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[v4,1/2] kvm: support -overcommit cpu-pm=on|off

Message ID 20180622003140.164613-2-mst@redhat.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Michael S. Tsirkin June 22, 2018, 12:31 a.m. UTC
With this flag, kvm allows guest to control host CPU power state.  This
increases latency for other processes using same host CPU in an
unpredictable way, but if decreases idle entry/exit times for the
running VCPU, so to use it QEMU needs a hint about whether host CPU is
overcommitted, hence the flag name.

Follow-up patches will expose this capability to guest
(using mwait leaf).

Based on a patch by Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com> .

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
---
 include/sysemu/sysemu.h |  1 +
 target/i386/kvm.c       | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 vl.c                    | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 qemu-options.hx         | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 4 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Eduardo Habkost June 22, 2018, 6:22 p.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 03:31:48AM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> With this flag, kvm allows guest to control host CPU power state.  This
> increases latency for other processes using same host CPU in an
> unpredictable way, but if decreases idle entry/exit times for the
> running VCPU, so to use it QEMU needs a hint about whether host CPU is
> overcommitted, hence the flag name.

The flag name in the code below is still "-dedicated".

[...]
> +static QemuOptsList qemu_dedicated_opts = {
> +    .name = "dedicated",
[...]
> +            case QEMU_OPTION_dedicated:
> +                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("dedicated"),
> +                                               optarg, false);
[...]
> +DEF("dedicated", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_dedicated,
> +    "-dedicated [mem-lock=on|off][cpu-pm=on|off]\n"
> +    "                run qemu with realtime features\n"
> +    "                mem-lock=on|off controls memory lock support (default: off)\n"
> +    "                cpu-pm=on|off controls cpu power management (default: off)\n",
> +    QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
> +STEXI
> +@item -dedicated mem-lock=on|off
> +@item -dedicated cpu-pm=on|off
> +@findex -dedicated
> +Run qemu using dedicated host resources.
> +Locking qemu and guest memory can be enabled via @option{mem-lock=on}
> +(disabled by default). This is equivalent to @option{realtime}.
> +Guest ability to manage power state of host cpus (increasing latency for other
> +processes on the same host cpu, but decreasing latency for guest)
> +can be enabled via @option{cpu-pm=on} (disabled by default).
> +ETEXI
[...]
Eduardo Habkost June 22, 2018, 6:34 p.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 03:31:48AM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
[...]
> -                enable_mlock = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "mlock", true);
> +                /* Don't override the -dedicated option if set */
> +                enable_mlock = enable_mlock ||
> +                    qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "mlock", true);
> +                break;
> +            case QEMU_OPTION_dedicated:
> +                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("dedicated"),
> +                                               optarg, false);
> +                if (!opts) {
> +                    exit(1);
> +                }
> +                /* Don't override the -realtime option if set */
> +                enable_mlock = enable_mlock ||
> +                    qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "mem-lock", false);
> +                enable_cpu_pm = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "cpu-pm", false);

I would prefer to simply make the last option win, because it
would be more obvious.  But not a big deal if we are going to
deprecate -realtime.

BTW, are you going to send a qemu-doc.texi patch documenting
-realtime as deprecated?
Michael S. Tsirkin June 22, 2018, 6:42 p.m. UTC | #3
On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 03:22:36PM -0300, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 03:31:48AM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > With this flag, kvm allows guest to control host CPU power state.  This
> > increases latency for other processes using same host CPU in an
> > unpredictable way, but if decreases idle entry/exit times for the
> > running VCPU, so to use it QEMU needs a hint about whether host CPU is
> > overcommitted, hence the flag name.
> 
> The flag name in the code below is still "-dedicated".

Weird, somehow got the wrong patch sent.
Will repost the fixed one now

> [...]
> > +static QemuOptsList qemu_dedicated_opts = {
> > +    .name = "dedicated",
> [...]
> > +            case QEMU_OPTION_dedicated:
> > +                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("dedicated"),
> > +                                               optarg, false);
> [...]
> > +DEF("dedicated", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_dedicated,
> > +    "-dedicated [mem-lock=on|off][cpu-pm=on|off]\n"
> > +    "                run qemu with realtime features\n"
> > +    "                mem-lock=on|off controls memory lock support (default: off)\n"
> > +    "                cpu-pm=on|off controls cpu power management (default: off)\n",
> > +    QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
> > +STEXI
> > +@item -dedicated mem-lock=on|off
> > +@item -dedicated cpu-pm=on|off
> > +@findex -dedicated
> > +Run qemu using dedicated host resources.
> > +Locking qemu and guest memory can be enabled via @option{mem-lock=on}
> > +(disabled by default). This is equivalent to @option{realtime}.
> > +Guest ability to manage power state of host cpus (increasing latency for other
> > +processes on the same host cpu, but decreasing latency for guest)
> > +can be enabled via @option{cpu-pm=on} (disabled by default).
> > +ETEXI
> [...]
> 
> -- 
> Eduardo
Michael S. Tsirkin June 22, 2018, 7:10 p.m. UTC | #4
On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 03:34:48PM -0300, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 03:31:48AM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> [...]
> > -                enable_mlock = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "mlock", true);
> > +                /* Don't override the -dedicated option if set */
> > +                enable_mlock = enable_mlock ||
> > +                    qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "mlock", true);
> > +                break;
> > +            case QEMU_OPTION_dedicated:
> > +                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("dedicated"),
> > +                                               optarg, false);
> > +                if (!opts) {
> > +                    exit(1);
> > +                }
> > +                /* Don't override the -realtime option if set */
> > +                enable_mlock = enable_mlock ||
> > +                    qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "mem-lock", false);
> > +                enable_cpu_pm = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "cpu-pm", false);
> 
> I would prefer to simply make the last option win, because it
> would be more obvious.  But not a big deal if we are going to
> deprecate -realtime.
> 
> BTW, are you going to send a qemu-doc.texi patch documenting
> -realtime as deprecated?

Once this is merged, as a patch on top, I can do this, sure.

> -- 
> Eduardo
diff mbox

Patch

diff --git a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
index e893f72f3b..b921c6f3b7 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/sysemu.h
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@  extern bool boot_strict;
 extern uint8_t *boot_splash_filedata;
 extern size_t boot_splash_filedata_size;
 extern bool enable_mlock;
+extern bool enable_cpu_pm;
 extern uint8_t qemu_extra_params_fw[2];
 extern QEMUClockType rtc_clock;
 extern const char *mem_path;
diff --git a/target/i386/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm.c
index 44f70733e7..cf9107be4b 100644
--- a/target/i386/kvm.c
+++ b/target/i386/kvm.c
@@ -1357,6 +1357,29 @@  int kvm_arch_init(MachineState *ms, KVMState *s)
         smram_machine_done.notify = register_smram_listener;
         qemu_add_machine_init_done_notifier(&smram_machine_done);
     }
+
+    if (enable_cpu_pm) {
+        int disable_exits = kvm_check_extension(s, KVM_CAP_X86_DISABLE_EXITS);
+        int ret;
+
+/* Work around for kernel header with a typo. TODO: fix header and drop. */
+#if defined(KVM_X86_DISABLE_EXITS_HTL) && !defined(KVM_X86_DISABLE_EXITS_HLT)
+#define KVM_X86_DISABLE_EXITS_HLT KVM_X86_DISABLE_EXITS_HTL
+#endif
+        if (disable_exits) {
+            disable_exits &= (KVM_X86_DISABLE_EXITS_MWAIT |
+                              KVM_X86_DISABLE_EXITS_HLT |
+                              KVM_X86_DISABLE_EXITS_PAUSE);
+        }
+
+        ret = kvm_vm_enable_cap(s, KVM_CAP_X86_DISABLE_EXITS, 0,
+                                disable_exits);
+        if (ret < 0) {
+            error_report("kvm: guest stopping CPU not supported: %s",
+                         strerror(-ret));
+        }
+    }
+
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 06031715ac..d53a9abcde 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@  ram_addr_t ram_size;
 const char *mem_path = NULL;
 int mem_prealloc = 0; /* force preallocation of physical target memory */
 bool enable_mlock = false;
+bool enable_cpu_pm = false;
 int nb_nics;
 NICInfo nd_table[MAX_NICS];
 int autostart;
@@ -390,6 +391,22 @@  static QemuOptsList qemu_realtime_opts = {
     },
 };
 
+static QemuOptsList qemu_dedicated_opts = {
+    .name = "dedicated",
+    .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_dedicated_opts.head),
+    .desc = {
+        {
+            .name = "mem-lock",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },
+        {
+            .name = "cpu-pm",
+            .type = QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
+        },
+        { /* end of list */ }
+    },
+};
+
 static QemuOptsList qemu_msg_opts = {
     .name = "msg",
     .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_msg_opts.head),
@@ -3903,7 +3920,20 @@  int main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
                 if (!opts) {
                     exit(1);
                 }
-                enable_mlock = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "mlock", true);
+                /* Don't override the -dedicated option if set */
+                enable_mlock = enable_mlock ||
+                    qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "mlock", true);
+                break;
+            case QEMU_OPTION_dedicated:
+                opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("dedicated"),
+                                               optarg, false);
+                if (!opts) {
+                    exit(1);
+                }
+                /* Don't override the -realtime option if set */
+                enable_mlock = enable_mlock ||
+                    qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "mem-lock", false);
+                enable_cpu_pm = qemu_opt_get_bool(opts, "cpu-pm", false);
                 break;
             case QEMU_OPTION_msg:
                 opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(qemu_find_opts("msg"), optarg,
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index c0d3951e9f..ddedb7eb92 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -3337,6 +3337,24 @@  mlocking qemu and guest memory can be enabled via @option{mlock=on}
 (enabled by default).
 ETEXI
 
+DEF("dedicated", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_dedicated,
+    "-dedicated [mem-lock=on|off][cpu-pm=on|off]\n"
+    "                run qemu with realtime features\n"
+    "                mem-lock=on|off controls memory lock support (default: off)\n"
+    "                cpu-pm=on|off controls cpu power management (default: off)\n",
+    QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
+STEXI
+@item -dedicated mem-lock=on|off
+@item -dedicated cpu-pm=on|off
+@findex -dedicated
+Run qemu using dedicated host resources.
+Locking qemu and guest memory can be enabled via @option{mem-lock=on}
+(disabled by default). This is equivalent to @option{realtime}.
+Guest ability to manage power state of host cpus (increasing latency for other
+processes on the same host cpu, but decreasing latency for guest)
+can be enabled via @option{cpu-pm=on} (disabled by default).
+ETEXI
+
 DEF("gdb", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_gdb, \
     "-gdb dev        wait for gdb connection on 'dev'\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
 STEXI