[kvm-unit-tests PATCH v3 4/5] configure: Add --qemu-cpu option
Andrew Jones
andrew.jones at linux.dev
Mon Mar 31 06:54:40 PDT 2025
On Thu, Mar 27, 2025 at 05:14:39PM +0000, Alexandru Elisei wrote:
> Hi Jean-Philippe,
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 04:00:32PM +0000, Jean-Philippe Brucker wrote:
> > Add the --qemu-cpu option to let users set the CPU type to run on.
> > At the moment --processor allows to set both GCC -mcpu flag and QEMU
> > -cpu. On Arm we'd like to pass `-cpu max` to QEMU in order to enable all
> > the TCG features by default, and it could also be nice to let users
> > modify the CPU capabilities by setting extra -cpu options. Since GCC
> > -mcpu doesn't accept "max" or "host", separate the compiler and QEMU
> > arguments.
> >
> > `--processor` is now exclusively for compiler options, as indicated by
> > its documentation ("processor to compile for"). So use $QEMU_CPU on
> > RISC-V as well.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Andrew Jones <andrew.jones at linux.dev>
> > Signed-off-by: Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe at linaro.org>
> > ---
> > scripts/mkstandalone.sh | 3 ++-
> > arm/run | 15 +++++++++------
> > riscv/run | 8 ++++----
> > configure | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 4 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/scripts/mkstandalone.sh b/scripts/mkstandalone.sh
> > index 2318a85f..9b4f983d 100755
> > --- a/scripts/mkstandalone.sh
> > +++ b/scripts/mkstandalone.sh
> > @@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ generate_test ()
> >
> > config_export ARCH
> > config_export ARCH_NAME
> > - config_export PROCESSOR
> > + config_export QEMU_CPU
> > + config_export DEFAULT_QEMU_CPU
> >
> > echo "echo BUILD_HEAD=$(cat build-head)"
> >
> > diff --git a/arm/run b/arm/run
> > index efdd44ce..4675398f 100755
> > --- a/arm/run
> > +++ b/arm/run
> > @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if [ -z "$KUT_STANDALONE" ]; then
> > source config.mak
> > source scripts/arch-run.bash
> > fi
> > -processor="$PROCESSOR"
> > +qemu_cpu="$QEMU_CPU"
> >
> > if [ "$QEMU" ] && [ -z "$ACCEL" ] &&
> > [ "$HOST" = "aarch64" ] && [ "$ARCH" = "arm" ] &&
> > @@ -37,12 +37,15 @@ if [ "$ACCEL" = "kvm" ]; then
> > fi
> > fi
> >
> > -if [ "$ACCEL" = "kvm" ] || [ "$ACCEL" = "hvf" ]; then
> > - if [ "$HOST" = "aarch64" ] || [ "$HOST" = "arm" ]; then
> > - processor="host"
> > +if [ -z "$qemu_cpu" ]; then
> > + if ( [ "$ACCEL" = "kvm" ] || [ "$ACCEL" = "hvf" ] ) &&
> > + ( [ "$HOST" = "aarch64" ] || [ "$HOST" = "arm" ] ); then
> > + qemu_cpu="host"
> > if [ "$ARCH" = "arm" ] && [ "$HOST" = "aarch64" ]; then
> > - processor+=",aarch64=off"
> > + qemu_cpu+=",aarch64=off"
> > fi
> > + else
> > + qemu_cpu="$DEFAULT_QEMU_CPU"
> > fi
> > fi
> >
> > @@ -71,7 +74,7 @@ if $qemu $M -device '?' | grep -q pci-testdev; then
> > fi
> >
> > A="-accel $ACCEL$ACCEL_PROPS"
> > -command="$qemu -nodefaults $M $A -cpu $processor $chr_testdev $pci_testdev"
> > +command="$qemu -nodefaults $M $A -cpu $qemu_cpu $chr_testdev $pci_testdev"
> > command+=" -display none -serial stdio"
> > command="$(migration_cmd) $(timeout_cmd) $command"
> >
> > diff --git a/riscv/run b/riscv/run
> > index e2f5a922..02fcf0c0 100755
> > --- a/riscv/run
> > +++ b/riscv/run
> > @@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ fi
> >
> > # Allow user overrides of some config.mak variables
> > mach=$MACHINE_OVERRIDE
> > -processor=$PROCESSOR_OVERRIDE
> > +qemu_cpu=$QEMU_CPU_OVERRIDE
> > firmware=$FIRMWARE_OVERRIDE
> >
> > -[ "$PROCESSOR" = "$ARCH" ] && PROCESSOR="max"
> > +[ -z "$QEMU_CPU" ] && QEMU_CPU="max"
>
> If you make DEFAULT_QEMU_CPU=max for riscv, you can use it instead of "max",
> just like arm/arm64 does. Not sure if it's worth another respin.
Yup, we'll also need
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b86ccc0c338b..541b9577a718 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function get_default_qemu_cpu()
"arm")
echo "cortex-a15"
;;
- "arm64")
+ "arm64" | "riscv32" | "riscv64")
echo "max"
;;
esac
Thanks,
drew
>
> Otherwise the patch looks good to me.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
> > : "${mach:=virt}"
> > -: "${processor:=$PROCESSOR}"
> > +: "${qemu_cpu:=$QEMU_CPU}"
> > : "${firmware:=$FIRMWARE}"
> > [ "$firmware" ] && firmware="-bios $firmware"
> >
> > @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ fi
> > mach="-machine $mach"
> >
> > command="$qemu -nodefaults -nographic -serial mon:stdio"
> > -command+=" $mach $acc $firmware -cpu $processor "
> > +command+=" $mach $acc $firmware -cpu $qemu_cpu "
> > command="$(migration_cmd) $(timeout_cmd) $command"
> >
> > if [ "$UEFI_SHELL_RUN" = "y" ]; then
> > diff --git a/configure b/configure
> > index b4875ef3..b79145a5 100755
> > --- a/configure
> > +++ b/configure
> > @@ -23,6 +23,21 @@ function get_default_processor()
> > esac
> > }
> >
> > +# Return the default CPU type to run on
> > +function get_default_qemu_cpu()
> > +{
> > + local arch="$1"
> > +
> > + case "$arch" in
> > + "arm")
> > + echo "cortex-a15"
> > + ;;
> > + "arm64")
> > + echo "cortex-a57"
> > + ;;
> > + esac
> > +}
> > +
> > srcdir=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; pwd)
> > prefix=/usr/local
> > cc=gcc
> > @@ -52,6 +67,7 @@ earlycon=
> > console=
> > efi=
> > efi_direct=
> > +qemu_cpu=
> >
> > # Enable -Werror by default for git repositories only (i.e. developer builds)
> > if [ -e "$srcdir"/.git ]; then
> > @@ -70,6 +86,9 @@ usage() {
> > --arch=ARCH architecture to compile for ($arch). ARCH can be one of:
> > arm, arm64, i386, ppc64, riscv32, riscv64, s390x, x86_64
> > --processor=PROCESSOR processor to compile for ($processor)
> > + --qemu-cpu=CPU the CPU model to run on. If left unset, the run script
> > + selects the best value based on the host system and the
> > + test configuration.
> > --target=TARGET target platform that the tests will be running on (qemu or
> > kvmtool, default is qemu) (arm/arm64 only)
> > --cross-prefix=PREFIX cross compiler prefix
> > @@ -146,6 +165,9 @@ while [[ $optno -le $argc ]]; do
> > --processor)
> > processor="$arg"
> > ;;
> > + --qemu-cpu)
> > + qemu_cpu="$arg"
> > + ;;
> > --target)
> > target="$arg"
> > ;;
> > @@ -471,6 +493,8 @@ ARCH=$arch
> > ARCH_NAME=$arch_name
> > ARCH_LIBDIR=$arch_libdir
> > PROCESSOR=$processor
> > +QEMU_CPU=$qemu_cpu
> > +DEFAULT_QEMU_CPU=$(get_default_qemu_cpu $arch)
> > CC=$cc
> > CFLAGS=$cflags
> > LD=$cross_prefix$ld
> > --
> > 2.49.0
> >
>
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