Re: kvm-hint-dedicated requires host CPU passthrough?
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On Thu, 21 May 2020 16:14:34 +0100
Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha(a)redhat.com> wrote:
On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 07:23:32PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 20/05/20 19:13, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> > Hi,
> > libvirt refuses to set KVM_HINTS_DEDICATED when the CPU model is not
> > host-passthrough.
> >
> > Is there a reason for this limitation?
> >
> > My understanding is that KVM_HINTS_DEDICATED means the vCPU is pinned to
> > a host CPU that is not shared with other tasks. Any KVM vCPU should be
> > able to support this feature, regardless of whether host-passthrough is
> > used or not.
>
> Perhaps it's because KVM_HINTS_DEDICATED enables mwait passthrough, and
> the details of mwait vary per CPU model?
KVM_HINTS_DEDICATED (now known as KVM_HINTS_REALTIME) is also used by
cpuidle-haltpoll. In that case we don't care about mwait.
CPU passthrough can prevent live migration, so I think we should relax
this check, if possible.
I agree, the check for <cpu mode='host-passthrough'/> should be relaxed.
Wim: Can you let us know what the original intention of checking for
cpu-passthrough was?
From our, my proposed, point of view it was. But that seems silly
indeed.
Rgds,
- Wim10H.
Thanks,
Stefan