Re: [PATCH 1/5] hw/smbios: add core_count2 to smbios table type 4

[Julia Suvorova]

On Sat, May 28, 2022 at 6:34 AM Ani Sinha <ani@anisinha.ca> wrote:
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> On Fri, 27 May 2022, Julia Suvorova wrote:
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> > In order to use the increased number of cpus, we need to bring smbios
> > tables in line with the SMBIOS 3.0 specification. This allows us to
> > introduce core_count2 which acts as a duplicate of core_count if we have
> > fewer cores than 256, and contains the actual core number per socket if
> > we have more.
> >
> > core_enabled2 and thread_count2 fields work the same way.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Julia Suvorova <jusual@redhat.com>
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> Other than the comment below,
> Reviewed-by: Ani Sinha <ani@anisinha.ca>
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> > ---
> >  include/hw/firmware/smbios.h |  3 +++
> >  hw/smbios/smbios.c           | 11 +++++++++--
> >  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/hw/firmware/smbios.h b/include/hw/firmware/smbios.h
> > index 4b7ad77a44..c427ae5558 100644
> > --- a/include/hw/firmware/smbios.h
> > +++ b/include/hw/firmware/smbios.h
> > @@ -187,6 +187,9 @@ struct smbios_type_4 {
> >      uint8_t thread_count;
> >      uint16_t processor_characteristics;
> >      uint16_t processor_family2;
> > +    uint16_t core_count2;
> > +    uint16_t core_enabled2;
> > +    uint16_t thread_count2;
>
> I would add a comment along the lines of
> /* section 7.5, table 21 smbios spec version 3.0.0 */

Ok

> >  } QEMU_PACKED;
> >
> >  /* SMBIOS type 11 - OEM strings */
> > diff --git a/hw/smbios/smbios.c b/hw/smbios/smbios.c
> > index 60349ee402..45d7be6b30 100644
> > --- a/hw/smbios/smbios.c
> > +++ b/hw/smbios/smbios.c
> > @@ -709,8 +709,15 @@ static void smbios_build_type_4_table(MachineState 
> > *ms, unsigned instance)
> >      SMBIOS_TABLE_SET_STR(4, serial_number_str, type4.serial);
> >      SMBIOS_TABLE_SET_STR(4, asset_tag_number_str, type4.asset);
> >      SMBIOS_TABLE_SET_STR(4, part_number_str, type4.part);
> > -    t->core_count = t->core_enabled = ms->smp.cores;
> > -    t->thread_count = ms->smp.threads;
> > +
> > +    t->core_count = (ms->smp.cores > 255) ? 0xFF : ms->smp.cores;
> > +    t->core_enabled = t->core_count;
> > +
> > +    t->core_count2 = t->core_enabled2 = cpu_to_le16(ms->smp.cores);
> > +
> > +    t->thread_count = (ms->smp.threads > 255) ? 0xFF : ms->smp.threads;
> > +    t->thread_count2 = cpu_to_le16(ms->smp.threads);
> > +
> >      t->processor_characteristics = cpu_to_le16(0x02); /* Unknown */
> >      t->processor_family2 = cpu_to_le16(0x01); /* Other */
> >
> > --
> > 2.35.1
> >
> >
>