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[RFC,v1,07/10] spapr: Represent boot CPUs as spapr-cpu-core devices

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Bharata B Rao March 4, 2016, 6:54 a.m. UTC
Initialize boot CPUs as spapr-cpu-core devices and create links from
machine object to these core devices. These links can be considered
as CPU slots in which core devices will get hot-plugged. spapr-cpu-core
device's slot property indicates the slot where it is plugged. Information
about all the CPU slots can be obtained by walking these links.

Also prevent topologies that have or can result in incomplete cores.

Signed-off-by: Bharata B Rao <bharata@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 hw/ppc/spapr.c          | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c |  9 ++++++
 include/hw/ppc/spapr.h  |  4 +++
 3 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

Comments

David Gibson March 7, 2016, 3:45 a.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Mar 04, 2016 at 12:24:18PM +0530, Bharata B Rao wrote:
> Initialize boot CPUs as spapr-cpu-core devices and create links from
> machine object to these core devices. These links can be considered
> as CPU slots in which core devices will get hot-plugged. spapr-cpu-core
> device's slot property indicates the slot where it is plugged. Information
> about all the CPU slots can be obtained by walking these links.
> 
> Also prevent topologies that have or can result in incomplete cores.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bharata B Rao <bharata@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  hw/ppc/spapr.c          | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
>  hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c |  9 ++++++
>  include/hw/ppc/spapr.h  |  4 +++
>  3 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
> index e9d4abf..5acb612 100644
> --- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
> +++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
> @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
>  
>  #include "hw/compat.h"
>  #include "qemu-common.h"
> +#include "hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.h"
>  
>  #include <libfdt.h>
>  
> @@ -1614,8 +1615,11 @@ static void spapr_boot_set(void *opaque, const char *boot_device,
>      machine->boot_order = g_strdup(boot_device);
>  }
>  
> -static void spapr_cpu_init(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, PowerPCCPU *cpu,
> -                           Error **errp)
> +/*
> + * TODO: Check if some of these can be moved to rtas_start_cpu() where
> + * a few other things required for hotplugged CPUs are being done.
> + */
> +void spapr_cpu_init(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, PowerPCCPU *cpu, Error **errp)
>  {
>      CPUPPCState *env = &cpu->env;
>  
> @@ -1643,7 +1647,6 @@ static void spapr_cpu_init(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, PowerPCCPU *cpu,
>      }
>  
>      xics_cpu_setup(spapr->icp, cpu);
> -
>      qemu_register_reset(spapr_cpu_reset, cpu);
>  }
>  
> @@ -1720,6 +1723,28 @@ static void spapr_validate_node_memory(MachineState *machine, Error **errp)
>      }
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * Check to see if core is being hot-plugged into an already populated slot.
> + */
> +static void spapr_cpu_core_allow_set_link(Object *obj, const char *name,
> +                                          Object *val, Error **errp)
> +{
> +    Object *core = object_property_get_link(qdev_get_machine(), name, NULL);
> +
> +    /*
> +     * Allow the link to be unset when the core is unplugged.
> +     */
> +    if (!val) {
> +        return;
> +    }
> +
> +    if (core) {
> +        char *path = object_get_canonical_path(core);
> +        error_setg(errp, "Slot %s already populated with %s", name, path);
> +        g_free(path);
> +    }
> +}
> +
>  /* pSeries LPAR / sPAPR hardware init */
>  static void ppc_spapr_init(MachineState *machine)
>  {
> @@ -1728,7 +1753,6 @@ static void ppc_spapr_init(MachineState *machine)
>      const char *kernel_filename = machine->kernel_filename;
>      const char *kernel_cmdline = machine->kernel_cmdline;
>      const char *initrd_filename = machine->initrd_filename;
> -    PowerPCCPU *cpu;
>      PCIHostState *phb;
>      int i;
>      MemoryRegion *sysmem = get_system_memory();
> @@ -1742,6 +1766,20 @@ static void ppc_spapr_init(MachineState *machine)
>      long load_limit, fw_size;
>      bool kernel_le = false;
>      char *filename;
> +    int spapr_cores = smp_cpus / smp_threads;
> +    int spapr_max_cores = max_cpus / smp_threads;
> +
> +    if (smp_cpus % smp_threads) {
> +        error_report("smp_cpus (%u) must be multiple of threads (%u)",
> +                     smp_cpus, smp_threads);
> +        exit(1);
> +    }
> +
> +    if (max_cpus % smp_threads) {
> +        error_report("max_cpus (%u) must be multiple of threads (%u)",
> +                     max_cpus, smp_threads);
> +        exit(1);
> +    }
>  
>      msi_supported = true;
>  
> @@ -1800,13 +1838,37 @@ static void ppc_spapr_init(MachineState *machine)
>      if (machine->cpu_model == NULL) {
>          machine->cpu_model = kvm_enabled() ? "host" : "POWER7";
>      }
> -    for (i = 0; i < smp_cpus; i++) {
> -        cpu = cpu_ppc_init(machine->cpu_model);
> -        if (cpu == NULL) {
> -            error_report("Unable to find PowerPC CPU definition");
> -            exit(1);
> +
> +    spapr->cores = g_new0(Object *, spapr_max_cores);
> +
> +    for (i = 0; i < spapr_max_cores; i++) {
> +        char name[32];
> +
> +        /*
> +         * Create links from machine objects to all possible cores.
> +         */
> +        snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s[%d]", SPAPR_MACHINE_CPU_CORE_PROP, i);
> +        object_property_add_link(OBJECT(spapr), name, TYPE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE,
> +                                 (Object **)&spapr->cores[i],
> +                                 spapr_cpu_core_allow_set_link,
> +                                 OBJ_PROP_LINK_UNREF_ON_RELEASE,
> +                                 &error_fatal);

These links no longer make sense to me.  When it was a set of links to
the hotpluggable units on the machine, I could see why they might be
useful.  But now that they're links explicitly to *core* which are
only the hotpluggable units on certain platforms, I don't see why
these are useful.

Could we maybe not create the links for now, and add them in a later
patch if they do turn out to be useful for something?

> +        /*
> +         * Create cores and set link from machine object to core object for
> +         * boot time CPUs and realize them.
> +         */
> +        if (i < spapr_cores) {
> +            Object *core  = object_new(TYPE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE);
> +
> +            object_property_set_str(core, machine->cpu_model, "cpu_model",
> +                                    &error_fatal);
> +            object_property_set_int(core, smp_threads, "nr_threads",
> +                                    &error_fatal);
> +            object_property_set_str(core, name, CPU_CORE_SLOT_PROP,
> +                                    &error_fatal);
> +            object_property_set_bool(core, true, "realized", &error_fatal);
>          }
> -        spapr_cpu_init(spapr, cpu, &error_fatal);
>      }
>  
>      if (kvm_enabled()) {
> @@ -2259,7 +2321,8 @@ static void spapr_machine_device_unplug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
>  static HotplugHandler *spapr_get_hotpug_handler(MachineState *machine,
>                                               DeviceState *dev)
>  {
> -    if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM)) {
> +    if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM) ||
> +        object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE)) {
>          return HOTPLUG_HANDLER(machine);
>      }
>      return NULL;
> diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
> index 3f3440c..9ddf3ce 100644
> --- a/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
> +++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
> @@ -17,11 +17,20 @@
>  static int spapr_cpu_core_realize_child(Object *child, void *opaque)
>  {
>      Error **errp = opaque;
> +    sPAPRMachineState *spapr = SPAPR_MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
> +    CPUState *cs = CPU(child);
> +    PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(cs);
>  
>      object_property_set_bool(child, true, "realized", errp);
>      if (*errp) {
>          return 1;
>      }
> +
> +    spapr_cpu_init(spapr, cpu, errp);
> +    if (*errp) {
> +        return 1;
> +    }
> +

Doesn't this change belong in the previous patch, which created the
spapr core type?

>      return 0;
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
> index 098d85d..06e6cec 100644
> --- a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
> +++ b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
> @@ -79,8 +79,11 @@ struct sPAPRMachineState {
>      /*< public >*/
>      char *kvm_type;
>      MemoryHotplugState hotplug_memory;
> +    Object **cores;
>  };
>  
> +#define SPAPR_MACHINE_CPU_CORE_PROP "core"
> +
>  #define H_SUCCESS         0
>  #define H_BUSY            1        /* Hardware busy -- retry later */
>  #define H_CLOSED          2        /* Resource closed */
> @@ -585,6 +588,7 @@ void spapr_hotplug_req_add_by_count(sPAPRDRConnectorType drc_type,
>                                         uint32_t count);
>  void spapr_hotplug_req_remove_by_count(sPAPRDRConnectorType drc_type,
>                                            uint32_t count);
> +void spapr_cpu_init(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, PowerPCCPU *cpu, Error **errp);
>  
>  /* rtas-configure-connector state */
>  struct sPAPRConfigureConnectorState {
Bharata B Rao March 9, 2016, 8:01 a.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 02:45:09PM +1100, David Gibson wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 04, 2016 at 12:24:18PM +0530, Bharata B Rao wrote:
> > Initialize boot CPUs as spapr-cpu-core devices and create links from
> > machine object to these core devices. These links can be considered
> > as CPU slots in which core devices will get hot-plugged. spapr-cpu-core
> > device's slot property indicates the slot where it is plugged. Information
> > about all the CPU slots can be obtained by walking these links.
> > 
> > Also prevent topologies that have or can result in incomplete cores.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Bharata B Rao <bharata@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > ---
> >  hw/ppc/spapr.c          | 85 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> >  hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c |  9 ++++++
> >  include/hw/ppc/spapr.h  |  4 +++
> >  3 files changed, 87 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
> > index e9d4abf..5acb612 100644
> > --- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
> > +++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
> > @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
> >  
> >  #include "hw/compat.h"
> >  #include "qemu-common.h"
> > +#include "hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.h"
> >  
> >  #include <libfdt.h>
> >  
> > @@ -1614,8 +1615,11 @@ static void spapr_boot_set(void *opaque, const char *boot_device,
> >      machine->boot_order = g_strdup(boot_device);
> >  }
> >  
> > -static void spapr_cpu_init(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, PowerPCCPU *cpu,
> > -                           Error **errp)
> > +/*
> > + * TODO: Check if some of these can be moved to rtas_start_cpu() where
> > + * a few other things required for hotplugged CPUs are being done.
> > + */
> > +void spapr_cpu_init(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, PowerPCCPU *cpu, Error **errp)
> >  {
> >      CPUPPCState *env = &cpu->env;
> >  
> > @@ -1643,7 +1647,6 @@ static void spapr_cpu_init(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, PowerPCCPU *cpu,
> >      }
> >  
> >      xics_cpu_setup(spapr->icp, cpu);
> > -
> >      qemu_register_reset(spapr_cpu_reset, cpu);
> >  }
> >  
> > @@ -1720,6 +1723,28 @@ static void spapr_validate_node_memory(MachineState *machine, Error **errp)
> >      }
> >  }
> >  
> > +/*
> > + * Check to see if core is being hot-plugged into an already populated slot.
> > + */
> > +static void spapr_cpu_core_allow_set_link(Object *obj, const char *name,
> > +                                          Object *val, Error **errp)
> > +{
> > +    Object *core = object_property_get_link(qdev_get_machine(), name, NULL);
> > +
> > +    /*
> > +     * Allow the link to be unset when the core is unplugged.
> > +     */
> > +    if (!val) {
> > +        return;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    if (core) {
> > +        char *path = object_get_canonical_path(core);
> > +        error_setg(errp, "Slot %s already populated with %s", name, path);
> > +        g_free(path);
> > +    }
> > +}
> > +
> >  /* pSeries LPAR / sPAPR hardware init */
> >  static void ppc_spapr_init(MachineState *machine)
> >  {
> > @@ -1728,7 +1753,6 @@ static void ppc_spapr_init(MachineState *machine)
> >      const char *kernel_filename = machine->kernel_filename;
> >      const char *kernel_cmdline = machine->kernel_cmdline;
> >      const char *initrd_filename = machine->initrd_filename;
> > -    PowerPCCPU *cpu;
> >      PCIHostState *phb;
> >      int i;
> >      MemoryRegion *sysmem = get_system_memory();
> > @@ -1742,6 +1766,20 @@ static void ppc_spapr_init(MachineState *machine)
> >      long load_limit, fw_size;
> >      bool kernel_le = false;
> >      char *filename;
> > +    int spapr_cores = smp_cpus / smp_threads;
> > +    int spapr_max_cores = max_cpus / smp_threads;
> > +
> > +    if (smp_cpus % smp_threads) {
> > +        error_report("smp_cpus (%u) must be multiple of threads (%u)",
> > +                     smp_cpus, smp_threads);
> > +        exit(1);
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    if (max_cpus % smp_threads) {
> > +        error_report("max_cpus (%u) must be multiple of threads (%u)",
> > +                     max_cpus, smp_threads);
> > +        exit(1);
> > +    }
> >  
> >      msi_supported = true;
> >  
> > @@ -1800,13 +1838,37 @@ static void ppc_spapr_init(MachineState *machine)
> >      if (machine->cpu_model == NULL) {
> >          machine->cpu_model = kvm_enabled() ? "host" : "POWER7";
> >      }
> > -    for (i = 0; i < smp_cpus; i++) {
> > -        cpu = cpu_ppc_init(machine->cpu_model);
> > -        if (cpu == NULL) {
> > -            error_report("Unable to find PowerPC CPU definition");
> > -            exit(1);
> > +
> > +    spapr->cores = g_new0(Object *, spapr_max_cores);
> > +
> > +    for (i = 0; i < spapr_max_cores; i++) {
> > +        char name[32];
> > +
> > +        /*
> > +         * Create links from machine objects to all possible cores.
> > +         */
> > +        snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s[%d]", SPAPR_MACHINE_CPU_CORE_PROP, i);
> > +        object_property_add_link(OBJECT(spapr), name, TYPE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE,
> > +                                 (Object **)&spapr->cores[i],
> > +                                 spapr_cpu_core_allow_set_link,
> > +                                 OBJ_PROP_LINK_UNREF_ON_RELEASE,
> > +                                 &error_fatal);
> 
> These links no longer make sense to me.  When it was a set of links to
> the hotpluggable units on the machine, I could see why they might be
> useful.  But now that they're links explicitly to *core* which are
> only the hotpluggable units on certain platforms, I don't see why
> these are useful.
> 
> Could we maybe not create the links for now, and add them in a later
> patch if they do turn out to be useful for something?

Dropped the links part.

> 
> > +        /*
> > +         * Create cores and set link from machine object to core object for
> > +         * boot time CPUs and realize them.
> > +         */
> > +        if (i < spapr_cores) {
> > +            Object *core  = object_new(TYPE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE);
> > +
> > +            object_property_set_str(core, machine->cpu_model, "cpu_model",
> > +                                    &error_fatal);
> > +            object_property_set_int(core, smp_threads, "nr_threads",
> > +                                    &error_fatal);
> > +            object_property_set_str(core, name, CPU_CORE_SLOT_PROP,
> > +                                    &error_fatal);
> > +            object_property_set_bool(core, true, "realized", &error_fatal);
> >          }
> > -        spapr_cpu_init(spapr, cpu, &error_fatal);
> >      }
> >  
> >      if (kvm_enabled()) {
> > @@ -2259,7 +2321,8 @@ static void spapr_machine_device_unplug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
> >  static HotplugHandler *spapr_get_hotpug_handler(MachineState *machine,
> >                                               DeviceState *dev)
> >  {
> > -    if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM)) {
> > +    if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM) ||
> > +        object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE)) {
> >          return HOTPLUG_HANDLER(machine);
> >      }
> >      return NULL;
> > diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
> > index 3f3440c..9ddf3ce 100644
> > --- a/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
> > +++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
> > @@ -17,11 +17,20 @@
> >  static int spapr_cpu_core_realize_child(Object *child, void *opaque)
> >  {
> >      Error **errp = opaque;
> > +    sPAPRMachineState *spapr = SPAPR_MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
> > +    CPUState *cs = CPU(child);
> > +    PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(cs);
> >  
> >      object_property_set_bool(child, true, "realized", errp);
> >      if (*errp) {
> >          return 1;
> >      }
> > +
> > +    spapr_cpu_init(spapr, cpu, errp);
> > +    if (*errp) {
> > +        return 1;
> > +    }
> > +
> 
> Doesn't this change belong in the previous patch, which created the
> spapr core type?

I merged this patch with the previous one so that we have one patch
that creates spapr-cpu-core and converts boot cpus to cores.

Regards,
Bharata.
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Patch

diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
index e9d4abf..5acb612 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ 
 
 #include "hw/compat.h"
 #include "qemu-common.h"
+#include "hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.h"
 
 #include <libfdt.h>
 
@@ -1614,8 +1615,11 @@  static void spapr_boot_set(void *opaque, const char *boot_device,
     machine->boot_order = g_strdup(boot_device);
 }
 
-static void spapr_cpu_init(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, PowerPCCPU *cpu,
-                           Error **errp)
+/*
+ * TODO: Check if some of these can be moved to rtas_start_cpu() where
+ * a few other things required for hotplugged CPUs are being done.
+ */
+void spapr_cpu_init(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, PowerPCCPU *cpu, Error **errp)
 {
     CPUPPCState *env = &cpu->env;
 
@@ -1643,7 +1647,6 @@  static void spapr_cpu_init(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, PowerPCCPU *cpu,
     }
 
     xics_cpu_setup(spapr->icp, cpu);
-
     qemu_register_reset(spapr_cpu_reset, cpu);
 }
 
@@ -1720,6 +1723,28 @@  static void spapr_validate_node_memory(MachineState *machine, Error **errp)
     }
 }
 
+/*
+ * Check to see if core is being hot-plugged into an already populated slot.
+ */
+static void spapr_cpu_core_allow_set_link(Object *obj, const char *name,
+                                          Object *val, Error **errp)
+{
+    Object *core = object_property_get_link(qdev_get_machine(), name, NULL);
+
+    /*
+     * Allow the link to be unset when the core is unplugged.
+     */
+    if (!val) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (core) {
+        char *path = object_get_canonical_path(core);
+        error_setg(errp, "Slot %s already populated with %s", name, path);
+        g_free(path);
+    }
+}
+
 /* pSeries LPAR / sPAPR hardware init */
 static void ppc_spapr_init(MachineState *machine)
 {
@@ -1728,7 +1753,6 @@  static void ppc_spapr_init(MachineState *machine)
     const char *kernel_filename = machine->kernel_filename;
     const char *kernel_cmdline = machine->kernel_cmdline;
     const char *initrd_filename = machine->initrd_filename;
-    PowerPCCPU *cpu;
     PCIHostState *phb;
     int i;
     MemoryRegion *sysmem = get_system_memory();
@@ -1742,6 +1766,20 @@  static void ppc_spapr_init(MachineState *machine)
     long load_limit, fw_size;
     bool kernel_le = false;
     char *filename;
+    int spapr_cores = smp_cpus / smp_threads;
+    int spapr_max_cores = max_cpus / smp_threads;
+
+    if (smp_cpus % smp_threads) {
+        error_report("smp_cpus (%u) must be multiple of threads (%u)",
+                     smp_cpus, smp_threads);
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    if (max_cpus % smp_threads) {
+        error_report("max_cpus (%u) must be multiple of threads (%u)",
+                     max_cpus, smp_threads);
+        exit(1);
+    }
 
     msi_supported = true;
 
@@ -1800,13 +1838,37 @@  static void ppc_spapr_init(MachineState *machine)
     if (machine->cpu_model == NULL) {
         machine->cpu_model = kvm_enabled() ? "host" : "POWER7";
     }
-    for (i = 0; i < smp_cpus; i++) {
-        cpu = cpu_ppc_init(machine->cpu_model);
-        if (cpu == NULL) {
-            error_report("Unable to find PowerPC CPU definition");
-            exit(1);
+
+    spapr->cores = g_new0(Object *, spapr_max_cores);
+
+    for (i = 0; i < spapr_max_cores; i++) {
+        char name[32];
+
+        /*
+         * Create links from machine objects to all possible cores.
+         */
+        snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s[%d]", SPAPR_MACHINE_CPU_CORE_PROP, i);
+        object_property_add_link(OBJECT(spapr), name, TYPE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE,
+                                 (Object **)&spapr->cores[i],
+                                 spapr_cpu_core_allow_set_link,
+                                 OBJ_PROP_LINK_UNREF_ON_RELEASE,
+                                 &error_fatal);
+
+        /*
+         * Create cores and set link from machine object to core object for
+         * boot time CPUs and realize them.
+         */
+        if (i < spapr_cores) {
+            Object *core  = object_new(TYPE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE);
+
+            object_property_set_str(core, machine->cpu_model, "cpu_model",
+                                    &error_fatal);
+            object_property_set_int(core, smp_threads, "nr_threads",
+                                    &error_fatal);
+            object_property_set_str(core, name, CPU_CORE_SLOT_PROP,
+                                    &error_fatal);
+            object_property_set_bool(core, true, "realized", &error_fatal);
         }
-        spapr_cpu_init(spapr, cpu, &error_fatal);
     }
 
     if (kvm_enabled()) {
@@ -2259,7 +2321,8 @@  static void spapr_machine_device_unplug(HotplugHandler *hotplug_dev,
 static HotplugHandler *spapr_get_hotpug_handler(MachineState *machine,
                                              DeviceState *dev)
 {
-    if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM)) {
+    if (object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_PC_DIMM) ||
+        object_dynamic_cast(OBJECT(dev), TYPE_SPAPR_CPU_CORE)) {
         return HOTPLUG_HANDLER(machine);
     }
     return NULL;
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
index 3f3440c..9ddf3ce 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_cpu_core.c
@@ -17,11 +17,20 @@ 
 static int spapr_cpu_core_realize_child(Object *child, void *opaque)
 {
     Error **errp = opaque;
+    sPAPRMachineState *spapr = SPAPR_MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
+    CPUState *cs = CPU(child);
+    PowerPCCPU *cpu = POWERPC_CPU(cs);
 
     object_property_set_bool(child, true, "realized", errp);
     if (*errp) {
         return 1;
     }
+
+    spapr_cpu_init(spapr, cpu, errp);
+    if (*errp) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+
     return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
index 098d85d..06e6cec 100644
--- a/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
+++ b/include/hw/ppc/spapr.h
@@ -79,8 +79,11 @@  struct sPAPRMachineState {
     /*< public >*/
     char *kvm_type;
     MemoryHotplugState hotplug_memory;
+    Object **cores;
 };
 
+#define SPAPR_MACHINE_CPU_CORE_PROP "core"
+
 #define H_SUCCESS         0
 #define H_BUSY            1        /* Hardware busy -- retry later */
 #define H_CLOSED          2        /* Resource closed */
@@ -585,6 +588,7 @@  void spapr_hotplug_req_add_by_count(sPAPRDRConnectorType drc_type,
                                        uint32_t count);
 void spapr_hotplug_req_remove_by_count(sPAPRDRConnectorType drc_type,
                                           uint32_t count);
+void spapr_cpu_init(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, PowerPCCPU *cpu, Error **errp);
 
 /* rtas-configure-connector state */
 struct sPAPRConfigureConnectorState {