[libvirt] [PATCH 2/3] qemu: add hypervisor feature cpu-pm support for kvm

Ján Tomko jtomko at redhat.com
Wed Aug 21 16:12:58 UTC 2019


On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 10:32:25AM +0200, Menno Lageman wrote:
>From: Wim ten Have <wim.ten.have at oracle.com>
>
>QEMU introduced a CPU power management feature with commit 6f131f13e68d
>("kvm: support -overcommit cpu-pm=on|off").
>
>This patch series adds support for controlling QEMU's "-overcommit"
>command line switch: "-overcommit cpu-pm=[on|off]". By default "cpu-pm" is off.
>
>To turn the CPU power management feature on, the following
>XML needs to be added to the guest's domain description:
>
>  <features>
>    <kvm>
>      <cpu-pm state='on'/>
>    </kvm>
>  </features>
>
>Note that the "cpu-pm" element is only available if the CPU
>mode is set to "host-passthrough":
>
>  <cpu mode='host-passthrough ... />
>
>Signed-off-by: Wim ten Have <wim.ten.have at oracle.com>
>Signed-off-by: Menno Lageman <menno.lageman at oracle.com>
>---
> docs/formatdomain.html.in     |  7 +++++++
> docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng |  5 +++++
> src/conf/domain_conf.c        |  4 ++++
> src/conf/domain_conf.h        |  1 +
> src/libvirt_private.syms      |  1 +
> src/qemu/qemu_command.c       | 16 +++++++++++++++-
> src/qemu/qemu_domain.c        | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
> 7 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
>index a18119f9a08e..7ea819ef6fb2 100644
>--- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
>+++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
>@@ -2045,6 +2045,7 @@
>   <kvm>
>     <hidden state='on'/>
>     <hint-dedicated state='on'/>
>+    <cpu-pm state='on'/>
>   </kvm>
>   <pvspinlock state='on'/>
>   <gic version='2'/>
>@@ -2224,6 +2225,12 @@
>           <td>on, off</td>
>           <td><span class="since">5.7.0 (QEMU 2.12.1)</span></td>
>         </tr>

Hmm, seems we did not bother to document hint-dedicated

>+        <tr>
>+          <td>cpu-pm</td>
>+          <td>Enable guest management of the host CPU's power state.  Note that enabling this will increase latency for other processes running on the same host CPU.</td>
>+          <td>on, off</td>
>+          <td><span class="since">5.7.0 (QEMU 2.12.1)</span></td>
>+        </tr>
>       </table>
>       </dd>
>       <dt><code>pmu</code></dt>
>diff --git a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
>index 08853f9d9e92..51c9e434aa35 100644
>--- a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
>+++ b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
>@@ -5970,6 +5970,11 @@
>             <ref name="featurestate"/>
>           </element>
>         </optional>
>+        <optional>
>+          <element name="cpu-pm">
>+            <ref name="featurestate"/>
>+          </element>
>+        </optional>
>       </interleave>
>     </element>
>   </define>
>diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
>index 8642927d6bf3..e348aa0bcb5f 100644
>--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
>+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
>@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainKVM,
>               VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_LAST,
>               "hidden",
>               "hint-dedicated",
>+              "cpu-pm",
> );
>
> VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virDomainMsrsUnknown,
>@@ -20412,6 +20413,7 @@ virDomainDefParseXML(xmlDocPtr xml,
>             switch ((virDomainKVM) feature) {
>                 case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_HIDDEN:
>                 case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_DEDICATED:
>+                case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_CPU_PM:
>                     if (!(tmp = virXMLPropString(nodes[i], "state"))) {
>                         virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR,
>                                        _("missing 'state' attribute for "
>@@ -22625,6 +22627,7 @@ virDomainDefFeaturesCheckABIStability(virDomainDefPtr src,
>             switch ((virDomainKVM) i) {
>             case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_HIDDEN:
>             case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_DEDICATED:
>+            case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_CPU_PM:
>                 if (src->kvm_features[i] != dst->kvm_features[i]) {
>                     virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
>                                    _("State of KVM feature '%s' differs: "
>@@ -28126,6 +28129,7 @@ virDomainDefFormatFeatures(virBufferPtr buf,
>                 switch ((virDomainKVM) j) {
>                 case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_HIDDEN:
>                 case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_DEDICATED:
>+                case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_CPU_PM:
>                     if (def->kvm_features[j])
>                         virBufferAsprintf(&childBuf, "<%s state='%s'/>\n",
>                                           virDomainKVMTypeToString(j),
>diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
>index f7423b1b6f89..b5a4cee46c1e 100644
>--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
>+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
>@@ -1766,6 +1766,7 @@ typedef enum {
> typedef enum {
>     VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_HIDDEN = 0,
>     VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_DEDICATED,
>+    VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_CPU_PM,
>
>     VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_LAST
> } virDomainKVM;
>diff --git a/src/libvirt_private.syms b/src/libvirt_private.syms
>index 9db4ac7933e5..67a3a14c9b36 100644
>--- a/src/libvirt_private.syms
>+++ b/src/libvirt_private.syms
>@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ virDomainIOThreadIDDel;
> virDomainIOThreadIDFind;
> virDomainKeyWrapCipherNameTypeFromString;
> virDomainKeyWrapCipherNameTypeToString;
>+virDomainKVMTypeToString;
> virDomainLeaseDefFree;
> virDomainLeaseIndex;
> virDomainLeaseInsert;
>diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
>index 922456ec679e..163c98bc7d0f 100644
>--- a/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
>+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_command.c
>@@ -7217,6 +7217,8 @@ qemuBuildCpuCommandLine(virCommandPtr cmd,
>                     virBufferAddLit(&buf, ",kvm-hint-dedicated=on");
>                 break;
>
>+            /* Not a -cpu option */
>+            case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_CPU_PM:
>             /* coverity[dead_error_begin] */
>             case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_LAST:
>                 break;
>@@ -7852,8 +7854,20 @@ qemuBuildOvercommitCommandLine(virCommandPtr cmd,
>                                virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
> {
>     if (virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_OVERCOMMIT)) {
>+        virBuffer buf = VIR_BUFFER_INITIALIZER;
>+        char *overcommit;
>+
>+        virBufferAsprintf(&buf, "mem-lock=%s", def->mem.locked ? "on" : "off");
>+
>+        if (def->features[VIR_DOMAIN_FEATURE_KVM] == VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ON)
>+            virBufferAsprintf(&buf, ",cpu-pm=%s",
>+                              def->kvm_features[VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_CPU_PM] == VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ON ? "on" : "off");

const char *cpu_pm = NULL;

if (def->kvm_features[VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_CPU_PM] != VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_DEFAULT)
    cpu_pm = virTristateBoolTypeToString(def->kvm_features[VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_CPU_PM])

if (cpu_pm)
    virBufferAsprintf...

to avoid the super long line.

>+
>+        overcommit = virBufferContentAndReset(&buf);
>         virCommandAddArg(cmd, "-overcommit");
>-        virCommandAddArgFormat(cmd, "mem-lock=%s", def->mem.locked ? "on" : "off");
>+        virCommandAddArgFormat(cmd, "%s", overcommit);

You can use virCommandAddArgBuffer and avoid the temporary char*
variable

>+
>+        VIR_FREE(overcommit);
>     }
>     return 0;
> }
>diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
>index a06672333cf7..5571f52fec47 100644
>--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
>+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
>@@ -4442,7 +4442,7 @@ static int
> qemuDomainDefValidateFeatures(const virDomainDef *def,
>                               virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps)
> {
>-    size_t i;
>+    size_t i, j;
>
>     for (i = 0; i < VIR_DOMAIN_FEATURE_LAST; i++) {
>         const char *featureName = virDomainFeatureTypeToString(i);
>@@ -4499,12 +4499,23 @@ qemuDomainDefValidateFeatures(const virDomainDef *def,
>             break;
>
>         case VIR_DOMAIN_FEATURE_KVM:
>-            if (def->kvm_features[VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_DEDICATED] == VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ON &&
>-                (!def->cpu || def->cpu->mode != VIR_CPU_MODE_HOST_PASSTHROUGH)) {
>-                virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED, "%s",
>-                               _("kvm-hint-dedicated=on is only applicable "
>-                                 "for cpu host-passthrough"));
>-                return -1;
>+            for (j = 0; j < VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_LAST; j++) {
>+                switch ((virDomainKVM) j) {
>+                case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_DEDICATED:
>+                case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_CPU_PM:
>+                    if (def->kvm_features[j] == VIR_TRISTATE_SWITCH_ON &&
>+                        (!def->cpu || def->cpu->mode != VIR_CPU_MODE_HOST_PASSTHROUGH)) {
>+                        virReportError(VIR_ERR_CONFIG_UNSUPPORTED,
>+                                       _("%s=on is only applicable for cpu host-passthrough"),
>+                                       virDomainKVMTypeToString(j));
>+                        return -1;
>+                    }

What if the user asks for cpu-pm but QEMU_CAPS_OVERCOMMIT is not
available?

Jano

>+                    break;
>+
>+                case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_HIDDEN:
>+                case VIR_DOMAIN_KVM_LAST:
>+                    break;
>+                }
>             }
>             break;
>
>-- 
>2.21.0
>
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