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  1. OpenShift Virtualization
  2. CNV-31584

[2228103] virt-launcher does not start with isolateEmulator thread and an even CPU count

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    • CNV Virtualization Sprint 241, CNV Virtualization Sprint 244, CNV Virtualization Sprint 245, CNV Virtualization Sprint 246, CNV Virtualization Sprint 247
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      Description of problem:

      Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

      How reproducible:
      100%

      Steps to Reproduce:
      Create the following VMI:
      ```
      apiVersion: kubevirt.io/v1
      kind: VirtualMachineInstance
      metadata:
      annotations:
      cpu-load-balancing.crio.io: disable
      cpu-quota.crio.io: disable
      irq-load-balancing.crio.io: disable
      name: dpdk-vmi
      spec:
      domain:
      cpu:
      cores: 8
      dedicatedCpuPlacement: true
      isolateEmulatorThread: true
      model: host-model
      sockets: 1
      threads: 1
      devices:
      disks:

      • disk:
        bus: virtio
        name: rootdisk
      • disk:
        bus: virtio
        name: cloudinitdisk
        networkInterfaceMultiqueue: true
        rng: {}
        memory:
        guest: 4Gi
        hugepages:
        pageSize: 1Gi
        terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 0
        volumes:
      • containerDisk:
        image: 'quay.io/kiagnose/kubevirt-dpdk-checkup-vm:main'
        imagePullPolicy: Always
        name: rootdisk
      • cloudInitNoCloud:
        userData: |
        #cloud-config
        user: cloud-user
        password: 0tli-pxem-xknu
        chpasswd:
        expire: false
        name: cloudinitdisk
        ```

      Actual results:
      virt-launcher pod does not start.
      kubelet emits the following event:
      ```
      SMT Alignment Error: requested 9 cpus not multiple cpus per core = 2
      ```

      Expected results:
      The VMI should start.

      Additional info:

      Git Pull Request: https://github.com/kubevirt/hyperconverged-cluster-operator/pull/2695 closed

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              ralavi@redhat.com Ram Lavi
              omisan@redhat.com Orel Misan
              Akriti gupta Akriti gupta
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