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Paul Mackerras
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This adds a mode where the vcore scheduling logic in HV KVM limits itself to scheduling only virtual cores from the same VM on any given physical core. This is enabled via a new module parameter on the kvm-hv module called "one_vm_per_core". For this to work on POWER9, it is necessary to set indep_threads_mode=N. (On POWER8, hardware limitations mean that KVM is never in independent threads mode, regardless of the indep_threads_mode setting.) Thus the settings needed for this to work are: 1. The host is in SMT1 mode. 2. On POWER8, the host is not in 2-way or 4-way static split-core mode. 3. On POWER9, the indep_threads_mode parameter is N. 4. The one_vm_per_core parameter is Y. With these settings, KVM can run up to 4 vcpus on a core at the same time on POWER9, or up to 8 vcpus on POWER8 (depending on the guest threading mode), and will ensure that all of the vcpus belong to the same VM. This is intended for use in security-conscious settings where users are concerned about possible side-channel attacks between threads which could perhaps enable one VM to attack another VM on the same core, or the host. Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>
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