KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Allow userspace to set the desired SMT mode
This allows userspace to set the desired virtual SMT (simultaneous
multithreading) mode for a VM, that is, the number of VCPUs that
get assigned to each virtual core. Previously, the virtual SMT mode
was fixed to the number of threads per subcore, and if userspace
wanted to have fewer vcpus per vcore, then it would achieve that by
using a sparse CPU numbering. This had the disadvantage that the
vcpu numbers can get quite large, particularly for SMT1 guests on
a POWER8 with 8 threads per core. With this patch, userspace can
set its desired virtual SMT mode and then use contiguous vcpu
numbering.
On POWER8, where the threading mode is "strict", the virtual SMT mode
must be less than or equal to the number of threads per subcore. On
POWER9, which implements a "loose" threading mode, the virtual SMT
mode can be any power of 2 between 1 and 8, even though there is
effectively one thread per subcore, since the threads are independent
and can all be in different partitions.
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index aaf166e..2b4484d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -1628,7 +1628,7 @@ static struct kvmppc_vcore *kvmppc_vcore_create(struct kvm *kvm, int core)
init_swait_queue_head(&vcore->wq);
vcore->preempt_tb = TB_NIL;
vcore->lpcr = kvm->arch.lpcr;
- vcore->first_vcpuid = core * threads_per_vcore();
+ vcore->first_vcpuid = core * kvm->arch.smt_mode;
vcore->kvm = kvm;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vcore->preempt_list);
@@ -1787,14 +1787,10 @@ static struct kvm_vcpu *kvmppc_core_vcpu_create_hv(struct kvm *kvm,
unsigned int id)
{
struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
- int err = -EINVAL;
+ int err;
int core;
struct kvmppc_vcore *vcore;
- core = id / threads_per_vcore();
- if (core >= KVM_MAX_VCORES)
- goto out;
-
err = -ENOMEM;
vcpu = kmem_cache_zalloc(kvm_vcpu_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!vcpu)
@@ -1842,11 +1838,17 @@ static struct kvm_vcpu *kvmppc_core_vcpu_create_hv(struct kvm *kvm,
init_waitqueue_head(&vcpu->arch.cpu_run);
mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
- vcore = kvm->arch.vcores[core];
- if (!vcore) {
- vcore = kvmppc_vcore_create(kvm, core);
- kvm->arch.vcores[core] = vcore;
- kvm->arch.online_vcores++;
+ vcore = NULL;
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ core = id / kvm->arch.smt_mode;
+ if (core < KVM_MAX_VCORES) {
+ vcore = kvm->arch.vcores[core];
+ if (!vcore) {
+ err = -ENOMEM;
+ vcore = kvmppc_vcore_create(kvm, core);
+ kvm->arch.vcores[core] = vcore;
+ kvm->arch.online_vcores++;
+ }
}
mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
@@ -1874,6 +1876,40 @@ static struct kvm_vcpu *kvmppc_core_vcpu_create_hv(struct kvm *kvm,
return ERR_PTR(err);
}
+static int kvmhv_set_smt_mode(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long smt_mode,
+ unsigned long flags)
+{
+ int err;
+
+ if (flags)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (smt_mode > MAX_SMT_THREADS || !is_power_of_2(smt_mode))
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_300)) {
+ /*
+ * On POWER8 (or POWER7), the threading mode is "strict",
+ * so we pack smt_mode vcpus per vcore.
+ */
+ if (smt_mode > threads_per_subcore)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * On POWER9, the threading mode is "loose",
+ * so each vcpu gets its own vcore.
+ */
+ smt_mode = 1;
+ }
+ mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
+ err = -EBUSY;
+ if (!kvm->arch.online_vcores) {
+ kvm->arch.smt_mode = smt_mode;
+ err = 0;
+ }
+ mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
+
+ return err;
+}
+
static void unpin_vpa(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvmppc_vpa *vpa)
{
if (vpa->pinned_addr)
@@ -3554,6 +3590,18 @@ static int kvmppc_core_init_vm_hv(struct kvm *kvm)
kvm_hv_vm_activated();
/*
+ * Initialize smt_mode depending on processor.
+ * POWER8 and earlier have to use "strict" threading, where
+ * all vCPUs in a vcore have to run on the same (sub)core,
+ * whereas on POWER9 the threads can each run a different
+ * guest.
+ */
+ if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_300))
+ kvm->arch.smt_mode = threads_per_subcore;
+ else
+ kvm->arch.smt_mode = 1;
+
+ /*
* Create a debugfs directory for the VM
*/
snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "vm%d", current->pid);
@@ -3982,6 +4030,7 @@ static struct kvmppc_ops kvm_ops_hv = {
#endif
.configure_mmu = kvmhv_configure_mmu,
.get_rmmu_info = kvmhv_get_rmmu_info,
+ .set_smt_mode = kvmhv_set_smt_mode,
};
static int kvm_init_subcore_bitmap(void)
