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Subject[PATCH 38/46] KVM: limit lapic periodic timer frequency
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From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>

Otherwise its possible to starve the host by programming lapic timer
with a very high frequency.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 9 +++++++++
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index fdddf48..ce195f8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -664,6 +664,15 @@ static void start_apic_timer(struct kvm_lapic *apic)

if (!apic->lapic_timer.period)
return;
+ /*
+ * Do not allow the guest to program periodic timers with small
+ * interval, since the hrtimers are not throttled by the host
+ * scheduler.
+ */
+ if (apic_lvtt_period(apic)) {
+ if (apic->lapic_timer.period < NSEC_PER_MSEC/2)
+ apic->lapic_timer.period = NSEC_PER_MSEC/2;
+ }

hrtimer_start(&apic->lapic_timer.timer,
ktime_add_ns(now, apic->lapic_timer.period),
--
1.6.4.1


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