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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 49/60] xen/sched: reject switching smt on/off with core scheduling active


  • To: Jan Beulich <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • From: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 13:52:00 +0200
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On 28/05/2019 13:44, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>> On 28.05.19 at 12:33, <jgross@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> --- a/xen/arch/x86/sysctl.c
>> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/sysctl.c
>> @@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ long arch_do_sysctl(
>>  
>>          case XEN_SYSCTL_CPU_HOTPLUG_SMT_ENABLE:
>>          case XEN_SYSCTL_CPU_HOTPLUG_SMT_DISABLE:
>> -            if ( !cpu_has_htt || boot_cpu_data.x86_num_siblings < 2 )
>> +            if ( !cpu_has_htt || boot_cpu_data.x86_num_siblings < 2 ||
>> +                 sched_disable_smt_switching )
>>              {
>>                  ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
>>                  break;
> 
> I'm not convinced -EOPNOTSUPP is an appropriate error code for
> this new case. -EPERM, -EACCES, or -EIO would all seem more
> appropriate to me (and perhaps there are further ones).

I think -EIO or -EBUSY would be the best fit.

> 
>> --- a/xen/common/schedule.c
>> +++ b/xen/common/schedule.c
>> @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ integer_param("sched_ratelimit_us", sched_ratelimit_us);
>>  
>>  /* Number of vcpus per struct sched_unit. */
>>  static unsigned int sched_granularity = 1;
>> +bool sched_disable_smt_switching;
> 
> __read_mostly (perhaps also the pre-existing variable in context)?

Yes, can do.


Juergen

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