cpu: Provide vcpu throttling interface

Provide a method to throttle guest cpu execution. CPUState is augmented with
timeout controls and throttle start/stop functions. To throttle the guest cpu
the caller simply has to call the throttle set function and provide a percentage
of throttle time.

Signed-off-by: Jason J. Herne <jjherne@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Juan Quintela <quintela@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 78 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/cpus.c b/cpus.c
index dddd056454..d44c0eda89 100644
--- a/cpus.c
+++ b/cpus.c
@@ -69,6 +69,14 @@ static CPUState *next_cpu;
 int64_t max_delay;
 int64_t max_advance;
 
+/* vcpu throttling controls */
+static QEMUTimer *throttle_timer;
+static unsigned int throttle_percentage;
+
+#define CPU_THROTTLE_PCT_MIN 1
+#define CPU_THROTTLE_PCT_MAX 99
+#define CPU_THROTTLE_TIMESLICE_NS 10000000
+
 bool cpu_is_stopped(CPUState *cpu)
 {
     return cpu->stopped || !runstate_is_running();
@@ -505,10 +513,80 @@ static const VMStateDescription vmstate_timers = {
     }
 };
 
+static void cpu_throttle_thread(void *opaque)
+{
+    CPUState *cpu = opaque;
+    double pct;
+    double throttle_ratio;
+    long sleeptime_ns;
+
+    if (!cpu_throttle_get_percentage()) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    pct = (double)cpu_throttle_get_percentage()/100;
+    throttle_ratio = pct / (1 - pct);
+    sleeptime_ns = (long)(throttle_ratio * CPU_THROTTLE_TIMESLICE_NS);
+
+    qemu_mutex_unlock_iothread();
+    atomic_set(&cpu->throttle_thread_scheduled, 0);
+    g_usleep(sleeptime_ns / 1000); /* Convert ns to us for usleep call */
+    qemu_mutex_lock_iothread();
+}
+
+static void cpu_throttle_timer_tick(void *opaque)
+{
+    CPUState *cpu;
+    double pct;
+
+    /* Stop the timer if needed */
+    if (!cpu_throttle_get_percentage()) {
+        return;
+    }
+    CPU_FOREACH(cpu) {
+        if (!atomic_xchg(&cpu->throttle_thread_scheduled, 1)) {
+            async_run_on_cpu(cpu, cpu_throttle_thread, cpu);
+        }
+    }
+
+    pct = (double)cpu_throttle_get_percentage()/100;
+    timer_mod(throttle_timer, qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL_RT) +
+                                   CPU_THROTTLE_TIMESLICE_NS / (1-pct));
+}
+
+void cpu_throttle_set(int new_throttle_pct)
+{
+    /* Ensure throttle percentage is within valid range */
+    new_throttle_pct = MIN(new_throttle_pct, CPU_THROTTLE_PCT_MAX);
+    new_throttle_pct = MAX(new_throttle_pct, CPU_THROTTLE_PCT_MIN);
+
+    atomic_set(&throttle_percentage, new_throttle_pct);
+
+    timer_mod(throttle_timer, qemu_clock_get_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL_RT) +
+                                       CPU_THROTTLE_TIMESLICE_NS);
+}
+
+void cpu_throttle_stop(void)
+{
+    atomic_set(&throttle_percentage, 0);
+}
+
+bool cpu_throttle_active(void)
+{
+    return (cpu_throttle_get_percentage() != 0);
+}
+
+int cpu_throttle_get_percentage(void)
+{
+    return atomic_read(&throttle_percentage);
+}
+
 void cpu_ticks_init(void)
 {
     seqlock_init(&timers_state.vm_clock_seqlock, NULL);
     vmstate_register(NULL, 0, &vmstate_timers, &timers_state);
+    throttle_timer = timer_new_ns(QEMU_CLOCK_VIRTUAL_RT,
+                                           cpu_throttle_timer_tick, NULL);
 }
 
 void configure_icount(QemuOpts *opts, Error **errp)