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Re: [Qemu-devel] [libvirt] [PATCH 7/9] qmp: Add runnability information


From: Markus Armbruster
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [libvirt] [PATCH 7/9] qmp: Add runnability information to query-cpu-definitions
Date: Wed, 11 May 2016 09:11:33 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (gnu/linux)

Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden> writes:

> On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 10:23:16AM +0200, Markus Armbruster wrote:
>> Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>> > On Mon, May 09, 2016 at 09:20:15AM -0600, Eric Blake wrote:
>> >> On 05/06/2016 12:11 PM, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
>> >> > Extend query-cpu-definitions schema to allow it to return two new
>> >> > optional fields: "runnable" and "unavailable-features".
>> >> > "runnable" will tell if the CPU model can be run in the current
>> >> > host. "unavailable-features" will contain a list of CPU
>> >> > properties that are preventing the CPU model from running in the
>> >> > current host.
>> >> > 
>> >> > Cc: David Hildenbrand <address@hidden>
>> >> > Cc: Michael Mueller <address@hidden>
>> >> > Cc: Christian Borntraeger <address@hidden>
>> >> > Cc: Cornelia Huck <address@hidden>
>> >> > Cc: Jiri Denemark <address@hidden>
>> >> > Cc: address@hidden
>> >> > Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost <address@hidden>
>> >> > ---
>> >> >  qapi-schema.json | 10 +++++++++-
>> >> >  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> >> > 
>> >> > diff --git a/qapi-schema.json b/qapi-schema.json
>> >> > index 54634c4..450e6e7 100644
>> >> > --- a/qapi-schema.json
>> >> > +++ b/qapi-schema.json
>> >> > @@ -2948,11 +2948,19 @@
>> >> >  # Virtual CPU definition.
>> >> >  #
>> >> >  # @name: the name of the CPU definition
>> >> > +# @runnable: true if the CPU model is runnable using the current
>> >> > +#            machine and accelerator. Optional. Since 2.6.
>> >> 
>> >> You've missed 2.6.  Also, the typical spelling for a per-member
>> >> designation is '(since 2.7)', not 'Since 2.7'
>> >
>> > Oops! I meant 2.7, and I didn't notice that it was not using the
>> > typical format. I will fix it, thanks.
>> >
>> >> 
>> >> Why is it optional? Would it hurt to always be present in qemu new
>> >> enough to understand why it is needed?
>> >
>> > It is optional because not all architectures will return the
>> > field. This series implements it only for x86.
>> 
>> Its documentation seems to suggest missing runnable has the same meaning
>> as runnable: false.  Is that correct?
>
> No, it means the architecture code doesn't implement the feature
> yet and we don't know if the CPU model is runnable or not.
>
> The day we implement the new field in all architectures, we can
> stop making it optional.

Please clarify that in the docs.  Here's my try:

# @runnable: #optional whether the CPU model us usable with the current
# machine and accelerator, only present if we know (since 2.6)



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