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== Comment: #0 - HARIHARAN T. SUNDARESH REDDY <harih...@in.ibm.com> - 
2018-10-03 01:29:59 ==
Description : Hotplug is supported only for 64 dimms and the same is controlled 
by the sysfs parameter

# cat /sys/module/vhost/parameters/max_mem_regions
64

However qemu supports 256 slots max. In my opinion max_mem_regions must
be >= 256.

log :

63
Device attached successfully    <--- 63 times devices attached successfully, 
later all attach failed. 

64
error: Failed to attach device from hp_mem.xml
error: internal error: unable to execute QEMU command 'device_add': a used 
vhost backend has no free memory slots left

65
error: Failed to attach device from hp_mem.xml
error: internal error: unable to execute QEMU command 'device_add': a used 
vhost backend has no free memory slots left

66
error: Failed to attach device from hp_mem.xml
error: internal error: unable to execute QEMU command 'device_add': a used 
vhost backend has no free memory slots left

System Details :
uname -a
Linux ltc-fvttest 4.18.5-custom #1 SMP Wed Sep 26 12:11:51 CDT 2018 ppc64le 
ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux

root@ltc-fvttest:/home/hariharan# cat /etc/os-release 
NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu Cosmic Cuttlefish (development branch)"
VERSION_ID="18.10"
HOME_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/";
SUPPORT_URL="https://help.ubuntu.com/";
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/";
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://www.ubuntu.com/legal/terms-and-policies/privacy-policy";
VERSION_CODENAME=cosmic
UBUNTU_CODENAME=cosmic

** Affects: ubuntu-power-systems
     Importance: Medium
         Status: New

** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
     Assignee: Ubuntu on IBM Power Systems Bug Triage (ubuntu-power-triage)
         Status: New


** Tags: architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-171919 severity-medium 
targetmilestone-inin---
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Only 64 Memory regions or dimms supported for Hotplug.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1796839
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