[libvirt PATCH] util: Fix getting CPU frequency on Apple Silicon

Andrea Bolognani abologna at redhat.com
Thu Feb 10 09:08:42 UTC 2022


The hw.cpufrequency sysctl, which we use to obtain the CPU
frequency on macOS, is not available when running on Apple
Silicon, and as a consequence we currently report an error
whenever such information is requested.

The virNodeInfo.mhz field, where the CPU frequency gets stored,
is documented as being zero when the information could not be
obtained, and we already do that for Linux on aarch64. Extend
this behavior to macOS on Apple Silicon.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna at redhat.com>
---
 src/util/virhostcpu.c | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/util/virhostcpu.c b/src/util/virhostcpu.c
index a07c00a0e9..011ef8a153 100644
--- a/src/util/virhostcpu.c
+++ b/src/util/virhostcpu.c
@@ -928,8 +928,14 @@ virHostCPUGetInfo(virArch hostarch G_GNUC_UNUSED,
     *mhz = cpu_freq;
 # else
     if (sysctlbyname("hw.cpufrequency", &cpu_freq, &cpu_freq_len, NULL, 0) < 0) {
-        virReportSystemError(errno, "%s", _("cannot obtain CPU freq"));
-        return -1;
+        if (errno == ENOENT) {
+            /* The hw.cpufrequency sysctl is not implemented on Apple Silicon.
+             * In that case, we report 0 instead of erroring out */
+            cpu_freq = 0;
+        } else {
+            virReportSystemError(errno, "%s", _("cannot obtain CPU freq"));
+            return -1;
+        }
     }
 
     *mhz = cpu_freq / 1000000;
-- 
2.34.1




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