[libvirt] [PATCH 2/2] capabilities: Add total number of cores and threads to the XML

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 03:45:24PM +0100, Peter Krempa wrote:
> Management applications may want to limit the maximum number of vCPUs
> the guest has assigned based on the number of physical cores in the
> system (excluding threads) for performance reasons.
> 
> This patch adds output of the total number of cores and total number of
> threads present in the system as this information couldn't be reliably
> determined in all cases by the data provided by libvirt.
> 
> The new output looks like this on a system with HyperThreading:
> <capabilities>
>   <host>
>     <cpu>
>       <arch>x86_64</arch>
>       <model>SandyBridge</model>
>       <vendor>Intel</vendor>
>       <topology sockets='1' cores='2' threads='2' totalcores='2' totalthreads='4'/>

NACK, we should not be adding this data here - it is duplicating info
better provide in the NUMA <topology> hierarchy. Please explain why
this is not already sufficient ?

Regards,
Daniel
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