For most VMs, modifying the host frequency is an undesired operation. Introduce ioctl to enable the guest to modify host CPU frequency. Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti --- arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 2 ++ arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h | 5 +++++ arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 3 +++ virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 2 ++ 5 files changed, 32 insertions(+) Index: kvm-pvfreq/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c =================================================================== --- kvm-pvfreq.orig/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c 2017-01-31 10:32:33.023378783 -0200 +++ kvm-pvfreq/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c 2017-01-31 10:34:25.443618639 -0200 @@ -3665,6 +3665,26 @@ r = kvm_vcpu_ioctl_enable_cap(vcpu, &cap); break; } + case KVM_SET_VCPU_ALLOW_FREQ_HC: { + struct kvm_vcpu_allow_freq freq; + + r = -EFAULT; + if (copy_from_user(&freq, argp, sizeof(freq))) + goto out; + vcpu->arch.allow_freq_hypercall = freq.enable; + r = 0; + break; + } + case KVM_GET_VCPU_ALLOW_FREQ_HC: { + struct kvm_vcpu_allow_freq freq; + + memset(&freq, 0, sizeof(struct kvm_vcpu_allow_freq)); + r = -EFAULT; + if (copy_to_user(&freq, argp, sizeof(freq))) + break; + r = 0; + break; + } default: r = -EINVAL; } Index: kvm-pvfreq/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h =================================================================== --- kvm-pvfreq.orig/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h 2017-01-31 10:32:33.023378783 -0200 +++ kvm-pvfreq/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h 2017-01-31 10:32:38.000389402 -0200 @@ -871,6 +871,7 @@ #define KVM_CAP_S390_USER_INSTR0 130 #define KVM_CAP_MSI_DEVID 131 #define KVM_CAP_PPC_HTM 132 +#define KVM_CAP_ALLOW_FREQ_HC 133 #ifdef KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING @@ -1281,6 +1282,8 @@ #define KVM_S390_GET_IRQ_STATE _IOW(KVMIO, 0xb6, struct kvm_s390_irq_state) /* Available with KVM_CAP_X86_SMM */ #define KVM_SMI _IO(KVMIO, 0xb7) +#define KVM_SET_VCPU_ALLOW_FREQ_HC _IO(KVMIO, 0xb8) +#define KVM_GET_VCPU_ALLOW_FREQ_HC _IO(KVMIO, 0xb9) #define KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_ENABLE_IOMMU (1 << 0) #define KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_PCI_2_3 (1 << 1) Index: kvm-pvfreq/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h =================================================================== --- kvm-pvfreq.orig/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h 2017-01-31 10:32:33.023378783 -0200 +++ kvm-pvfreq/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h 2017-01-31 10:32:38.000389402 -0200 @@ -357,4 +357,9 @@ #define KVM_X86_QUIRK_LINT0_REENABLED (1 << 0) #define KVM_X86_QUIRK_CD_NW_CLEARED (1 << 1) +struct kvm_vcpu_allow_freq { + __u16 enable; + __u16 pad[7]; +}; + #endif /* _ASM_X86_KVM_H */ Index: kvm-pvfreq/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c =================================================================== --- kvm-pvfreq.orig/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c 2017-01-31 10:32:33.023378783 -0200 +++ kvm-pvfreq/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c 2017-01-31 10:32:38.001389404 -0200 @@ -2938,6 +2938,8 @@ #endif case KVM_CAP_MAX_VCPU_ID: return KVM_MAX_VCPU_ID; + case KVM_CAP_ALLOW_FREQ_HC: + return 1; default: break; } Index: kvm-pvfreq/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h =================================================================== --- kvm-pvfreq.orig/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h 2017-01-31 10:32:33.023378783 -0200 +++ kvm-pvfreq/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h 2017-01-31 10:32:38.001389404 -0200 @@ -678,6 +678,8 @@ /* GPA available (AMD only) */ bool gpa_available; + + bool allow_freq_hypercall; }; struct kvm_lpage_info {