[PATCH v2 1/1] virt-host-validate: warn if kvm_hv is not loaded for POWER hosts

[Daniel Henrique Barboza]

POWER hosts does not implement CPU virtualization extensions like
x86 or s390x. Instead, all bare-metal POWER hosts are considered
to be virtualization ready.

For POWER, the validation is done by checking if the virtualization
module kvm_hv is loaded in the host. If not, we should warn the
user about it.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Henrique Barboza <danielhb413 at gmail.com>
---
 tools/virt-host-validate-common.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tools/virt-host-validate-common.h |  2 ++
 tools/virt-host-validate-qemu.c   | 15 +++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 44 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/virt-host-validate-common.c b/tools/virt-host-validate-common.c
index dc7523dd86..fbefbada96 100644
--- a/tools/virt-host-validate-common.c
+++ b/tools/virt-host-validate-common.c
@@ -412,3 +412,30 @@ int virHostValidateIOMMU(const char *hvname,
     virHostMsgPass();
     return 0;
 }
+
+
+bool virHostKernelModuleIsLoaded(const char *module)
+{
+    FILE *fp;
+    bool ret = false;
+
+    if (!(fp = fopen("/proc/modules", "r")))
+        return false;
+
+    do {
+        char line[1024];
+
+        if (!fgets(line, sizeof(line), fp))
+            break;
+
+        if (STRPREFIX(line, module)) {
+            ret = true;
+            break;
+        }
+
+    } while (1);
+
+    VIR_FORCE_FCLOSE(fp);
+
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/tools/virt-host-validate-common.h b/tools/virt-host-validate-common.h
index a20470fa72..8ae60a21de 100644
--- a/tools/virt-host-validate-common.h
+++ b/tools/virt-host-validate-common.h
@@ -82,3 +82,5 @@ int virHostValidateCGroupControllers(const char *hvname,
 
 int virHostValidateIOMMU(const char *hvname,
                          virHostValidateLevel level);
+
+bool virHostKernelModuleIsLoaded(const char *module);
diff --git a/tools/virt-host-validate-qemu.c b/tools/virt-host-validate-qemu.c
index ff3c1f0231..bd717a604e 100644
--- a/tools/virt-host-validate-qemu.c
+++ b/tools/virt-host-validate-qemu.c
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ int virHostValidateQEMU(void)
         if (virBitmapIsBitSet(flags, VIR_HOST_VALIDATE_CPU_FLAG_SIE))
             hasHwVirt = true;
         break;
+    case VIR_ARCH_PPC64:
+    case VIR_ARCH_PPC64LE:
+        hasVirtFlag = true;
+        hasHwVirt = true;
+        break;
     default:
         hasHwVirt = false;
     }
@@ -84,6 +89,16 @@ int virHostValidateQEMU(void)
             ret = -1;
     }
 
+    if (arch == VIR_ARCH_PPC64 || arch == VIR_ARCH_PPC64LE) {
+        virHostMsgCheck("QEMU", "%s", _("for PowerPC KVM module loaded"));
+
+        if (!virHostKernelModuleIsLoaded("kvm_hv"))
+            virHostMsgFail(VIR_HOST_VALIDATE_WARN,
+                          _("Load kvm_hv for better performance"));
+        else
+            virHostMsgPass();
+    }
+
     virBitmapFree(flags);
 
     if (virHostValidateDeviceExists("QEMU", "/dev/vhost-net",
-- 
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