Add the following CPU options: allow-rt-prio-hc: allow guest to execute hypercall to change vcpu thread priority. rt-prio: SCHED_FIFO priority to be used when that hypercall is invoked. See kernel patchset for details about this hypercall. Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx> --- target/i386/cpu.c | 2 ++ target/i386/cpu.h | 4 ++++ target/i386/kvm.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+) Index: qemu-fifoprio/target/i386/cpu.c =================================================================== --- qemu-fifoprio.orig/target/i386/cpu.c +++ qemu-fifoprio/target/i386/cpu.c @@ -4106,6 +4106,8 @@ static Property x86_cpu_properties[] = { false), DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("vmware-cpuid-freq", X86CPU, vmware_cpuid_freq, true), DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("tcg-cpuid", X86CPU, expose_tcg, true), + DEFINE_PROP_BOOL("allow-rt-prio-hc", X86CPU, allow_rt_prio_hc, false), + DEFINE_PROP_UINT32("rt-prio", X86CPU, rt_prio_hc, 0), DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST() }; Index: qemu-fifoprio/target/i386/cpu.h =================================================================== --- qemu-fifoprio.orig/target/i386/cpu.h +++ qemu-fifoprio/target/i386/cpu.h @@ -1215,6 +1215,7 @@ struct X86CPU { bool hyperv_runtime; bool hyperv_synic; bool hyperv_stimer; + bool allow_rt_prio_hc; bool check_cpuid; bool enforce_cpuid; bool expose_kvm; @@ -1270,6 +1271,9 @@ struct X86CPU { /* Number of physical address bits supported */ uint32_t phys_bits; + /* RT priority of VCPU thread, when hypercall is invoked by guest */ + uint32_t rt_prio_hc; + /* in order to simplify APIC support, we leave this pointer to the user */ struct DeviceState *apic_state; Index: qemu-fifoprio/target/i386/kvm.c =================================================================== --- qemu-fifoprio.orig/target/i386/kvm.c +++ qemu-fifoprio/target/i386/kvm.c @@ -673,6 +673,28 @@ static int hyperv_handle_properties(CPUS static Error *invtsc_mig_blocker; +static int enable_allow_rt_prio_hc(CPUState *cs) +{ + int ret; + struct kvm_vcpu_rt_prio rt_prio; + X86CPU *cpu = X86_CPU(cs); + + if (!kvm_check_extension(kvm_state, KVM_CAP_VCPU_RT_PRIO_HC)) { + fprintf(stderr, "RT prio hypercall not supported by kernel\n"); + return -ENOSYS; + } + + rt_prio.sched_priority = cpu->rt_prio_hc; + rt_prio.enabled = 1; + + ret = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_ENABLE_VCPU_RT_PRIO_HC, &rt_prio); + if (ret) { + fprintf(stderr, "RT prio hypercall failed, ret=%d\n", ret); + } + + return ret; +} + #define KVM_MAX_CPUID_ENTRIES 100 int kvm_arch_init_vcpu(CPUState *cs) @@ -758,6 +780,12 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vcpu(CPUState *cs) has_msr_hv_hypercall = true; } + if (cpu->allow_rt_prio_hc) { + if (enable_allow_rt_prio_hc(cs)) { + abort(); + } + } + if (cpu->expose_kvm) { memcpy(signature, "KVMKVMKVM\0\0\0", 12); c = &cpuid_data.entries[cpuid_i++];