> 
> On 12/09/2017 03:41, Gonglei (Arei) wrote:
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Eduardo Habkost [mailto:ehabk...@redhat.com]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 2:38 AM
> >> To: Gonglei (Arei)
> >> Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org; m...@redhat.com; pbonz...@redhat.com;
> >> r...@twiddle.net; mtosa...@redhat.com; vroze...@redhat.com;
> >> Huangweidong (C)
> >> Subject: Re: [PATCH] i386/cpu/hyperv: support over 64 vcpus for windows
> >> guests
> >>
> >> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 11:20:27PM +0800, Gonglei wrote:
> >>> Starting with Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8, if
> >>> CPUID.40000005.EAX contains a value of -1, Windows assumes specific
> >>> limit to the number of VPs. In this case, Windows Server 2012
> >>> guest VMs may use more than 64 VPs, up to the maximum supported
> >>> number of processors applicable to the specific Windows
> >>> version being used.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/referenc
> >> e/tlfs
> >>>
> >>> For compatibility, Let's introduce a new property for X86CPU,
> >>> named "x-hv-max-vps" as Eduardo's suggestion, and set it
> >>> to 0x40 before machine 2.10.
> >>>
> >>> (The "x-" prefix indicates that the property is not supposed to
> >>> be a stable user interface.)
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Gonglei <arei.gong...@huawei.com>
> >>> ---
> >>>  include/hw/i386/pc.h |  5 +++++
> >>>  target/i386/cpu.c    |  1 +
> >>>  target/i386/cpu.h    |  2 ++
> >>>  target/i386/kvm.c    | 15 ++++++++++++++-
> >>>  4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
> >>> index 8226904..087d184 100644
> >>> --- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
> >>> +++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
> >>> @@ -371,6 +371,11 @@ bool e820_get_entry(int, uint32_t, uint64_t *,
> >> uint64_t *);
> >>>
> >>>  #define PC_COMPAT_2_10 \
> >>>      HW_COMPAT_2_10 \
> >>> +    {\
> >>> +        .driver   = TYPE_X86_CPU,\
> >>> +        .property = "x-hv-max-vps",\
> >>> +        .value    = "0x40",\
> >>> +    },
> >>>
> >>>  #define PC_COMPAT_2_9 \
> >>>      HW_COMPAT_2_9 \
> >>> diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
> >>> index 69676e1..2702485 100644
> >>> --- a/target/i386/cpu.c
> >>> +++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
> >>> @@ -4145,6 +4145,7 @@ static Property x86_cpu_properties[] = {
> >>>                       false),
> >>>      DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("vmware-cpuid-freq", X86CPU,
> >> vmware_cpuid_freq, true),
> >>>      DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("tcg-cpuid", X86CPU, expose_tcg, true),
> >>> +    DEFINE_PROP_INT32("x-hv-max-vps", X86CPU, hv_max_vps, -1),
> >>>      DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST()
> >>>  };
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.h b/target/i386/cpu.h
> >>> index 525d35d..5c726f3 100644
> >>> --- a/target/i386/cpu.h
> >>> +++ b/target/i386/cpu.h
> >>> @@ -1282,6 +1282,8 @@ struct X86CPU {
> >>>      int32_t socket_id;
> >>>      int32_t core_id;
> >>>      int32_t thread_id;
> >>> +
> >>> +    int32_t hv_max_vps;
> >>>  };
> >>>
> >>>  static inline X86CPU *x86_env_get_cpu(CPUX86State *env)
> >>> diff --git a/target/i386/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm.c
> >>> index 6db7783..a898bef 100644
> >>> --- a/target/i386/kvm.c
> >>> +++ b/target/i386/kvm.c
> >>> @@ -751,7 +751,20 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vcpu(CPUState *cs)
> >>>
> >>>          c = &cpuid_data.entries[cpuid_i++];
> >>>          c->function = HYPERV_CPUID_IMPLEMENT_LIMITS;
> >>> -        c->eax = 0x40;
> >>> +
> >>> +        /*
> >>> +         * From "Requirements for Implementing the Microsoft
> >>> +         * Hypervisor Interface":
> >>> +         *
> >>
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/referenc
> >> e/tlfs
> >>> +         *
> >>> +         * "Starting with Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8, if
> >>> +         * CPUID.40000005.EAX contains a value of -1, Windows
> assumes
> >>> +         * specific limit to the number of VPs. In this case, Windows
> >>> +         * Server 2012 guest VMs may use more than 64 VPs, up to the
> >>> +         * maximum supported number of processors applicable to the
> >>> +         * specific Windows version being used."
> >>> +         */
> >>
> >> I would place this comment above the DEFINE_PROP_INT32
> >> declaration, as its purpose is to explain the -1 default.
> >>
> > Fine, do I need to send v2? Or you adjust it directly?
> 
> Done, also changing the sentence to "Windows assumes that the hypervisor
> imposes no specific limit to the number of VPs" as in the Microsoft
> document.
> 
> Paolo
> 
Nice, thanks!

Regards,
-Gonglei

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