tree 654190e4c83f42542f2c5e069c9b7000478f0b66
parent 95fa0c79a04f3ebebb9f3b68cc05b4b8082b5444
author Anthony Harivel <aharivel@redhat.com> 1716392091 +0200
committer Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> 1721649021 +0200

tools: build qemu-vmsr-helper

Introduce a privileged helper to access RAPL MSR.

The privileged helper tool, qemu-vmsr-helper, is designed to provide
virtual machines with the ability to read specific RAPL (Running Average
Power Limit) MSRs without requiring CAP_SYS_RAWIO privileges or relying
on external, out-of-tree patches.

The helper tool leverages Unix permissions and SO_PEERCRED socket
options to enforce access control, ensuring that only processes
explicitly requesting read access via readmsr() from a valid Thread ID
can access these MSRs.

The list of RAPL MSRs that are allowed to be read by the helper tool is
defined in rapl-msr-index.h. This list corresponds to the RAPL MSRs that
will be supported in the next commit titled "Add support for RAPL MSRs
in KVM/QEMU."

The tool is intentionally designed to run on the Linux x86 platform.
This initial implementation is tailored for Intel CPUs but can be
extended to support AMD CPUs in the future.

Signed-off-by: Anthony Harivel <aharivel@redhat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240522153453.1230389-3-aharivel@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>