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hw/core/machine: Reject thread level cache
authorZhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>
Fri, 10 Jan 2025 14:51:11 +0000 (22:51 +0800)
committerPhilippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
Sun, 16 Feb 2025 13:25:07 +0000 (14:25 +0100)
commit0d2d00e57a55d3d8205923e60c2553d83d288ebb
treef46fd2cd031f3439dbff11275e0dd3bd7f2e3000
parent1e71a9b1147145c9904b2ce5350c5591d5badb23
hw/core/machine: Reject thread level cache

Currently, neither i386 nor ARM have real hardware support for per-
thread cache, and there is no clear demand for this specific cache
topology.

Additionally, since ARM even can't support this special cache topology
in device tree, it is unnecessary to support it at this moment, even
though per-thread cache might have potential scheduling benefits for
VMs without CPU affinity.

Therefore, disable thread-level cache topology in the general machine
part. At present, i386 has not enabled SMP cache, so disabling the
thread parameter does not pose compatibility issues.

In the future, if there is a clear demand for this feature, the correct
approach would be to add a new control field in MachineClass.smp_props
and enable it only for the machines that require it.

Signed-off-by: Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
Message-ID: <20250110145115.1574345-2-zhao1.liu@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@linaro.org>
hw/core/machine-smp.c