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Previous patch handled the runtime case where a non-x86 host is fetching /proc/cpuinfo data for a microcode info that we know it doesn't exist. This change alone speeded everything by a bit for non-x86, but there is at least one major culprit left. qemuxml2argvtest does several arch-specific tests, and a good chunk of them are x86 exclusive. This means that 'hostArch' will be seen as x86 for these tests, even when running in non-x86 hosts. In a Power 9 server with 128 CPUs, qemuxml2argvtest takes 298 seconds to complete in average, and 'perf record' indicates that 95% of the time is spent in virHostCPUGetMicrocodeVersion(). This patch mocks virHostCPUGetMicrocodeVersion() to always return 0 in the tests, avoiding /proc/cpuinfo reads. This will make all tests behave arch-agnostic, and the microcode value being 0 has no impact on any existing test. This is a CI speed across the board for all archs, including x86, given that we're not reading /proc/cpuinfo in the tests. For a Thinkpad T480 laptop with 8 Intel i7 CPUs, qemuxml2argvtest went from 15.50 sec to 12.50 seconds. The performance gain is even more noticeable for huge servers with lots of CPUs. For the Power 9 server mentioned above, this patch speeds qemuxml2argvtest to 9 seconds, down from 298 sec. Signed-off-by: Daniel Henrique Barboza <danielhb413@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>
Libvirt API for virtualization
Libvirt provides a portable, long term stable C API for managing the virtualization technologies provided by many operating systems. It includes support for QEMU, KVM, Xen, LXC, bhyve, Virtuozzo, VMware vCenter and ESX, VMware Desktop, Hyper-V, VirtualBox and the POWER Hypervisor.
For some of these hypervisors, it provides a stateful management daemon which runs on the virtualization host allowing access to the API both by non-privileged local users and remote users.
Layered packages provide bindings of the libvirt C API into other languages including Python, Perl, PHP, Go, Java, OCaml, as well as mappings into object systems such as GObject, CIM and SNMP.
Further information about the libvirt project can be found on the website:
License
The libvirt C API is distributed under the terms of GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 (or later). Some parts of the code that are not part of the C library may have the more restrictive GNU General Public License, version 2.0 (or later). See the files COPYING.LESSER and COPYING for full license terms & conditions.
Installation
Instructions on building and installing libvirt can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/compiling.html
Contributing
The libvirt project welcomes contributions in many ways. For most components the best way to contribute is to send patches to the primary development mailing list. Further guidance on this can be found on the website:
https://libvirt.org/contribute.html
Contact
The libvirt project has two primary mailing lists:
- libvirt-users@redhat.com (for user discussions)
- libvir-list@redhat.com (for development only)
Further details on contacting the project are available on the website: