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[5/5] target/i386: Remove generic SMT thread check

Message ID 20180126213944.7594-6-babu.moger@amd.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Babu Moger Jan. 26, 2018, 9:39 p.m. UTC 
Remove generic non-intel check while validating hyperthreading support.
Certain AMD CPUs can support hyperthreading now.

CPU family with TOPOEXT feature can support hyperthreading now.

Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@amd.com>
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 target/i386/cpu.c | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
index 956ed112db..6c34720839 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -3888,17 +3888,20 @@  static void x86_cpu_realizefn(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
 
     qemu_init_vcpu(cs);
 
-    /* Only Intel CPUs support hyperthreading. Even though QEMU fixes this
-     * issue by adjusting CPUID_0000_0001_EBX and CPUID_8000_0008_ECX
+    /* Most Intel and certain AMD CPUs support hyperthreading. Even though QEMU
+     * fixes this issue by adjusting CPUID_0000_0001_EBX and CPUID_8000_0008_ECX
      * based on inputs (sockets,cores,threads), it is still better to gives
      * users a warning.
      *
      * NOTE: the following code has to follow qemu_init_vcpu(). Otherwise
      * cs->nr_threads hasn't be populated yet and the checking is incorrect.
      */
-    if (!IS_INTEL_CPU(env) && cs->nr_threads > 1 && !ht_warned) {
-        error_report("AMD CPU doesn't support hyperthreading. Please configure"
-                     " -smp options properly.");
+     if (IS_AMD_CPU(env) &&
+         !(env->features[FEAT_8000_0001_ECX] & CPUID_EXT3_TOPOEXT) &&
+         cs->nr_threads > 1 && !ht_warned) {
+            error_report("This family of AMD CPU doesn't support "
+                         "hyperthreading. Please configure -smp "
+                         "options properly.");
         ht_warned = true;
     }