File 001-cli-Support-cpu-maximum.patch of Package virt-manager
Subject: cli: Support --cpu maximum
From: Andrea Bolognani abologna@redhat.com Fri Dec 6 22:10:31 2024 +0100
Date: Tue Dec 10 14:01:32 2024 +0100:
Git: fca41cfaa970ba5a4e695f482fd599f53572b6c7
This mode has been introduced in libvirt 7.1.0 (March 2021) and
can be already used today with
--cpu mode=maximum
This is however slightly inconvenient to type and is not
consistent with the special treatment that the other modes
(host-passthrough, host-model) get.
Introduce a proper special mode for it.
Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
diff --git a/man/virt-install.rst b/man/virt-install.rst
index 86152d214..775d7ce70 100644
--- a/man/virt-install.rst
+++ b/man/virt-install.rst
@@ -438,6 +438,11 @@ Some examples:
``--cpu host-passthrough,cache.mode=passthrough``
Example of passing through the host cpu's cache information.
+``--cpu maximum``
+ Expose the most feature-rich CPU possible. Useful when running a foreign
+ architecture guest, for example a riscv64 guest on an x86_64 host. Not
+ recommended when using KVM to run a same-architecture guest.
+
Use --cpu=? to see a list of all available sub options.
Complete details at https://libvirt.org/formatdomain.html#cpu-model-and-topology
diff --git a/tests/data/cli/compare/virt-install-linux2020.xml b/tests/data/cli/compare/virt-install-linux2020.xml
index 5a7d7adf3..b37b87758 100644
--- a/tests/data/cli/compare/virt-install-linux2020.xml
+++ b/tests/data/cli/compare/virt-install-linux2020.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
<apic/>
<vmport state="off"/>
</features>
- <cpu mode="host-passthrough"/>
+ <cpu mode="maximum"/>
<clock offset="utc">
<timer name="rtc" tickpolicy="catchup"/>
<timer name="pit" tickpolicy="delay"/>
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
<apic/>
<vmport state="off"/>
</features>
- <cpu mode="host-passthrough"/>
+ <cpu mode="maximum"/>
<clock offset="utc">
<timer name="rtc" tickpolicy="catchup"/>
<timer name="pit" tickpolicy="delay"/>
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index 23ad1cadb..03c3316e1 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ c.add_compare("--os-variant http://fedoraproject.org/fedora/20 --disk %(EXISTIMG
c.add_compare("--cdrom %(EXISTIMG2)s --file %(EXISTIMG1)s --os-variant win2k3 --sound --controller usb", "kvm-win2k3-cdrom") # HVM windows install with disk
c.add_compare("--os-variant name=ubuntusaucy --nodisks --boot cdrom --virt-type qemu --cpu Penryn --input tablet --boot uefi --graphics vnc", "qemu-plain") # plain qemu
c.add_compare("--os-variant fedora20 --nodisks --boot network --graphics default --arch i686 --rng none", "qemu-32-on-64", prerun_check=has_old_osinfo) # 32 on 64
-c.add_compare("--osinfo linux2020 --pxe", "linux2020", prerun_check=no_osinfo_linux2020_virtio)
+c.add_compare("--osinfo linux2020 --pxe --cpu maximum", "linux2020", prerun_check=no_osinfo_linux2020_virtio) # also --cpu maximum
c.add_compare("--check disk_size=off --osinfo win11 --cdrom %(EXISTIMG1)s", "win11", prerun_check=no_osinfo_win11)
c.add_compare("--check disk_size=off --osinfo win11 --cdrom %(EXISTIMG1)s --boot uefi=off", "win11-no-uefi")
c.add_compare("--osinfo generic --disk none --location %(ISO-NO-OS)s,kernel=frib.img,initrd=/frob.img", "location-manual-kernel", prerun_check=missing_xorriso) # --location with an unknown ISO but manually specified kernel paths
diff --git a/virtinst/domain/cpu.py b/virtinst/domain/cpu.py
index df0ca2250..91a9481cf 100644
--- a/virtinst/domain/cpu.py
+++ b/virtinst/domain/cpu.py
@@ -267,12 +267,13 @@ class DomainCpu(XMLBuilder):
SPECIAL_MODE_HOST_COPY = "host-copy"
SPECIAL_MODE_HOST_MODEL = "host-model"
SPECIAL_MODE_HOST_PASSTHROUGH = "host-passthrough"
+ SPECIAL_MODE_MAXIMUM = "maximum"
SPECIAL_MODE_CLEAR = "clear"
SPECIAL_MODE_APP_DEFAULT = "default"
SPECIAL_MODES = [SPECIAL_MODE_HOST_MODEL_ONLY, SPECIAL_MODE_HV_DEFAULT,
SPECIAL_MODE_HOST_COPY, SPECIAL_MODE_HOST_MODEL,
- SPECIAL_MODE_HOST_PASSTHROUGH, SPECIAL_MODE_CLEAR,
- SPECIAL_MODE_APP_DEFAULT]
+ SPECIAL_MODE_HOST_PASSTHROUGH, SPECIAL_MODE_MAXIMUM,
+ SPECIAL_MODE_CLEAR, SPECIAL_MODE_APP_DEFAULT]
def _get_app_default_mode(self, guest):
# Depending on if libvirt+qemu is new enough, we prefer
@@ -295,7 +296,8 @@ class DomainCpu(XMLBuilder):
log.debug("Using default cpu mode=%s", val)
if (val == self.SPECIAL_MODE_HOST_MODEL or
- val == self.SPECIAL_MODE_HOST_PASSTHROUGH):
+ val == self.SPECIAL_MODE_HOST_PASSTHROUGH or
+ val == self.SPECIAL_MODE_MAXIMUM):
self.model = None
self.vendor = None
self.model_fallback = None