commit c87759ce876a7a0b17c2bf4f0b964bd51f0ee871
author Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> Tue May 14 14:14:41 2019 -0600
committer Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Mon Jun 03 14:03:03 2019 +0200
tree 1136df9621eb962326714fa330eaad310fb8de12
parent 7f27154d5042bae6fd9ac200e23a28ecca3387a0

q35: Revert to kernel irqchip

Commit b2fc91db8447 ("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: b2fc91db8447 ("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>

hw/i386/pc_q35.c

diff --git a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
index 37dd350..dcddc64 100644
--- a/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
+++ b/hw/i386/pc_q35.c
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@
     m->units_per_default_bus = 1;
     m->default_machine_opts = "firmware=bios-256k.bin";
     m->default_display = "std";
-    m->default_kernel_irqchip_split = true;
+    m->default_kernel_irqchip_split = false;
     m->no_floppy = 1;
     machine_class_allow_dynamic_sysbus_dev(m, TYPE_AMD_IOMMU_DEVICE);
     machine_class_allow_dynamic_sysbus_dev(m, TYPE_INTEL_IOMMU_DEVICE);
@@ -374,10 +374,22 @@
 DEFINE_Q35_MACHINE(v4_1, "pc-q35-4.1", NULL,
                    pc_q35_4_1_machine_options);
 
-static void pc_q35_4_0_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
+static void pc_q35_4_0_1_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
 {
     pc_q35_4_1_machine_options(m);
     m->alias = NULL;
+    compat_props_add(m->compat_props, hw_compat_4_0_1, hw_compat_4_0_1_len);
+    compat_props_add(m->compat_props, pc_compat_4_0_1, pc_compat_4_0_1_len);
+}
+
+DEFINE_Q35_MACHINE(v4_0_1, "pc-q35-4.0.1", NULL,
+                   pc_q35_4_0_1_machine_options);
+
+static void pc_q35_4_0_machine_options(MachineClass *m)
+{
+    pc_q35_4_0_1_machine_options(m);
+    m->default_kernel_irqchip_split = true;
+    m->alias = NULL;
     compat_props_add(m->compat_props, hw_compat_4_0, hw_compat_4_0_len);
     compat_props_add(m->compat_props, pc_compat_4_0, pc_compat_4_0_len);
 }