Docs: emulator threads: clarify expected behavior
This patch adds a table of possible extra-spec/cpu_shared_set combinations, and lists the expected behavior of instance emulator threads for each case. This is an improvement over the previous doc, which incorrectly implied that `share` was the default policy value, and only covered what happens if cpu_shared_set is set. Change-Id: Ia56607d0b70d5f46159b57ee1092ba0e37a02270
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@@ -566,15 +566,27 @@ Emulator threads policy
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$ openstack flavor set FLAVOR-NAME \
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--property hw:emulator_threads_policy=THREAD-POLICY
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Valid THREAD-POLICY values are:
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The expected behavior of emulator threads depends on the value of the
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``hw:emulator_threads_policy`` flavor extra spec and the value of
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:oslo.config:option:`compute.cpu_shared_set`. It is presented in the
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following table:
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- ``share``: (default) The emulator threads float across the pCPUs
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associated to the guest. To place a workload's emulator threads on
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a set of isolated physical CPUs, set ``share`` and the
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:oslo.config:option:`compute.cpu_shared_set` configuration option to the
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set of host CPUs that should be used for best-effort CPU resources.
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.. list-table::
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:header-rows: 1
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:stub-columns: 1
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- ``isolate``: The emulator threads are isolated on a single pCPU.
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* -
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- :oslo.config:option:`compute.cpu_shared_set` set
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- :oslo.config:option:`compute.cpu_shared_set` unset
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* - ``hw:emulator_treads_policy`` unset (default)
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- Pinned to all of the instance's pCPUs
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- Pinned to all of the instance's pCPUs
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* - ``hw:emulator_threads_policy`` = ``share``
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- Pinned to :oslo.config:option:`compute.cpu_shared_set`
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- Pinned to all of the instance's pCPUs
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* - ``hw:emulator_threads_policy`` = ``isolate``
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- Pinned to a single pCPU distinct from the instance's pCPUs
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- Pinned to a single pCPU distinct from the instance's pCPUs
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Large pages allocation
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You can configure the size of large pages used to back the VMs.
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