module_param(indep_threads_mode, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(indep_threads_mode, "Independent-threads mode (only on POWER9)");
+static bool one_vm_per_core;
+module_param(one_vm_per_core, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(one_vm_per_core, "Only run vCPUs from the same VM on a core (requires indep_threads_mode=N)");
+
#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_XICS
static struct kernel_param_ops module_param_ops = {
.set = param_set_int,
if (!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S))
return false;
+ /* In one_vm_per_core mode, require all vcores to be from the same vm */
+ if (one_vm_per_core && vc->kvm != cip->vc[0]->kvm)
+ return false;
+
/* Some POWER9 chips require all threads to be in the same MMU mode */
if (no_mixing_hpt_and_radix &&
kvm_is_radix(vc->kvm) != kvm_is_radix(cip->vc[0]->kvm))