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Hi Team,

When translating the K cpu count from Docker/k8s to Qemu options, what is reasoning behind configuring K sockets with 1 core per socket instead of K cores with 1 socket? Did any performance measurements guide this decision?

When we bring up kata container with 8 cpus it brings up a VM with (8+1) sockets - 

kubectl exec -it ubuntu-kata -- lscpu
Architecture:          x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:            Little Endian
CPU(s):                1
On-line CPU(s) list:   0
Thread(s) per core:    1
Core(s) per socket:    1
Socket(s):             1

kubectl exec -it ubuntu-kata-8cpu-limit -- lscpu
Architecture:          x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit
Byte Order:            Little Endian
CPU(s):                9
On-line CPU(s) list:   0-8
Thread(s) per core:    1
Core(s) per socket:    1
Socket(s):             9

Thanks,
Sai