Sorry to add my libvirt and qemu version.

Libvirt version: 2.4.0
QEMU version: 2.3.0


Thanks,
Weiwei Jia

On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Weiwei Jia <harryn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I cannot add iothreads
> (https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#elementsIOThreadsAllocation) in
> the libvirt xml configuration file. Once I add
> "<iothreads>4</iothreads>" and other related config for IOthreads into
> the libvirt xml configuration file with virsh command and save it,
> these iothreads related configuration will disappear after I open
> libvirt xml configuration file again for double-check.
>
> The current libvirt xml configuration file is like following.
>
> # virsh dumpxml kvm1
> <domain type='kvm'>
>   <name>kvm1</name>
>   <uuid>20811918-9057-4496-aa03-0fe9d1bcaf78</uuid>
>   <memory unit='KiB'>8194304</memory>
>   <currentMemory unit='KiB'>8194304</currentMemory>
>   <vcpu placement='static'>6</vcpu>
>   <cputune>
>     <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='0'/>
>     <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='1'/>
>     <vcpupin vcpu='2' cpuset='2'/>
>     <vcpupin vcpu='3' cpuset='3'/>
>     <vcpupin vcpu='4' cpuset='4'/>
>     <vcpupin vcpu='5' cpuset='5'/>
>     <emulatorpin cpuset='12-15'/>
>   </cputune>
>   <resource>
>     <partition>/machine</partition>
>   </resource>
>   <os>
>     <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-2.0'>hvm</type>
>     <boot dev='hd'/>
>   </os>
>   <features>
>     <acpi/>
>     <apic/>
>     <pae/>
>   </features>
>   <clock offset='utc'/>
>   <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
>   <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
>   <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
>   <devices>
>     <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm-spice</emulator>
>     <disk type='file' device='disk'>
>       <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' io='native'/>
>       <source file='/var/lib/libvirt/images/kvm1.img'/>
>       <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06'
> function='0x0'/>
>     </disk>
>     <disk type='block' device='cdrom'>
>       <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
>       <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
>       <readonly/>
>       <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/>
>     </disk>
>     <controller type='usb' index='0'>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01'
> function='0x2'/>
>     </controller>
>     <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'/>
>     <controller type='scsi' index='0'>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04'
> function='0x0'/>
>     </controller>
>     <controller type='ide' index='0'>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01'
> function='0x1'/>
>     </controller>
>     <interface type='network'>
>       <mac address='52:54:00:a7:67:eb'/>
>       <source network='default'/>
>       <model type='virtio'/>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03'
> function='0x0'/>
>     </interface>
>     <serial type='pty'>
>       <target port='0'/>
>     </serial>
>     <console type='pty'>
>       <target type='serial' port='0'/>
>     </console>
>     <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
>     <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
>     <graphics type='vnc' port='-1' autoport='yes' listen='127.0.0.1'>
>       <listen type='address' address='127.0.0.1'/>
>     </graphics>
>     <video>
>       <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02'
> function='0x0'/>
>     </video>
>     <memballoon model='virtio'>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05'
> function='0x0'/>
>     </memballoon>
>   </devices>
>   <seclabel type='none'/>
> </domain>
>
>
>
>
>
> I want to config above xml file to be like following but once I save
> it, the iothreads related configuration will disappear (like above)
> after I re-open the libvirt xml for double-check.
>
> <domain  type='kvm' id='1'
> xmlns:qemu='http://libvirt.org/schemas/domain/qemu/1.0'>
>   <name>kvm1</name>
>   <memory unit='KiB'>8194304</memory>
>   <currentMemory unit='KiB'>8194304</currentMemory>
>   <vcpu placement='static'>6</vcpu>
>   <iothreads>4</iothreads>
>   <iothreadids>
>  <iothread id="2"/>
>  <iothread id="4"/>
>  <iothread id="6"/>
>  <iothread id="8"/>
>   </iothreadids>
>   <cputune>
>     <vcpupin vcpu='0' cpuset='0'/>
>     <vcpupin vcpu='1' cpuset='1'/>
>     <vcpupin vcpu='2' cpuset='2'/>
>     <vcpupin vcpu='3' cpuset='3'/>
>     <vcpupin vcpu='4' cpuset='4'/>
>     <vcpupin vcpu='5' cpuset='5'/>
> <emulatorpin cpuset="12-15"/>
> <iothreadpin iothread="2" cpuset="7"/>
> <iothreadpin iothread="4" cpuset="8"/>
> <iothreadpin iothread="6" cpuset="9"/>
> <iothreadpin iothread="8" cpuset="10"/>
>   </cputune>
>   <resource>
>     <partition>/machine</partition>
>   </resource>
>   <os>
>     <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-2.0'>hvm</type>
>     <boot dev='hd'/>
>   </os>
>   <features>
>     <acpi/>
>     <apic/>
>     <pae/>
>   </features>
>   <clock offset='utc'/>
>   <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
>   <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
>   <on_crash>restart</on_crash>
>   <devices>
>     <emulator>/usr/bin/kvm-spice</emulator>
>     <disk type='file' device='disk'>
>       <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none' io='native' iothread='2-8'/>
>  <source file='/home/wj47/ssd1/kvm1.img'/>
>       <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
>       <alias name='virtio-disk0'/>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x06'
> function='0x0'/>
>     </disk>
>     <disk type='block' device='cdrom'>
>       <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
>       <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
>       <readonly/>
>       <alias name='ide0-1-0'/>
>       <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='1' target='0' unit='0'/>
>     </disk>
>     <controller type='usb' index='0'>
>       <alias name='usb0'/>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01'
> function='0x2'/>
>     </controller>
>     <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pci-root'>
>       <alias name='pci.0'/>
>     </controller>
>     <controller type='scsi' index='0'>
>       <alias name='scsi0'/>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x04'
> function='0x0'/>
>     </controller>
>     <controller type='ide' index='0'>
>       <alias name='ide0'/>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01'
> function='0x1'/>
>     </controller>
>     <interface type='network'>
>       <source network='default'/>
>       <target dev='vnet0'/>
>       <model type='virtio'/>
>       <alias name='net0'/>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x03'
> function='0x0'/>
>     </interface>
>     <serial type='pty'>
>       <source path='/dev/pts/11'/>
>       <target port='0'/>
>       <alias name='serial0'/>
>     </serial>
>     <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/11'>
>       <source path='/dev/pts/11'/>
>       <target type='serial' port='0'/>
>       <alias name='serial0'/>
>     </console>
>     <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
>     <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'/>
>     <graphics type='vnc' port='5900' autoport='yes' listen='127.0.0.1'>
>       <listen type='address' address='127.0.0.1'/>
>     </graphics>
>     <video>
>       <model type='cirrus' vram='9216' heads='1'/>
>       <alias name='video0'/>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02'
> function='0x0'/>
>     </video>
>     <memballoon model='virtio'>
>       <alias name='balloon0'/>
>       <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x05'
> function='0x0'/>
>     </memballoon>
>   </devices>
>   <seclabel type='none'/>
> </domain>
>
>
>
>
>
> Another concern is like this: can I config 4 dedicated IOthreads for
> one drive. Just like above, I want to start 4 IOthreads for
> virtio-disk0. If true, is my config like above correct? Thank you.
>
> Best,
> Weiwei Jia

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