[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 0/9] i386: Enable TOPOEXT to support hyperthreading on AMD CPU

Babu Moger posted 9 patches 5 years, 11 months ago
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include/hw/i386/pc.h |   4 +
target/i386/cpu.c    | 736 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
target/i386/cpu.h    |  66 +++++
target/i386/kvm.c    |  29 +-
4 files changed, 702 insertions(+), 133 deletions(-)
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v6 0/9] i386: Enable TOPOEXT to support hyperthreading on AMD CPU
Posted by Babu Moger 5 years, 11 months ago
This series enables the TOPOEXT feature for AMD CPUs. This is required to
support hyperthreading on kvm guests.

This addresses the issues reported in these bugs:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1481253
https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1703506 

v6:
1.Fixed problem with patch#4(Add new property to control cache info). The parameter
 legacy_cache should be "on" by default on machine type "pc-q35-2.10". This was
 found by Alexandr Iarygin.
2.Fixed the l3 cache size for EPYC based machines(patch#3). Also, fixed the number of
 logical processors sharing the cache(patch#6). Only L3 cache is shared by multiple
 cores but not L1 or L2. This was a bug while decoding. This was found by Geoffrey McRae
 and he verified the fix. 

v5:
 In this series I tried to address the feedback from Eduardo Habkost.
 The discussion thread is here.
 https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10299745/
 The previous thread is here.
 http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/cover/884885/

Reason for these changes.
 The cache properties for AMD family of processors have changed from
 previous releases. We don't want to display the new information on the
 old family of processors as this might cause compatibility issues.

Changes:
1.Based the patches on top of Eduardo's(patch#1) patch.
  Changed few things.
  Moved the Cache definitions to cpu.h file.
  Changed the CPUID_4 names to generic names.
2.Added a new propery "legacy-cache" in cpu object(patch#2). This can be
  used to display the old property even if the host supports the new cache
  properties.
3.Added cache information in X86CPUDefinition and CPUX86State
4.Patch 6-7 changed quite a bit from previous version does to new approach.
5.Addressed few issues with CPUID_8000_001d and CPUID_8000_001E.

v4:
1.Removed the checks under cpuid 0x8000001D leaf(patch #2). These check are
  not necessary. Found this during internal review.
2.Added CPUID_EXT3_TOPOEXT feature for all the 17 family(patch #4). This was
  found by Kash Pande during his testing.
3.Removed th hardcoded cpuid xlevel and dynamically extended if CPUID_EXT3_TOPOEXT
  is supported(Suggested by Brijesh Singh). 

v3:
1.Removed the patch #1. Radim mentioned that original typo problem is in 
  linux kernel header. qemu is just copying those files.
2.In previous version, I used the cpuid 4 definitions for AMDs cpuid leaf
  0x8000001D. CPUID 4 is very intel specific and we dont want to expose those
  details under AMD. I have renamed some of these definitions as generic.
  These changes are in patch#1. Radim, let me know if this is what you intended.
3.Added assert to for core_id(Suggested by Radim Krčmář).
4.Changed the if condition under "L3 cache info"(Suggested by Gary Hook).
5.Addressed few more text correction and code cleanup(Suggested by Thomas Lendacky).

v2:
  Fixed few more minor issues per Gary Hook's comments. Thank you Gary.
  Removed the patch#1. We need to handle the instruction cache associativity 
  seperately. It varies based on the cpu family. I will comeback to that later.
  Added two more typo corrections in patch#1 and patch#5.

v1:
  Stanislav Lanci posted few patches earlier. 
  https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10040903/

Rebased his patches with few changes.
1.Spit the patches into two, separating cpuid functions 
  0x8000001D and 0x8000001E (Patch 2 and 3).
2.Removed the generic non-intel check and made a separate patch
  with some changes(Patch 5).
3.Fixed L3_N_SETS_AMD(from 4096 to 8192) based on CPUID_Fn8000001D_ECX_x03.

Added 2 more patches.
Patch 1. Fixes cache associativity.
Patch 4. Adds TOPOEXT feature on AMD EPYC CPU.


Babu Moger (8):
  i386: Add cache information in X86CPUDefinition
  i386: Initialize cache information for EPYC family processors
  i386: Add new property to control cache info
  i386: Use the statically loaded cache definitions
  i386: Populate AMD Processor Cache Information for cpuid 0x8000001D
  i386: Add support for CPUID_8000_001E for AMD
  i386: Enable TOPOEXT feature on AMD EPYC CPU
  i386: Remove generic SMT thread check

Eduardo Habkost (1):
  i386: Helpers to encode cache information consistently

 include/hw/i386/pc.h |   4 +
 target/i386/cpu.c    | 736 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 target/i386/cpu.h    |  66 +++++
 target/i386/kvm.c    |  29 +-
 4 files changed, 702 insertions(+), 133 deletions(-)

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