[PATCH 1/3] arm: kvm: clamp NR_VCPUS to MAX_VCPUS

Andrew Jones drjones at redhat.com
Sat Sep 14 08:23:11 EDT 2013


On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 07:14:02AM -0500, Alexander Graf wrote:
> 
> 
> Am 14.09.2013 um 07:10 schrieb Andrew Jones <drjones at redhat.com>:
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Jones <drjones at redhat.com>
> > ---
> > arch/arm/kvm/arm.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
> > index 741f66a2edbd7..9ebf8ac3a12ff 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
> > @@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ int kvm_dev_ioctl_check_extension(long ext)
> >        r = 1;
> >        break;
> >    case KVM_CAP_NR_VCPUS:
> > -        r = num_online_cpus();
> > +        r = min(num_online_cpus(), KVM_MAX_VCPUS);
> 
> Is there any real reason to prohibit overcommit?

This doesn't prohibit it. Users can attempt to configure anything they'd
like, but only selections KVM_MAX_VCPUS and below will work.

drew

> 
> Alex
> 
> >        break;
> >    case KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPUS:
> >        r = KVM_MAX_VCPUS;
> > -- 
> > 1.8.1.4
> > 
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