[libvirt] [PATCH] virt-host-validate: improve tests for arm/aarch64

Riku Voipio riku.voipio at linaro.org
Fri Jun 3 12:53:58 UTC 2016


ARM/Aarch64 /proc/cpuinfo has no virtualization related flags.
Refactor the Qemu/KVM test a bit:

1) run the "for hardware virtualization" test only on plaforms with known
   cpuinfo flags (x86, s390)
2) test for /dev/kvm also on platforms where no cpu flags are set

Finally Add a more generic error hint message for non-x86 plaforms
when /dev/kvm is missing.

Signed-off-by: Riku Voipio <riku.voipio at linaro.org>
---
 tools/virt-host-validate-qemu.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/virt-host-validate-qemu.c b/tools/virt-host-validate-qemu.c
index 56ec3c7..520c8ed 100644
--- a/tools/virt-host-validate-qemu.c
+++ b/tools/virt-host-validate-qemu.c
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ int virHostValidateQEMU(void)
     virBitmapPtr flags;
     int ret = 0;
     bool hasHwVirt = false;
-
-    virHostMsgCheck("QEMU", "%s", _("for hardware virtualization"));
+    bool hasVirtFlag = false;
+    char *kvmhint = _("Check that CPU and firmware supports virtualization "
+                      "and kvm module is loaded");
 
     if (!(flags = virHostValidateGetCPUFlags()))
         return -1;
@@ -41,12 +42,16 @@ int virHostValidateQEMU(void)
     switch (virArchFromHost()) {
     case VIR_ARCH_I686:
     case VIR_ARCH_X86_64:
+        hasVirtFlag = true;
+        kvmhint =_("Check that the 'kvm-intel' or 'kvm-amd' modules are "
+                   "loaded & the BIOS has enabled virtualization");
         if (virBitmapIsBitSet(flags, VIR_HOST_VALIDATE_CPU_FLAG_SVM) ||
             virBitmapIsBitSet(flags, VIR_HOST_VALIDATE_CPU_FLAG_VMX))
             hasHwVirt = true;
         break;
     case VIR_ARCH_S390:
     case VIR_ARCH_S390X:
+        hasVirtFlag = true;
         if (virBitmapIsBitSet(flags, VIR_HOST_VALIDATE_CPU_FLAG_SIE))
             hasHwVirt = true;
         break;
@@ -54,21 +59,27 @@ int virHostValidateQEMU(void)
         hasHwVirt = false;
     }
 
-    if (hasHwVirt) {
-        virHostMsgPass();
+    if (hasVirtFlag) {
+        virHostMsgCheck("QEMU", "%s", _("for hardware virtualization"));
+        if (hasHwVirt)
+            virHostMsgPass();
+        else {
+            virHostMsgFail(VIR_HOST_VALIDATE_FAIL,
+                           _("Only emulated CPUs are available, performance will be significantly limited"));
+            ret = -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (hasHwVirt || !hasVirtFlag) {
         if (virHostValidateDeviceExists("QEMU", "/dev/kvm",
                                         VIR_HOST_VALIDATE_FAIL,
-                                        _("Check that the 'kvm-intel' or 'kvm-amd' modules are "
-                                          "loaded & the BIOS has enabled virtualization")) < 0)
+                                        kvmhint) <0)
             ret = -1;
         else if (virHostValidateDeviceAccessible("QEMU", "/dev/kvm",
                                                  VIR_HOST_VALIDATE_FAIL,
                                                  _("Check /dev/kvm is world writable or you are in "
                                                    "a group that is allowed to access it")) < 0)
             ret = -1;
-    } else {
-        virHostMsgFail(VIR_HOST_VALIDATE_WARN,
-                       _("Only emulated CPUs are available, performance will be significantly limited"));
     }
 
     virBitmapFree(flags);
-- 
2.1.4




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