q35: Revert to kernel irqchip
Commit b2fc91db ("q35: set split kernel irqchip as default") changed the default for the pc-q35-4.0 machine type to use split irqchip, which turned out to have disasterous effects on vfio-pci INTx support. KVM resampling irqfds are registered for handling these interrupts, but these are non-functional in split irqchip mode. We can't simply test for split irqchip in QEMU as userspace handling of this interrupt is a significant performance regression versus KVM handling (GeForce GPUs assigned to Windows VMs are non-functional without forcing MSI mode or re-enabling kernel irqchip). The resolution is to revert the change in default irqchip mode in the pc-q35-4.1 machine and create a pc-q35-4.0.1 machine for the 4.0-stable branch. The qemu-q35-4.0 machine type should not be used in vfio-pci configurations for devices requiring legacy INTx support without explicitly modifying the VM configuration to use kernel irqchip. Link: https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/1826422 Fixes: b2fc91db ("q35: set split kernel irqchip as default") Signed-off-by:Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> Reviewed-by:
Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com> Message-Id: <155786484688.13873.6037015630912983760.stgit@gimli.home> Signed-off-by:
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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- hw/core/machine.c 3 additions, 0 deletionshw/core/machine.c
- hw/i386/pc.c 3 additions, 0 deletionshw/i386/pc.c
- hw/i386/pc_q35.c 14 additions, 2 deletionshw/i386/pc_q35.c
- include/hw/boards.h 3 additions, 0 deletionsinclude/hw/boards.h
- include/hw/i386/pc.h 3 additions, 0 deletionsinclude/hw/i386/pc.h
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