From patchwork Fri Jun 28 18:47:31 2019 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Eduardo Habkost X-Patchwork-Id: 1124480 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Authentication-Results: ozlabs.org; spf=pass (mailfrom) smtp.mailfrom=nongnu.org (client-ip=209.51.188.17; helo=lists.gnu.org; envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org; receiver=) Authentication-Results: ozlabs.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 45b61y0pDWz9s4V for ; Sat, 29 Jun 2019 05:16:22 +1000 (AEST) Received: from localhost ([::1]:35656 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hgwM6-0004YN-B5 for incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org; Fri, 28 Jun 2019 15:16:18 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:40761) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hgvxb-0004FZ-L6 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 28 Jun 2019 14:51:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hgvxX-0003ZM-EP for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 28 Jun 2019 14:50:57 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:37900) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hgvxX-0003My-63 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 28 Jun 2019 14:50:55 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx05.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.15]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6F1D63001802; Fri, 28 Jun 2019 18:50:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (ovpn-116-7.gru2.redhat.com [10.97.116.7]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 745455D705; Fri, 28 Jun 2019 18:50:38 +0000 (UTC) From: Eduardo Habkost To: Peter Maydell , qemu-devel@nongnu.org, Marcel Apfelbaum Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 15:47:31 -0300 Message-Id: <20190628184742.5961-19-ehabkost@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20190628184742.5961-1-ehabkost@redhat.com> References: <20190628184742.5961-1-ehabkost@redhat.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.15 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.5.110.40]); Fri, 28 Jun 2019 18:50:40 +0000 (UTC) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.132.183.28 Subject: [Qemu-devel] [PULL v2 18/29] numa: deprecate implict memory distribution between nodes X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Paolo Bonzini , Igor Mammedov , Richard Henderson Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+incoming=patchwork.ozlabs.org@nongnu.org Sender: "Qemu-devel" From: Igor Mammedov Implicit RAM distribution between nodes has exactly the same issues as: "numa: deprecate 'mem' parameter of '-numa node' option" only with QEMU being the user that's 'adding' 'mem' parameter. Deprecate it, to get it out of the way so that we could consolidate guest RAM allocation using memory backends making it consistent and possibly later on transition to using memory devices instead of adhoc memory mapping for the initial RAM. Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov Message-Id: <1559205199-233510-4-git-send-email-imammedo@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Eduardo Habkost --- numa.c | 3 +++ qemu-deprecated.texi | 8 ++++++++ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/numa.c b/numa.c index 7d449c7e95..c1f5e84fa5 100644 --- a/numa.c +++ b/numa.c @@ -410,6 +410,9 @@ void numa_complete_configuration(MachineState *ms) if (i == nb_numa_nodes) { assert(mc->numa_auto_assign_ram); mc->numa_auto_assign_ram(mc, numa_info, nb_numa_nodes, ram_size); + warn_report("Default splitting of RAM between nodes is deprecated," + " Use '-numa node,memdev' to explictly define RAM" + " allocation per node"); } numa_total = 0; diff --git a/qemu-deprecated.texi b/qemu-deprecated.texi index 44c9a95966..2fe9b72121 100644 --- a/qemu-deprecated.texi +++ b/qemu-deprecated.texi @@ -104,6 +104,14 @@ In future new machine versions will not accept the option but it will still work with old machine types. User can check QAPI schema to see if the legacy option is supported by looking at MachineInfo::numa-mem-supported property. +@subsection -numa node (without memory specified) (since 4.1) + +Splitting RAM by default between NUMA nodes has the same issues as @option{mem} +parameter described above with the difference that the role of the user plays +QEMU using implicit generic or board specific splitting rule. +Use @option{memdev} with @var{memory-backend-ram} backend or @option{mem} (if +it's supported by used machine type) to define mapping explictly instead. + @section QEMU Machine Protocol (QMP) commands @subsection block-dirty-bitmap-add "autoload" parameter (since 2.12.0)