Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH for-2.10 22/23] numa: add '-numa cpu, ...' option for property based node mapping

[Eric Blake]

On 03/22/2017 08:32 AM, Igor Mammedov wrote:
> legacy cpu to node mapping is using cpu index values to map
> VCPU to node with help of '-numa node,nodeid=node,cpus=x[-y]'
> option. However cpu index is internal concept and QEMU users
> have to guess /reimplement qemu's logic/ to map it to
> a concrete cpu socket/core/thread to make sane CPUs
> placement across numa nodes.
> 
> This patch allows to map cpu objects to numa nodes using
> the same properties as used for cpus with -device/device_add
> (socket-id/core-id/thread-id/node-id).
> 
> At present valid properties/values to address CPUs could be
> fetched using hotpluggable-cpus monitor/qmp command, it will
> require user to start qemu twice when creating domain to fetch
> possible CPUs for a machine type/-smp layout first and
> then the second time with numa explicit mapping for actual
> usage. The first step results could be saved and reused to
> set/change mapping later as far as machine type/-smp stays
> the same.
> 
> Proposed impl. supports exact and wildcard matching to
> simplify CLI and allow to set mapping for a specific cpu
> or group of cpu objects specified by matched properties.
> 
> For example:
> 
>    # exact mapping x86
>    -numa cpu,node-id=x,socket-id=y,core-id=z,thread-id=n
> 
>    # exact mapping SPAPR
>    -numa cpu,node-id=x,core-id=y
> 
>    # wildcard mapping, all cpu objects that match socket-id=y
>    # are mapped to node-id=x
>    -numa cpu,node-id=x,socket-id=y
> 
> Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov <address@hidden>
> ---
>  numa.c           | 13 +++++++++++++
>  qapi-schema.json |  7 +++++--
>  qemu-options.hx  | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 

>  
> address@hidden option is new alternative to @samp{cpus} option

s/is/is a/

> +uses @samp{socket-id|core-id|thread-id} properties to assign

s/uses/which uses/

> +CPU objects to a @var{node} using topology layout properties of CPU.
> +Set of properties is machine specific, and depends on used machine

s/Set/The set/

> +type/@samp{smp} options. It could be queried with @samp{hotpluggable-cpus}
> +monitor command.
> address@hidden property specifies @var{node} to which CPU object
> +will be assigned, it's required for @var{node} to be declared
> +with @samp{node} option before it's used with @samp{cpu} option.
> +
> +For example:
> address@hidden
> +-M pc \
> +-smp 1,sockets=2,maxcpus=2 \
> +-numa node,nodeid=0 -numa node,nodeid=1 \
> +-numa cpu,node-id=0,socket-id=0 -numa cpu,node-id=1,socket-id=1
> address@hidden example
> +
>  @samp{mem} assigns a given RAM amount to a node. @samp{memdev}
>  assigns RAM from a given memory backend device to a node. If
>  @samp{mem} and @samp{memdev} are omitted in all nodes, RAM is
> 

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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