pdpe1gb flag is missing in guest running on Intel h/w

[Vladimir Zinovjevs]

I need to utilize 1G hugepages on my guest system. But this is not possible as long as there is no pdpe1gb support in guest system. The latest source code contains pdpe1gb support for AMD but not for Intel.

Are there any obstacles that does not allow to implement it for modern Intel chips?

My configuration:
Host:
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uname -a
Linux tripel.salab.cic.nsn-rdnet.net 2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jul 16 23:51:20 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

cat /etc/*-release
CentOS release 6.4 (Final)

yum list installed | grep qemu
gpxe-roms-qemu.noarch 0.9.7-6.9.el6 @base
qemu-img.x86_64 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.0.1.el6.centos.5
qemu-kvm.x86_64 2:0.12.1.2-2.355.0.1.el6.centos.5

cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 45
model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2680 0 @ 2.70GHz
stepping : 7
cpu MHz : 2700.000
cache size : 20480 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 16
core id : 0
cpu cores : 8
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid dca sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx lahf_lm ida arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid
bogomips : 5387.09
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 46 bits physical, 48 bits virtual

/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -cpu ?
Recognized CPUID flags:
  f_edx: pbe ia64 tm ht ss sse2 sse fxsr mmx acpi ds clflush pn pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr sep apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de vme fpu
  f_ecx: hypervisor rdrand f16c avx osxsave xsave aes tsc-deadline popcnt movbe x2apic sse4.2|sse4_2 sse4.1|sse4_1 dca pcid pdcm xtpr cx16 fma cid ssse3 tm2 est smx vmx ds_cpl monitor dtes64 pclmulqdq|pclmuldq pni|sse3
  extf_edx: 3dnow 3dnowext lm|i64 rdtscp pdpe1gb fxsr_opt|ffxsr fxsr mmx mmxext nx|xd pse36 pat cmov mca pge mtrr syscall apic cx8 mce pae msr tsc pse de vme fpu
  extf_ecx: perfctr_nb perfctr_core topoext tbm nodeid_msr tce fma4 lwp wdt skinit xop ibs osvw 3dnowprefetch misalignsse sse4a abm cr8legacy extapic svm cmp_legacy lahf_lm

ps ax | grep qemu
 7197 ? Sl 0:15 /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -name vladimir.AS-0 -S -M rhel6.4.0 -cpu SandyBridge,+pdpe1gb,+osxsave,+dca,+pcid,+pdcm,+xtpr,+tm2,+est,+smx,+vmx,+ds_cpl,+monitor,+dtes64,+pbe,+tm,+ht,+ss,+acpi,+ds,+vme -enable-kvm -m 8192 -mem-prealloc -mem-path /var/lib/hugetlbfs/pagesize-1GB/libvirt/qemu -smp 4,sockets=4,cores=1,threads=1 -uuid ec2d3c58-a7f0-fdbd-9de5-b547a5b3130f -nographic -nodefconfig -nodefaults -chardev socket,id=charmonitor,path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/vladimir.AS-0.monitor,server,nowait -mon chardev=charmonitor,id=monitor,mode=control -rtc base=utc -no-shutdown -device piix3-usb-uhci,id=usb,bus=pci.0,addr=0x1.0x2 -netdev tap,fd=28,id=hostnet0 -device e1000,netdev=hostnet0,id=net0,mac=52:54:00:81:5b:df,bus=pci.0,addr=0x3,bootindex=1 -chardev pty,id=charserial0 -device isa-serial,chardev=charserial0,id=serial0 -device pci-assign,host=02:00.0,id=hostdev0,configfd=29,bus=pci.0,addr=0x4 -device virtio-balloon-pci,id=balloon0,bus=pci.0,addr=0x5

Guest:
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# uname -a
Linux AS-0 2.6.34.13-WR4.3.fp_x86_64_standard-00019-g052bb3e #1 SMP Wed May 8 12:21:02 EEST 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# cat /etc/*-release
Wind River Linux 4.3 glibc_cgl

# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 42
model name : Intel Xeon E312xx (Sandy Bridge)
stepping : 1
cpu MHz : 2693.893
cache size : 4096 KB
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 13
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss syscall nx lm constant_tsc rep_good pni pclmulqdq ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt aes xsave avx hypervisor lahf_lm xsaveopt
bogomips : 5387.78
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 46 bits physical, 48 bits virtual

[Anatol Pomozov (anatol)]

I observe the same situation. My host CPU (Intel Xeon CPU E5-2690) supports 1gb pages but qemu keeps it disabled by default. I have to use either '-cpu phenom' or '-cpu host' with KVM.

It makes me wondering what is the default CPU for QEMU? Is it possible to set qemu CPU featureset closer to what host CPU has?

[Thomas Huth (th-huth)]

Looking through old bug tickets... is this still an issue with the latest version of QEMU? Or could we close this ticket nowadays?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for QEMU because there has been no activity for 60 days.]