Re: [QEMU PATCH] x86: Set maximum APIC ID to KVM prior to vCPU creation

[Chao Gao]

On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 02:39:28PM +0800, Zeng Guang wrote:
>Specify maximum possible APIC ID assigned for current VM session prior to
>the creation of vCPUs. KVM need set up VM-scoped data structure indexed by
>the APIC ID, e.g. Posted-Interrupt Descriptor table to support Intel IPI
>virtualization.
>
>It can be achieved by calling KVM_ENABLE_CAP for KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPU_ID
>capability once KVM has already enabled it. Otherwise, simply prompts
>that KVM doesn't support this capability yet.
>
>Signed-off-by: Zeng Guang <guang.zeng@intel.com>
>---
> hw/i386/x86.c | 9 ++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>diff --git a/hw/i386/x86.c b/hw/i386/x86.c
>index 4cf107baea..ff74492325 100644
>--- a/hw/i386/x86.c
>+++ b/hw/i386/x86.c
>@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ out:
> 
> void x86_cpus_init(X86MachineState *x86ms, int default_cpu_version)
> {
>-    int i;
>+    int i, ret;
>     const CPUArchIdList *possible_cpus;
>     MachineState *ms = MACHINE(x86ms);
>     MachineClass *mc = MACHINE_GET_CLASS(x86ms);
>@@ -123,6 +123,13 @@ void x86_cpus_init(X86MachineState *x86ms, int 
>default_cpu_version)
>      */
>     x86ms->apic_id_limit = x86_cpu_apic_id_from_index(x86ms,
>                                                       ms->smp.max_cpus - 1) + 
> 1;
>+
>+    ret = kvm_vm_enable_cap(kvm_state, KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPU_ID,
>+                            0, x86ms->apic_id_limit);
>+    if (ret < 0) {
>+        error_report("kvm: Set max vcpu id not supported: %s", 
>strerror(-ret));
>+    }

This piece of code is specific to KVM. Please move it to kvm-all.c and
invoke a wrapper function here. As kvm accelerator isn't necessarily
enabled, the function call should be guarded by kvm_enabled().

And I think the error message can be omitted because the failure doesn't
impact functionality; just a few more pages will be allocated by KVM.