Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH x86-next v2] target-i386: add PCID flag to Westmere, Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge

[Eduardo Habkost]

[CCing Jiri, Kashyap]

On Tue, Jan 09, 2018 at 08:01:12AM +0100, Vincent Bernat wrote:
> PCID has been introduced in Westmere and, since Linux 3.6
> (ad756a1603c5), KVM exposes PCID flag if host has it. Update CPU model
> for Westmere, Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge accordingly.
> 
> Ensure compat 2.11 keeps PCID disabled by default for those models and
> document the new requirement for host kernel.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Bernat <address@hidden>
> ---
>  include/hw/i386/pc.h | 14 +++++++++++++-
>  qemu-doc.texi        | 11 +++++++++++
>  target/i386/cpu.c    |  7 ++++---
>  3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/hw/i386/pc.h b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
> index bb49165fe0a4..f4ccbfdc4ac2 100644
> --- a/include/hw/i386/pc.h
> +++ b/include/hw/i386/pc.h
> @@ -327,6 +327,18 @@ bool e820_get_entry(int, uint32_t, uint64_t *, uint64_t 
> *);
>          .driver   = "Skylake-Server" "-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
>          .property = "clflushopt",\
>          .value    = "off",\
> +    },{\
> +        .driver   = "Westmere-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
> +        .property = "pcid",\
> +        .value    = "off",\
> +    },{\

It looks like there are Westmere CPUs out there without PCID
(e.g. Core i5 650).

The QEMU CPU model is not described as Core i5, though: it's
described as "E56xx/L56xx/X56xx".  Should we add PCID anyway and
let people running Core i5 hosts deal with it manually when
updating the machine-type?  Or should we add a "Westmere-PCID"
(maybe Westmere-EP?) CPU model?

Adding Westmere-PCID would require adding a Westmere-PCID-IBRS
CPU model too, so this is starting to look a bit ridiculous.
Sane VM management systems would know how to use
"-cpu Westmere,+pcid" without requiring new CPU model entries in
QEMU.  What's missing in existing management stacks to allow that
to happen?


> +        .driver   = "SandyBridge-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
> +        .property = "pcid",\
> +        .value    = "off",\
> +    },{\
> +        .driver   = "IvyBridge-" TYPE_X86_CPU,\
> +        .property = "pcid",\
> +        .value    = "off",\

Now, proving a negative is more difficult: how can we be sure
that there are no SandyBridge and IvyBridge CPUs out there
without PCID?

>      },
>  
>  #define PC_COMPAT_2_10 \
> @@ -351,7 +363,7 @@ bool e820_get_entry(int, uint32_t, uint64_t *, uint64_t 
> *);
>          .driver   = "mch",\
>          .property = "extended-tseg-mbytes",\
>          .value    = stringify(0),\
> -    },\
> +    },
>  
>  #define PC_COMPAT_2_8 \
>      HW_COMPAT_2_8 \
> diff --git a/qemu-doc.texi b/qemu-doc.texi
> index 8d0c809ad5cf..9e1a03181427 100644
> --- a/qemu-doc.texi
> +++ b/qemu-doc.texi
> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
>  * QEMU System emulator for non PC targets::
>  * QEMU Guest Agent::
>  * QEMU User space emulator::
> +* System requirements::
>  * Implementation notes::
>  * Deprecated features::
>  * License::
> @@ -2565,6 +2566,16 @@ Act as if the host page size was 'pagesize' bytes
>  Run the emulation in single step mode.
>  @end table
>  
> address@hidden System requirements
> address@hidden System requirements
> +
> address@hidden KVM kernel module
> +
> +On x86_64 hosts, the default set of CPU features enabled by the KVM
> +accelerator require the host to be running Linux v3.6 or newer. If the
> +minimum requirement is not met, the guest will not be runnable,
> +depending on the selected CPU model. Older emulated machines, like
> +``pc-q35-2.10'', may work with older kernels.
>  
>  @include qemu-tech.texi
>  
> diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
> index 65f785c7e739..873c0151ef57 100644
> --- a/target/i386/cpu.c
> +++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
> @@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ static X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
>          .features[FEAT_1_ECX] =
>              CPUID_EXT_AES | CPUID_EXT_POPCNT | CPUID_EXT_SSE42 |
>              CPUID_EXT_SSE41 | CPUID_EXT_CX16 | CPUID_EXT_SSSE3 |
> -            CPUID_EXT_PCLMULQDQ | CPUID_EXT_SSE3,
> +            CPUID_EXT_PCLMULQDQ | CPUID_EXT_SSE3 | CPUID_EXT_PCID,
>          .features[FEAT_8000_0001_EDX] =
>              CPUID_EXT2_LM | CPUID_EXT2_SYSCALL | CPUID_EXT2_NX,
>          .features[FEAT_8000_0001_ECX] =
> @@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ static X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
>              CPUID_EXT_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER | CPUID_EXT_POPCNT |
>              CPUID_EXT_X2APIC | CPUID_EXT_SSE42 | CPUID_EXT_SSE41 |
>              CPUID_EXT_CX16 | CPUID_EXT_SSSE3 | CPUID_EXT_PCLMULQDQ |
> -            CPUID_EXT_SSE3,
> +            CPUID_EXT_SSE3 | CPUID_EXT_PCID,
>          .features[FEAT_8000_0001_EDX] =
>              CPUID_EXT2_LM | CPUID_EXT2_RDTSCP | CPUID_EXT2_NX |
>              CPUID_EXT2_SYSCALL,
> @@ -1140,7 +1140,8 @@ static X86CPUDefinition builtin_x86_defs[] = {
>              CPUID_EXT_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER | CPUID_EXT_POPCNT |
>              CPUID_EXT_X2APIC | CPUID_EXT_SSE42 | CPUID_EXT_SSE41 |
>              CPUID_EXT_CX16 | CPUID_EXT_SSSE3 | CPUID_EXT_PCLMULQDQ |
> -            CPUID_EXT_SSE3 | CPUID_EXT_F16C | CPUID_EXT_RDRAND,
> +            CPUID_EXT_SSE3 | CPUID_EXT_F16C | CPUID_EXT_RDRAND |
> +            CPUID_EXT_PCID,
>          .features[FEAT_7_0_EBX] =
>              CPUID_7_0_EBX_FSGSBASE | CPUID_7_0_EBX_SMEP |
>              CPUID_7_0_EBX_ERMS,
> -- 
> 2.15.1
> 

-- 
Eduardo