On 28/06/2017 21:52, Graham Neville wrote:
> Although not related to graphics card performance, there is definitely
> another issue with regards to running KVM nested L2 guests when npt=1.
> 
> Thought I'd mention this in case it helps with identifying performance
> issues with NPT.
> 
> I'm unable to start any L2 guests with KVM acceleration (--enable-kvm).
> As soon as it attempts to bring up the L2 guest the L1 host crashes, L0
> host remains online. Nothing is printed in either L1 or L0's dmesg.
> 
> My L0 is running Arch with 4.11.0-rc6, with qemu 2.8.0. I've tried
> different L1 hosts (Ubuntu,Arch) and different kernels right to 4.12-rc5
> kernel, along with different qemu versions.
> 
> This used to work fine with my Intel i7-4770s setup.
> 
> With npt=0, L2 guests can start but performance is dier.

Nested AMD needs some care.  It's known, but time has been lacking...

Paolo
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