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Dario Faggioli
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This commit implements the Xen part of the cap mechanism for Credit2. A cap is how much, in terms of % of physical CPU time, a domain can execute at most. For instance, a domain that must not use more than 1/4 of one physical CPU, must have a cap of 25%; one that must not use more than 1+1/2 of physical CPU time, must be given a cap of 150%. Caps are per domain, so it is all a domain's vCPUs, cumulatively, that will be forced to execute no more than the decided amount. This is implemented by giving each domain a 'budget', and using a (per-domain again) periodic timer. Values of budget and 'period' are chosen so that budget/period is equal to the cap itself. Budget is burned by the domain's vCPUs, in a similar way to how credits are. When a domain runs out of budget, its vCPUs can't run any longer. They can gain, when the budget is replenishment by the timer, which event happens once every period. Blocking the vCPUs because of lack of budget happens by means of a new (_VPF_parked) pause flag, so that, e.g., vcpu_runnable() still works. This is similar to what is done in sched_rtds.c, as opposed to what happens in sched_credit.c, where vcpu_pause() and vcpu_unpause() (which means, among other things, more overhead). Note that, while adding new fields to csched2_vcpu and csched2_dom, currently existing members are being moved around, to achieve best placement inside cache lines. Note also that xenalyze and tools/xentrace/format are being updated too. Signed-off-by: Dario Faggioli <dario.faggioli@citrix.com>