#!/bin/bash
kvm_setup_powerpc () {
isPowerNV=no
isPOWER8=no
grep -q '^platform[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*PowerNV' /proc/cpuinfo && isPowerNV=yes
grep -q '^cpu[[:space:]]*:[[:space:]]*POWER8' /proc/cpuinfo && isPOWER8=yes
if [ "$isPowerNV" = "yes" ] ; then
# PowerNV platform, which is KVM HV capable
if [ -z "$SUBCORES" ]; then
SUBCORES=1
fi
# Step 1. Load the KVM HVmodule
if ! modprobe -b kvm_hv; then
return
fi
# On POWER8 a host core can only run threads of a single
# guest, meaning that SMT must be disabled on the host in
# order to run KVM guests. (Also applieds to POWER7, but we
# don't support that).
#
# Additionally, POWER8 guests can't benefit from transparent
# hugepages used to back them, and THPs allocated by any app
# can potentially interfere with HPT allocation (if they
# become locked, they can fragment the CMA). So, also disable
# THPs system wide.
#
# POWER9 doesn't have this limitation (though it will for hash
# guests on radix host when that's implemented). So, only set
# up subcores and disable SMT for POWER*.
if [ "$isPOWER8" = "yes" ] ; then
# Step 2. Configure subcore mode
/usr/sbin/ppc64_cpu --subcores-per-core=$SUBCORES
# Step 3. Disable SMT (multithreading)
/usr/sbin/ppc64_cpu --smt=off
# Step 4. Disable transparent hugepages (THP)
echo never > /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled
fi
fi
}
case $(uname -m) in
ppc64|ppc64le)
kvm_setup_powerpc
;;
esac
exit 0