Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <waine...@redhat.com> writes:
> Currently kvm_available() checks for the presence of kvm module
> and, if target and host arches don't mismatch. This patch adds
> an 3rd checking: if QEMU binary was compiled with kvm
> support.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wainer dos Santos Moschetta <waine...@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.ben...@linaro.org>
> ---
> python/qemu/accel.py | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/python/qemu/accel.py b/python/qemu/accel.py
> index a63ff980a9..1978fbee4e 100644
> --- a/python/qemu/accel.py
> +++ b/python/qemu/accel.py
> @@ -48,9 +48,24 @@ def list_accel(qemu_bin):
> # Skip the first line which is the header.
> return [l.strip() for l in lines[1:] if l]
>
> -def kvm_available(target_arch=None):
> - host_arch = os.uname()[4]
> - if target_arch and target_arch != host_arch:
> - if target_arch != ADDITIONAL_ARCHES.get(host_arch):
> - return False
> - return os.access("/dev/kvm", os.R_OK | os.W_OK)
> +def kvm_available(target_arch=None, qemu_bin=None):
> + """
> + Check if KVM is available using the following heuristic:
> + - Kernel module is present in the host;
> + - Target and host arches don't mismatch;
> + - KVM is enabled in the QEMU binary.
> +
> + @param target_arch (str): target architecture
> + @param qemu_bin (str): path to the QEMU binary
> + @return True if kvm is available, otherwise False.
> + """
> + if not os.access("/dev/kvm", os.R_OK | os.W_OK):
> + return False
> + if target_arch:
> + host_arch = os.uname()[4]
> + if target_arch != host_arch:
> + if target_arch != ADDITIONAL_ARCHES.get(host_arch):
> + return False
> + if qemu_bin and "kvm" not in list_accel(qemu_bin):
> + return False
> + return True
--
Alex Bennée
