);
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_KVM
- fprintf(stderr, "Could not initialize KVM, will disable KVM support\n");
- kvm_allowed = 0;
-#endif
}
}
--
1.7.2.3
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