KVM: x86: limit PIT timer frequency

Limit PIT timer frequency similarly to the limit applied by
LAPIC timer.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c b/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c
index 412a5aa0ef9..518d86471b7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 #include "irq.h"
 #include "i8254.h"
+#include "x86.h"
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_X86_64
 #define mod_64(x, y) ((x) - (y) * div64_u64(x, y))
@@ -349,6 +350,23 @@ static void create_pit_timer(struct kvm *kvm, u32 val, int is_period)
 	atomic_set(&ps->pending, 0);
 	ps->irq_ack = 1;
 
+	/*
+	 * Do not allow the guest to program periodic timers with small
+	 * interval, since the hrtimers are not throttled by the host
+	 * scheduler.
+	 */
+	if (ps->is_periodic) {
+		s64 min_period = min_timer_period_us * 1000LL;
+
+		if (ps->period < min_period) {
+			pr_info_ratelimited(
+			    "kvm: requested %lld ns "
+			    "i8254 timer period limited to %lld ns\n",
+			    ps->period, min_period);
+			ps->period = min_period;
+		}
+	}
+
 	hrtimer_start(&ps->timer, ktime_add_ns(ktime_get(), interval),
 		      HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 }