[Kimchi-devel] [PATCH v4] Parts to allow Kimchi to configure the cpu topology.

Royce Lv lvroyce at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Thu Nov 13 07:32:29 UTC 2014


On 2014年11月13日 07:00, Christy Perez wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Christy Perez <christy at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>   docs/API.md                   |  28 +++++++
>   src/kimchi/API.json           |  11 +--
>   src/kimchi/control/cpuinfo.py |  37 +++++++++
>   src/kimchi/control/host.py    |   2 +
>   src/kimchi/i18n.py            |   3 +-
>   src/kimchi/model/cpuinfo.py   | 172 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   src/kimchi/model/host.py      |   1 +
>   src/kimchi/model/templates.py |  25 ++++--
>   8 files changed, 263 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 src/kimchi/control/cpuinfo.py
>   create mode 100644 src/kimchi/model/cpuinfo.py
>
> diff --git a/docs/API.md b/docs/API.md
> index 9b866f3..2f434b6 100644
> --- a/docs/API.md
> +++ b/docs/API.md
> @@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ Represents a snapshot of the Virtual Machine's primary monitor.
>               * threads - The number of threads per core.
>               If specifying both cpus and CPU topology, make sure cpus is
>               equal to the product of sockets, cores, and threads.
> +            Only threads is required. '0' should be passed in for users to
> +            take advantage of this auto-sizing feature. Then, kimchi will create
> +            a topology based on vcpus (if specified) and the host's capabilities.
> +            To find the host's capabilties, see the /host/cpuinfo documentation.
>
>   ### Sub-Collection: Virtual Machine Network Interfaces
>
> @@ -868,6 +872,30 @@ Contains the host sample data.
>
>   *No actions defined*
>
> +### Resource: HostStats
> +
> +**URI:** /host/cpuinfo
> +
> +The cores and sockets of a hosts's CPU. Useful when sizing VMs to take
> +advantages of the perforamance benefits of SMT (Power) or Hyper-Threading (Intel).
> +
> +**Methods:**
> +
> +* **GET**: Retreives the sockets, cores, and threads values.
> +    * threading_enabled: Whether CPU topology is supported on this system.
> +    * sockets: The number of total sockets on a system.
> +    * cores: The total number of cores per socket.
> +    * threads_per_core: The threads per core.
> +
> +**Actions (PUT):**
> +
> +*No actions defined*
> +
> +**Actions (POST):**
> +
> +*No actions defined*
> +
> +
>   ### Resource: HostStatsHistory
>
>   **URI:** /host/stats/history
> diff --git a/src/kimchi/API.json b/src/kimchi/API.json
> index 0ad36ab..fb28723 100644
> --- a/src/kimchi/API.json
> +++ b/src/kimchi/API.json
> @@ -37,20 +37,15 @@
>                       "properties": {
>                           "sockets": {
>                               "type": "integer",
> -                            "required": true,
> -                            "minimum": 1,
> -                            "error": "KCHTMPL0026E"
> +                            "minimum": 1
>                           },
>                           "cores": {
>                               "type": "integer",
> -                            "required": true,
> -                            "minimum": 1,
> -                            "error": "KCHTMPL0026E"
> +                            "minimum": 1
>                           },
>                           "threads": {
> -                            "type": "integer",
>                               "required": true,
> -                            "minimum": 1,
> +                            "type": "integer",
>                               "error": "KCHTMPL0026E"
>                           }
>                       }
> diff --git a/src/kimchi/control/cpuinfo.py b/src/kimchi/control/cpuinfo.py
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..415dd3d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/src/kimchi/control/cpuinfo.py
> @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
> +#
> +# Project Kimchi
> +#
> +# Copyright IBM, Corp. 2014
> +#
> +# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> +# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> +# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> +# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> +#
> +# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> +# Lesser General Public License for more details.
> +#
> +# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> +# License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
> +# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
> +
> +
> +from kimchi.control.base import Resource
> +
> +
> +class CPUInfo(Resource):
> +    def __init__(self, model):
> +        super(CPUInfo, self).__init__(model)
> +        self.admin_methods = ['GET']
> +        self.role_key = 'host'
> +        self.uri_fmt = "/host/cpuinfo"
> +
> +    @property
> +    def data(self):
> +        return {'threading_enabled': self.info['guest_threads_enabled'],
> +                'sockets': self.info['sockets'],
> +                'cores': self.info['cores_available'],
> +                'threads_per_core': self.info['threads_per_core']
> +                }
> diff --git a/src/kimchi/control/host.py b/src/kimchi/control/host.py
> index 4362da7..9f73653 100644
> --- a/src/kimchi/control/host.py
> +++ b/src/kimchi/control/host.py
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
>   # License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
>   # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
>
> +from kimchi.control.cpuinfo import CPUInfo
>   from kimchi.control.base import Collection, Resource, SimpleCollection
>   from kimchi.control.utils import UrlSubNode
>   from kimchi.exception import NotFoundError
> @@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ def __init__(self, model, id=None):
>           self.users = Users(self.model)
>           self.groups = Groups(self.model)
>           self.swupdate = self.generate_action_handler_task('swupdate')
> +        self.cpuinfo = CPUInfo(self.model)
>
>       @property
>       def data(self):
> diff --git a/src/kimchi/i18n.py b/src/kimchi/i18n.py
> index e823f2b..139a3dc 100644
> --- a/src/kimchi/i18n.py
> +++ b/src/kimchi/i18n.py
> @@ -148,8 +148,9 @@
>       "KCHTMPL0023E": _("Template base image must be a valid local image file"),
>       "KCHTMPL0024E": _("Cannot identify base image %(path)s format"),
>       "KCHTMPL0025E": _("When specifying CPU topology, VCPUs must be a product of sockets, cores, and threads."),
> -    "KCHTMPL0026E": _("When specifying CPU topology, each element must be an integer greater than zero."),
> +    "KCHTMPL0026E": _("When specifying CPU topology, threads is required."),
>       "KCHTMPL0027E": _("Invalid disk image format. Valid formats: bochs, cloop, cow, dmg, qcow, qcow2, qed, raw, vmdk, vpc."),
> +    "KCHTMPL0029E": _("This host (or current configuration) does not allow CPU topology."),
>
>       "KCHPOOL0001E": _("Storage pool %(name)s already exists"),
>       "KCHPOOL0002E": _("Storage pool %(name)s does not exist"),
> diff --git a/src/kimchi/model/cpuinfo.py b/src/kimchi/model/cpuinfo.py
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..b104fa3
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/src/kimchi/model/cpuinfo.py
> @@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
> +# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> +# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> +# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> +#
> +# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> +# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> +# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> +# Lesser General Public License for more details.
> +#
> +# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> +# License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
> +# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
> +
> +
> +import platform
> +from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
> +
> +from kimchi.exception import InvalidParameter
> +from kimchi.utils import kimchi_log, run_command
> +
> +
> +class CPUInfoModel(object):
> +    """
> +    Get information about a CPU for hyperthreading (on x86)
> +    or SMT (on POWER) for logic when creating templates and VMs.
> +    """
> +
> +    def __init__(self, **kargs):
> +        self.conn = kargs['conn']
> +
> +        """
> +        Since there are so many similar-seeming variables:
> +        - arch = either ppc or x86 (Intel and AMD)
> +        - guest_threads_enabled = Can a user specify topology?
> +        - sockets = total number of sockets in the system. While nothing
> +            uses this value, it's part of topology so we'll track it.
> +        - cores_present = total number of cores in the system
> +            Note: Cores is often synonymous with CPUs.
> +        - cores_available = cores online (in case some were offlined)
> +        - cores_per_socket = max cores value for topology
> +        - threads_per_core = max threads value for topology
> +        """
> +
> +        self.conn = kargs['conn']
> +
> +        libvirt_topology = None
> +        try:
> +            connect = self.conn.get()
> +        except Exception as e:
> +            raise Exception("Unable to get qemu connection: %s" % e.message)
> +        try:
> +            xml = connect.getCapabilities()
> +            capabilities = ET.fromstring(xml)
> +            libvirt_topology = capabilities.find('host').find('cpu').\
> +                find('topology')
> +            if libvirt_topology is None:
> +                kimchi_log.info("cpu_info topology not supported.")
> +                self.guest_threads_enabled = False
> +                self.sockets = 0
> +                self.cores_present = 0
> +                self.cores_available = 0
> +                self.cores_per_socket = 0
> +                self.threads_per_core = 0
> +                self.max_threads = 0
> +                return
> +        except Exception as e:
> +            raise("Unable to get CPU topology capabilities: %s" % e.message)
> +
> +        if platform.machine().startswith('ppc'):
> +            # IBM PowerPC
> +            self.arch = 'ppc'
> +            self.guest_threads_enabled = True
> +            out, error, rc = run_command(['ppc64_cpu', '--smt'])
> +            if rc or 'on' in out:
> +                # SMT has to be disabled for guest to use threads as CPUs.
> +                # rc is always zero, whether SMT is off or on.
> +                self.guest_threads_enabled = False
> +            out, error, rc = run_command(['ppc64_cpu', '--cores-present'])
> +            if not rc:
> +                self.cores_present = int(out.split()[-1])
> +            out, error, rc = run_command(['ppc64_cpu', '--cores-on'])
> +            if not rc:
> +                self.cores_available = int(out.split()[-1])
> +            out, error, rc = run_command(['ppc64_cpu', '--threads-per-core'])
> +            if not rc:
> +                self.threads_per_core = int(out.split()[-1])
> +            self.sockets = self.cores_present/self.threads_per_core
> +            self.cores_per_socket = self.cores_present/self.sockets
> +        else:
> +            # Intel or AMD
> +            self.arch = 'x86'
> +            self.guest_threads_enabled = True
> +            self.sockets = int(libvirt_topology.get('sockets'))
> +            self.cores_per_socket = int(libvirt_topology.get('cores'))
> +            self.cores_present = self.cores_per_socket * self.sockets
> +            self.cores_available = self.cores_present
> +            self.threads_per_core = int(libvirt_topology.get('threads'))
> +
> +    def lookup(self, ident):
> +        return {
> +            'guest_threads_enabled': self.guest_threads_enabled,
> +            'sockets': self.sockets,
> +            'cores_per_socket': self.cores_per_socket,
> +            'cores_present': self.cores_present,
> +            'cores_available': self.cores_available,
> +            'threads_per_core': self.threads_per_core,
> +            }
> +
> +    def get_rec_topology(self, vcpus, smtx=0):
> +        """
> +            Kimchi will provide a recommended topoology based on the
> +            number of virtual CPUs desired and guest OS.
> +
> +            param vcpus: should be an integer
> +            param guest: should be in the form 'distro:version'
> +            param thread_pref: a power of 2 (0 if x86).
> +            return: topology numbers. None, if SMT/HT not enabled.
> +        """
> +
> +        if not self.guest_threads_enabled:
> +            return None
> +        if vcpus > self.cores_available * self.threads_per_core:
> +            # This check should go into template create too?
> +            # Or should we allow this?
> +            raise InvalidParameter("The number of vcpus is too large \
> +                                   for this system")  # @TODO: msgid
> +
> +        sockets = 1
> +        cores = 1
> +        threads = 1
> +        best_vcpus = vcpus
> +
> +        if best_vcpus == 1:
> +            return {'topology': {'sockets': sockets, 'cores': cores,
> +                                 'threads': threads},
> +                    'vcpus': best_vcpus}
> +
> +        if self.arch is 'ppc':
> +            if smtx == 0:
> +                smtx = self.threads_per_core
> +            if best_vcpus % smtx:
> +                # Having fewer threads than threads/core will give poor
> +                # performance. Since we're auto-configuring things,
> +                # let's give the user a better vcpu value.
> +                best_vcpus = best_vcpus + \
> +                    (smtx- (best_vcpus % smtx))
> +
> +        if best_vcpus <= self.threads_per_core:
> +            threads = best_vcpus
> +            return {'topology': {'sockets': sockets, 'cores': cores,
> +                                 'threads': threads},
> +                    'vcpus': best_vcpus}
> +
> +        if self.arch is 'ppc':
> +            cores = best_vcpus/threads
> +            threads = smtx
Can we do build time platform type probe instead of run time, after all 
no one have two arch on the same machine.
> +        else:  # x86
> +            # Because of the check above, we know that more vcpus
> +            # than will fit on one core were requested. Spread
> +            # them over as many cores as needed, as opposed to packing
> +            # threads onto fewer cores.
> +            # cores= best_vcpus/self.cores_available
> +            # threads = self.threads_per_core
> +            cores = min(self.cores_available, best_vcpus)
> +            threads = best_vcpus / cores
> +        # In case vcpus was something like '3' on a dual-thread proc,
> +        # make it a legal vcpu number:
> +        best_vcpus = cores * threads
> +
> +        return {'topology': {'sockets': sockets, 'cores': cores,
> +                             'threads': threads},
> +                'vcpus': best_vcpus}
> diff --git a/src/kimchi/model/host.py b/src/kimchi/model/host.py
> index 8cddcdc..7912311 100644
> --- a/src/kimchi/model/host.py
> +++ b/src/kimchi/model/host.py
> @@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ def __init__(self, **kargs):
>           self.task = TaskModel(**kargs)
>           self.host_info = self._get_host_info()
>
> +    # @TODO: Think about moving this to the new cpuinfo class
>       def _get_ppc_cpu_info(self):
>           res = {}
>           with open('/proc/cpuinfo') as f:
> diff --git a/src/kimchi/model/templates.py b/src/kimchi/model/templates.py
> index ff1070d..dec9a43 100644
> --- a/src/kimchi/model/templates.py
> +++ b/src/kimchi/model/templates.py
> @@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
>   from kimchi.exception import InvalidOperation, InvalidParameter
>   from kimchi.exception import NotFoundError, OperationFailed
>   from kimchi.kvmusertests import UserTests
> +from kimchi.model.cpuinfo import CPUInfoModel
> +from kimchi.osinfo import common_spec
>   from kimchi.utils import pool_name_from_uri
>   from kimchi.utils import probe_file_permission_as_user
>   from kimchi.vmtemplate import VMTemplate
> @@ -50,15 +52,24 @@ def create(self, params):
>
>           cpu_info = params.get('cpu_info')
>           if cpu_info:
> +            vcpus = params.get('cpus')
>               topology = cpu_info.get('topology')
> -            # Check, even though currently only topology
> -            #   is supported.
>               if topology:
> -                sockets = topology['sockets']
> -                cores = topology['cores']
> -                threads = topology['threads']
> -                vcpus = params.get('cpus')
> -                if vcpus is None:
> +                sockets = topology.get('sockets')
> +                cores = topology.get('cores')
> +                threads = topology.get('threads')
> +                if sockets is None and cores is None:
> +                    # The user wants kimchi to decide
> +                    if vcpus is None:
> +                        vcpus = max(common_spec['cpus'], threads)
> +                    rec_topology = CPUInfoModel(
> +                        conn=self.conn).get_rec_topology(vcpus, threads)
> +                    if rec_topology:
> +                        params['cpus'] = rec_topology['vcpus']
> +                        params['cpu_info']['topology'] = rec_topology['topology']
> +                    else:
> +                        raise InvalidOperation("KCHTMPL0029E")
> +                elif vcpus is None:
>                       params['cpus'] = sockets * cores * threads
>                   elif vcpus != sockets * cores * threads:
>                       raise InvalidParameter("KCHTMPL0025E")




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