[Xen-devel] [Patch 0/6] Cpupools

[Juergen Gross <juergen.gross@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Round 2 for cpupools patches.

Changes from 1st version:
- create all domains in Pool-0, move to specific pool afterwards
- don't use cpupool_lock for cpu add/remove. Races with hot swapping cpus are
  avoided by locking cpus to Pool-0 if necessary

libxl patches will be sent soon, I'm still working on them.

The physical cpus of a server are grouped in cpu-pools. Each physical CPU is
assigned at most to one cpu-pool. Domains are each restricted to a single
cpu-pool. Scheduling does not cross cpu-pool boundaries, so each cpu-pool
has an own scheduler.

The cpu-pool of the domain Dom0 will be Pool-0, at boot-time we have to create
this cpu-pool implicitly.

The creation of a cpu-pool is similar to the creation of a domain. In a first
step the attributes of a cpu-pool have to be defined, in the second step the
cpu-pool will be activated (started) by assigning the resources (CPUs) and
initializing the scheduler. An activated cpu-pool owns at least one physical
CPU.

A physical CPU may be removed from an activated cpu-pool. Further CPUs may be
assigned to the cpu-pool. The CPU may be assigned to a cpu-pool only if that
CPU is free (not assigned to any other activated cpu-pool). The free CPUs are
internally managed.

The poolname will be added as an additional parameter to the configfile of a
domain. If no poolname is specified the poolname is defaults to Pool-0. At
domain start the domain is added to its cpu-pool, which must be activated.

A started domain can be moved to another activated cpu-pool.

A cpu-pool may be deactivated if there is no active domain assigned to it. A
cpu-pool is deactivated by removing the resources (CPUs).

A cpu-pool may be deleted if it is deactivated.

The administration of the cpu-pools is done by xm subcommands.


Patch 1/6: hypervisor support of cpupools
Patch 2/6: support in libxc
Patch 3/6: changes in libxen
Patch 4/6: python stuff (xm, xend)
Patch 5/6: xm-test add-ons for cpupools
Patch 6/6: documentation changes


Juergen

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