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: