[PATCH MANUALSEL 5.15 8/8] KVM: arm64: Cap KVM_CAP_NR_VCPUS by kvm_arm_default_max_vcpus()

From: Sasha Levin
Date: Tue Nov 23 2021 - 11:37:09 EST


From: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit f60a00d7295057cb4baea5a321501efc72794453 ]

Generally, it doesn't make sense to return the recommended maximum number
of vCPUs which exceeds the maximum possible number of vCPUs.

Note: ARM64 is special as the value returned by KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPUS differs
depending on whether it is a system-wide ioctl or a per-VM one. Previously,
KVM_CAP_NR_VCPUS didn't have this difference and it seems preferable to
keep the status quo. Cap KVM_CAP_NR_VCPUS by kvm_arm_default_max_vcpus()
which is what gets returned by system-wide KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPUS.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-Id: <20211116163443.88707-2-vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index 9b328bb05596a..1ed82b6d5e8db 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -223,7 +223,14 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
r = 1;
break;
case KVM_CAP_NR_VCPUS:
- r = num_online_cpus();
+ /*
+ * ARM64 treats KVM_CAP_NR_CPUS differently from all other
+ * architectures, as it does not always bound it to
+ * KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPUS. It should not matter much because
+ * this is just an advisory value.
+ */
+ r = min_t(unsigned int, num_online_cpus(),
+ kvm_arm_default_max_vcpus());
break;
case KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPUS:
case KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPU_ID:
--
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