Re: [qemu-s390x] [PATCH/RFC] s390x: split memory into 4TB chunks

[David Hildenbrand]

On 06.12.2017 13:00, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
> KVM does not allow memory regions > KVM_MEM_MAX_NR_PAGES, basically
> limiting the memory per slot to 7.999TB. Lets split the base memory
> into 4TB chunks to allow go beyond 8TB for a guest. With that (and
> optimistic overcommitment in the kernel) I was able to start  a 59TB
> guest on a 1TB system.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <address@hidden>
> ---
>  hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
> index 8425534..6735bbb 100644
> --- a/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
> +++ b/hw/s390x/s390-virtio-ccw.c
> @@ -157,11 +157,25 @@ static void virtio_ccw_register_hcalls(void)
>  static void s390_memory_init(ram_addr_t mem_size)
>  {
>      MemoryRegion *sysmem = get_system_memory();
> -    MemoryRegion *ram = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
> +    ram_addr_t chunk, offset;
> +    gchar *name;
>  
>      /* allocate RAM for core */
> -    memory_region_allocate_system_memory(ram, NULL, "s390.ram", mem_size);
> -    memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, 0, ram);
> +    offset = 0;
> +    while (mem_size) {
> +        MemoryRegion *ram = g_new(MemoryRegion, 1);
> +        chunk = mem_size;
> +        /* KVM does not allow memslots >= 8 TB. Lets split into 4TB chunks 
> */> +        if (chunk > 4UL * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024) {
> +            chunk = 4UL * 1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
> +        }
> +        name = g_strdup_printf("s390.ram[0x%lx]", offset);
> +        memory_region_allocate_system_memory(ram, NULL, name, chunk);
> +        memory_region_add_subregion(sysmem, offset, ram);
> +        mem_size -= chunk;
> +        offset += chunk;
> +        g_free(name);
> +    }
>  
>      /* Initialize storage key device */
>      s390_skeys_init();
> 

This will most certainly break migration, no?

1. I remember the name being used for migration, I might be wrong.
2. Migration of guests > 4TB is certainly broken ;)

I wonder if this should rather be handled in the kvm_slot code.
(silently create an manage two slots)

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb