Nested KVM Hypervisor Support

​​​​​​​Description

Nested KVM是指基于虚拟化技术的虚拟机管理系统。

Nested KVM在Intel处理器上，KVM使用Intel的vmx（virtualmachine eXtensions）来提高虚拟机性能，即硬件辅助虚拟化技术。如果一台虚拟机能够和物理机一样支持vmx，那么就可以在这台虚拟机上再次安装虚拟机。Nested KVM是一个可通过内核参数来启用的功能，它能够使一台虚拟机具有物理CPU特性，支持vmx或者svm（AMD）硬件虚拟化。

See

• hypervisor-kvm
• How to Enable Nested KVM Virtualization
• Nested KVM Hypervisor Support

Official

Checking Whether Nested Virtualization is Enabled

• Support nested：Kernel version at least 3.X

modinfo kvm_intel | grep nested
parm: nested:bool
systool -m kvm_intel -v   | grep -i nested
nested              = "N"
# or
cat /sys/module/kvm_intel/parameters/nested
Y (Y for yes) or N (N for no)

Enabling Nested Virtualization

• Tested

# cat /etc/modprobe.d/kvm.conf
# To enable nesting, simply add or change the nested parameter so it has 1 as its value
# For Intel
options kvm_intel nested=1
# For AMD
# options kvm_amd nested=1




# Unload and reload kvm-intel kernel module with nested support.
# Unload the module
$ sudo modprobe -r kvm_intel


# Reload the module with new settings
$ sudo modprobe kvm_intel




# command setting
modprobe kvm-intel nested=1

• Not Test

# Modify grub.cfg
# Add kvm-intel.nested=1 to the end of the row of quiet in the kernel parameter
# grep quiet /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
        linux16 /vmlinuz-3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64 root=UUID=8c936eea-af89-48bd-83cb-b5d9cdb440e8 ro crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet kvm-intel.nested=1 LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8

Activating Nested Virtualization For a Guest

• Tested

# virsh edit virtualhost-name
# Define the CPU mode ："core2duo", And add the "vmx" feature to the virtual machine
  <cpu mode='custom' match='exact'>
    <model fallback='allow'>core2duo</model>
    <feature policy='require' name='vmx'/>
  </cpu>

• Not Test

<cpu mode='host-model'>
    <model fallback='allow'/>
  </cpu>
# or
# host-passthrough: 
# Advantages: The vcpu of the virtual machine is the same as that of the physical machine
# Disadvantages: The cpus of the two servers must be the same during VM migration; otherwise, the migration fails.
 <cpu mode='host-passthrough'>
    <topology sockets='2' cores='2' threads='2'/>
  </cpu>
  <cpu>
    <topology sockets='8' cores='1' threads='1'/>
  </cpu>


# command start virtualhost, Add Option.
-enable-kvm -cpu qemu64,+vmx

Checking a Guest Can Nested

# start virtualhost
lscpu | grep -P "vmx"

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