Re: [PATCH v11 017/113] KVM: Support KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPUS for KVM_ENABLE_CAP

From: Isaku Yamahata
Date: Mon Feb 27 2023 - 16:28:42 EST


On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 02:55:07PM +0200,
Zhi Wang <zhi.wang.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Jan 2023 08:31:25 -0800
> isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > From: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > TDX attestation includes the maximum number of vcpu that the guest can
> > accommodate. For that, the maximum number of vcpu needs to be specified
> > instead of constant, KVM_MAX_VCPUS. Make KVM_ENABLE_CAP support
> > KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPUS.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Sagi Shahar <sagis@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> > index a235b628b32f..1cfa7da92ad0 100644
> > --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> > +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> > @@ -4945,7 +4945,27 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_enable_cap_generic(struct
> > kvm *kvm, }
> >
> > mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
> > + return r;
> > + }
> > + case KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPUS: {
>
> Better mention the KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPUS defined in XXX patch in the comments.

This already exists as KVM api and documented in Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
to get the possible maximum number of vcpus.
This patch make it settable.
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Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>