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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2012 SUSE LINUX Products GmbH
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
+ */
+
+#ifndef SYSEMU_CPU_THROTTLE_H
+#define SYSEMU_CPU_THROTTLE_H
+
+#include "qemu/timer.h"
+
+/**
+ * cpu_throttle_init:
+ *
+ * Initialize the CPU throttling API.
+ */
+void cpu_throttle_init(void);
+
+/**
+ * cpu_throttle_set:
+ * @new_throttle_pct: Percent of sleep time. Valid range is 1 to 99.
+ *
+ * Throttles all vcpus by forcing them to sleep for the given percentage of
+ * time. A throttle_percentage of 25 corresponds to a 75% duty cycle roughly.
+ * (example: 10ms sleep for every 30ms awake).
+ *
+ * cpu_throttle_set can be called as needed to adjust new_throttle_pct.
+ * Once the throttling starts, it will remain in effect until cpu_throttle_stop
+ * is called.
+ */
+void cpu_throttle_set(int new_throttle_pct);
+
+/**
+ * cpu_throttle_stop:
+ *
+ * Stops the vcpu throttling started by cpu_throttle_set.
+ */
+void cpu_throttle_stop(void);
+
+/**
+ * cpu_throttle_active:
+ *
+ * Returns: %true if the vcpus are currently being throttled, %false otherwise.
+ */
+bool cpu_throttle_active(void);
+
+/**
+ * cpu_throttle_get_percentage:
+ *
+ * Returns the vcpu throttle percentage. See cpu_throttle_set for details.
+ *
+ * Returns: The throttle percentage in range 1 to 99.
+ */
+int cpu_throttle_get_percentage(void);
+
+#endif /* SYSEMU_CPU_THROTTLE_H */