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| -rw-r--r-- | hw/ppc/spapr.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr.c b/hw/ppc/spapr.c index 9e7088a192..499ab647d8 100644 --- a/hw/ppc/spapr.c +++ b/hw/ppc/spapr.c @@ -2305,9 +2305,14 @@ static void spapr_set_vsmt_mode(sPAPRMachineState *spapr, Error **errp) } /* In this case, spapr->vsmt has been set by the command line */ } else { - /* Choose a VSMT mode that may be higher than necessary but is - * likely to be compatible with hosts that don't have VSMT. */ - spapr->vsmt = MAX(kvm_smt, smp_threads); + /* + * Default VSMT value is tricky, because we need it to be as + * consistent as possible (for migration), but this requires + * changing it for at least some existing cases. We pick 8 as + * the value that we'd get with KVM on POWER8, the + * overwhelmingly common case in production systems. + */ + spapr->vsmt = 8; } /* KVM: If necessary, set the SMT mode: */ |