[v3,4/8] examples/power: add host channel to power manager

Message ID 20180914135406.52190-5-david.hunt@intel.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded, archived
Delegated to: Thomas Monjalon
Headers
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Hunt, David Sept. 14, 2018, 1:54 p.m. UTC
  This patch adds a fifo channel to the vm_power_manager app through which
we can send commands and polices. Intended for sending JSON strings.
The fifo is at /tmp/powermonitor/fifo.0

Signed-off-by: David Hunt <david.hunt@intel.com>
---
 examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c | 108 +++++++++++++++
 examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h |  17 ++-
 examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c | 146 +++++++++++++++-----
 examples/vm_power_manager/main.c            |   2 +
 4 files changed, 238 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
  

Comments

Burakov, Anatoly Sept. 25, 2018, 9:48 a.m. UTC | #1
On 14-Sep-18 2:54 PM, David Hunt wrote:
> This patch adds a fifo channel to the vm_power_manager app through which
> we can send commands and polices. Intended for sending JSON strings.
> The fifo is at /tmp/powermonitor/fifo.0
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Hunt <david.hunt@intel.com>
> ---

A bunch of nitpick comments below :)

>   examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c | 108 +++++++++++++++
>   examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h |  17 ++-
>   examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c | 146 +++++++++++++++-----
>   examples/vm_power_manager/main.c            |   2 +
>   4 files changed, 238 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
> 

<snip>

> +				"Error(%s) setting non-blocking "
> +				"socket for '%s'\n",
> +				strerror(errno), info->channel_path);
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +

As far as i can tell, vm power manager is a proper DPDK application, 
meaning there can technically be several of these running independently 
under different prefixes. Hardcoded paths are OK, but you probably need 
to place a write-lock on a file to prevent another VM power manager from 
(accidentally) taking over the FIFO? Init would probably fail earlier, 
but you never know :)

>   static int
>   setup_channel_info(struct virtual_machine_info **vm_info_dptr,
>   		struct channel_info **chan_info_dptr, unsigned channel_num)
> @@ -294,6 +327,7 @@ setup_channel_info(struct virtual_machine_info **vm_info_dptr,
>   	chan_info->channel_num = channel_num;
>   	chan_info->priv_info = (void *)vm_info;
>   	chan_info->status = CHANNEL_MGR_CHANNEL_DISCONNECTED;
> +	chan_info->type = CHANNEL_TYPE_BINARY;
>   	if (open_non_blocking_channel(chan_info) < 0) {
>   		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Could not open channel: "
>   				"'%s' for VM '%s'\n",
> @@ -316,6 +350,35 @@ setup_channel_info(struct virtual_machine_info **vm_info_dptr,
>   	return 0;
>   }
>   
> +static int
> +setup_host_channel_info(struct channel_info **chan_info_dptr,
> +		unsigned int channel_num)
> +{
> +	struct channel_info *chan_info = *chan_info_dptr;
> +
> +	chan_info->channel_num = channel_num;
> +	chan_info->priv_info = (void *)0;

NULL?

> +	chan_info->status = CHANNEL_MGR_CHANNEL_DISCONNECTED;
> +	chan_info->type = CHANNEL_TYPE_JSON;
> +	sprintf(chan_info->channel_path, "%sfifo.0", CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH);

Here, 0 is part of the format string...

> +
> +	if (open_host_channel(chan_info) < 0) {
> +		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Could not open host channel: "
> +				"'%s'\n",
> +				chan_info->channel_path);
> +		return -1;
> +	}

<snip>

> +int
> +add_host_channel(void)
> +{
> +	struct channel_info *chan_info;
> +	char socket_path[PATH_MAX];
> +	int num_channels_enabled = 0;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	snprintf(socket_path, sizeof(socket_path), "%sfifo.%u",
> +			CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH, 0);

...while here, it's an argument. What's the significance of 0 in this 
context? Also, maybe better to put it in a function, so as to only have 
one place to fix if anything changes, instead of two?

> +
> +	errno = 0;
> +	ret = mkfifo(socket_path, 0666);

0666 seems like overly permissive to me?

> +	if ((errno != EEXIST) && (ret < 0)) {
> +		printf(" %d %d, %d\n", ret, EEXIST, errno);

This looks like a leftover debug printf?

Also, maybe if (ret < 0 && errno != EEXIST)? I don't think there's a 
need to set errno beforehand here.

> +		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Cannot create fifo '%s' error: "
> +				"%s\n", socket_path, strerror(errno));
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +
> +	errno = 0;

...and here too - if access() call failed, does it not always set errno 
value?

> +	if (access(socket_path, F_OK) < 0) {
> +		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Channel path '%s' error: "
> +				"%s\n", socket_path, strerror(errno));
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +	chan_info = rte_malloc(NULL, sizeof(*chan_info),
> +			RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);

0 alignment is equivalent to RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, so no need to specify 
it explicitly.

> +	if (chan_info == NULL) {
> +		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Error allocating memory for "
> +				"channel '%s'\n", socket_path);
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +	snprintf(chan_info->channel_path,
> +			sizeof(chan_info->channel_path), "%sfifo.%u",
> +			CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH, 0);

Creating FIFO path again. Definitely needs a function :)

> +	if (setup_host_channel_info(&chan_info, 0) < 0) {
> +		rte_free(chan_info);
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +	num_channels_enabled++;
> +
> +	return num_channels_enabled;
> +}
> +
>   int
>   remove_channel(struct channel_info **chan_info_dptr)
>   {
> diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h
> index 872ec6140..c157cc22b 100644
> --- a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h
> +++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h
> @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct sockaddr_un _sockaddr_un;
>   #define UNIX_PATH_MAX sizeof(_sockaddr_un.sun_path)
>   #endif
>   
> -#define MAX_VMS 4
> +#define MAX_VMS 64

This change probably needs to be called out in commit message and 
explained. Or broken into a separate commit? Also, i think technically 
"MAX_VMS" is a bad name now that you're supporting containers as well as 
VM's. MAX_CLIENTS maybe?

>   #define MAX_VCPUS 20
>   
>   
> @@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ enum channel_status { CHANNEL_MGR_CHANNEL_DISCONNECTED = 0,
>   	CHANNEL_MGR_CHANNEL_DISABLED,
>   	CHANNEL_MGR_CHANNEL_PROCESSING};
>   
> +/* Communication Channel Type */
> +enum channel_type { CHANNEL_TYPE_BINARY = 0,

Should probably start values on a new line?

> +	CHANNEL_TYPE_INI,
> +	CHANNEL_TYPE_JSON};
> +
>   /* VM libvirt(qemu/KVM) connection status */
>   enum vm_status { CHANNEL_MGR_VM_INACTIVE = 0, CHANNEL_MGR_VM_ACTIVE};
>   
> @@ -66,6 +71,7 @@ struct channel_info {
>   	volatile uint32_t status;    /**< Connection status(enum channel_status) */

<snip>

> -					pol->core_share[count].pcpu = pcpu;
> -					printf("Monitoring pcpu %d\n", pcpu);
> -				}
> +	RTE_LOG(INFO, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
> +			"Looking for pcpu for %s\n", pol->pkt.vm_name);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * So now that we're handling virtual and physical cores, we need to
> +	 * differenciate between them when adding them to the branch monitor.
> +	 * Virtual cores need to be converted to physical cores.
> +	 */
> +
> +
> +
> +

Needs moar newlines :)

> +	if (pol->pkt.core_type == CORE_TYPE_VIRTUAL) {
> +		/*
> +		 * If the cores in the policy are virtual, we need to map them
> +		 * to physical core. We look up the vm info and use that for
> +		 * the mapping.
> +		 */
> +		get_info_vm(pol->pkt.vm_name, &info);

<snip>

> @@ -362,10 +425,12 @@ process_request(struct channel_packet *pkt, struct channel_info *chan_info)
>   	if (pkt->command == CPU_POWER) {
>   		core_mask = get_pcpus_mask(chan_info, pkt->resource_id);
>   		if (core_mask == 0) {
> -			RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR, "Error get physical CPU mask for "
> -				"channel '%s' using vCPU(%u)\n", chan_info->channel_path,
> -				(unsigned)pkt->unit);
> -			return -1;
> +			/*
> +			 * Core mask will be 0 in the case where
> +			 * hypervisor is not available so we're working in
> +			 * the host, so use the core as the mask.
> +			 */
> +			core_mask = 1 << pkt->resource_id;

1ULL?
  
Hunt, David Sept. 25, 2018, 1:55 p.m. UTC | #2
Hi Anatoly,


On 25/9/2018 10:48 AM, Burakov, Anatoly wrote:
> On 14-Sep-18 2:54 PM, David Hunt wrote:
>> This patch adds a fifo channel to the vm_power_manager app through which
>> we can send commands and polices. Intended for sending JSON strings.
>> The fifo is at /tmp/powermonitor/fifo.0
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Hunt <david.hunt@intel.com>
>> ---
>
> A bunch of nitpick comments below :)
>
>> examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c | 108 +++++++++++++++
>>   examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h |  17 ++-
>>   examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c | 146 +++++++++++++++-----
>>   examples/vm_power_manager/main.c            |   2 +
>>   4 files changed, 238 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
>>
>
> <snip>
>
>> +                "Error(%s) setting non-blocking "
>> +                "socket for '%s'\n",
>> +                strerror(errno), info->channel_path);
>> +        return -1;
>> +    }
>> +    return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>
> As far as i can tell, vm power manager is a proper DPDK application, 
> meaning there can technically be several of these running 
> independently under different prefixes. Hardcoded paths are OK, but 
> you probably need to place a write-lock on a file to prevent another 
> VM power manager from (accidentally) taking over the FIFO? Init would 
> probably fail earlier, but you never know :)

vm_power_manager is only expected to be a single instance looking after 
the power across all cores in a system, so we do not expect multiple 
instance of this to be running.

>
>>   static int
>>   setup_channel_info(struct virtual_machine_info **vm_info_dptr,
>>           struct channel_info **chan_info_dptr, unsigned channel_num)
>> @@ -294,6 +327,7 @@ setup_channel_info(struct virtual_machine_info 
>> **vm_info_dptr,
>>       chan_info->channel_num = channel_num;
>>       chan_info->priv_info = (void *)vm_info;
>>       chan_info->status = CHANNEL_MGR_CHANNEL_DISCONNECTED;
>> +    chan_info->type = CHANNEL_TYPE_BINARY;
>>       if (open_non_blocking_channel(chan_info) < 0) {
>>           RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Could not open channel: "
>>                   "'%s' for VM '%s'\n",
>> @@ -316,6 +350,35 @@ setup_channel_info(struct virtual_machine_info 
>> **vm_info_dptr,
>>       return 0;
>>   }
>>   +static int
>> +setup_host_channel_info(struct channel_info **chan_info_dptr,
>> +        unsigned int channel_num)
>> +{
>> +    struct channel_info *chan_info = *chan_info_dptr;
>> +
>> +    chan_info->channel_num = channel_num;
>> +    chan_info->priv_info = (void *)0;
>
> NULL?
>

Fixed in next version.


>> +    chan_info->status = CHANNEL_MGR_CHANNEL_DISCONNECTED;
>> +    chan_info->type = CHANNEL_TYPE_JSON;
>> +    sprintf(chan_info->channel_path, "%sfifo.0", 
>> CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH);
>
> Here, 0 is part of the format string...
>
>> +
>> +    if (open_host_channel(chan_info) < 0) {
>> +        RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Could not open host channel: "
>> +                "'%s'\n",
>> +                chan_info->channel_path);
>> +        return -1;
>> +    }
>
> <snip>
>
>> +int
>> +add_host_channel(void)
>> +{
>> +    struct channel_info *chan_info;
>> +    char socket_path[PATH_MAX];
>> +    int num_channels_enabled = 0;
>> +    int ret;
>> +
>> +    snprintf(socket_path, sizeof(socket_path), "%sfifo.%u",
>> +            CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH, 0);
>
> ...while here, it's an argument. What's the significance of 0 in this 
> context? Also, maybe better to put it in a function, so as to only 
> have one place to fix if anything changes, instead of two?
>

I'll add a function to generate this string. And I've dropped the ".0". 
It was inherited from the VM channel code, and in this case there is no 
index needed.


>> +
>> +    errno = 0;
>> +    ret = mkfifo(socket_path, 0666);
>
> 0666 seems like overly permissive to me?
>

changed to 660


>> +    if ((errno != EEXIST) && (ret < 0)) {
>> +        printf(" %d %d, %d\n", ret, EEXIST, errno);
>
> This looks like a leftover debug printf?
>

Removed in next rev.


> Also, maybe if (ret < 0 && errno != EEXIST)? I don't think there's a 
> need to set errno beforehand here.
>
>> +        RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Cannot create fifo '%s' error: "
>> +                "%s\n", socket_path, strerror(errno));
>> +        return 0;
>> +    }
>> +
>> +    errno = 0;
>
> ...and here too - if access() call failed, does it not always set 
> errno value?


Removed in next rev.

>
>> +    if (access(socket_path, F_OK) < 0) {
>> +        RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Channel path '%s' error: "
>> +                "%s\n", socket_path, strerror(errno));
>> +        return 0;
>> +    }
>> +    chan_info = rte_malloc(NULL, sizeof(*chan_info),
>> +            RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
>
> 0 alignment is equivalent to RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE, so no need to 
> specify it explicitly.
>

Sure. Changed to 0.

>> +    if (chan_info == NULL) {
>> +        RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Error allocating memory for "
>> +                "channel '%s'\n", socket_path);
>> +        return 0;
>> +    }
>> +    snprintf(chan_info->channel_path,
>> +            sizeof(chan_info->channel_path), "%sfifo.%u",
>> +            CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH, 0);
>
> Creating FIFO path again. Definitely needs a function :)
>

Function created. :)

>> +    if (setup_host_channel_info(&chan_info, 0) < 0) {
>> +        rte_free(chan_info);
>> +        return 0;
>> +    }
>> +    num_channels_enabled++;
>> +
>> +    return num_channels_enabled;
>> +}
>> +
>>   int
>>   remove_channel(struct channel_info **chan_info_dptr)
>>   {
>> diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h 
>> b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h
>> index 872ec6140..c157cc22b 100644
>> --- a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h
>> +++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h
>> @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct sockaddr_un _sockaddr_un;
>>   #define UNIX_PATH_MAX sizeof(_sockaddr_un.sun_path)
>>   #endif
>>   -#define MAX_VMS 4
>> +#define MAX_VMS 64
>
> This change probably needs to be called out in commit message and 
> explained. Or broken into a separate commit? Also, i think technically 
> "MAX_VMS" is a bad name now that you're supporting containers as well 
> as VM's. MAX_CLIENTS maybe?
>

Sure. I've split it out into it's own commit in next version, and 
renamed it as MAX_CLIENTS.


>>   #define MAX_VCPUS 20
>>     @@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ enum channel_status { 
>> CHANNEL_MGR_CHANNEL_DISCONNECTED = 0,
>>       CHANNEL_MGR_CHANNEL_DISABLED,
>>       CHANNEL_MGR_CHANNEL_PROCESSING};
>>   +/* Communication Channel Type */
>> +enum channel_type { CHANNEL_TYPE_BINARY = 0,
>
> Should probably start values on a new line?
>

I was sticking with the existing style, but I do prefer the new lines. 
Will change in the new version.


>> +    CHANNEL_TYPE_INI,
>> +    CHANNEL_TYPE_JSON};
>> +
>>   /* VM libvirt(qemu/KVM) connection status */
>>   enum vm_status { CHANNEL_MGR_VM_INACTIVE = 0, CHANNEL_MGR_VM_ACTIVE};
>>   @@ -66,6 +71,7 @@ struct channel_info {
>>       volatile uint32_t status;    /**< Connection status(enum 
>> channel_status) */
>
> <snip>
>
>> - pol->core_share[count].pcpu = pcpu;
>> -                    printf("Monitoring pcpu %d\n", pcpu);
>> -                }
>> +    RTE_LOG(INFO, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
>> +            "Looking for pcpu for %s\n", pol->pkt.vm_name);
>> +
>> +    /*
>> +     * So now that we're handling virtual and physical cores, we 
>> need to
>> +     * differenciate between them when adding them to the branch 
>> monitor.
>> +     * Virtual cores need to be converted to physical cores.
>> +     */
>> +
>> +
>> +
>> +
>
> Needs moar newlines :)
>

One can never have enough newlines. :)
Removed in the next version.


>> +    if (pol->pkt.core_type == CORE_TYPE_VIRTUAL) {
>> +        /*
>> +         * If the cores in the policy are virtual, we need to map them
>> +         * to physical core. We look up the vm info and use that for
>> +         * the mapping.
>> +         */
>> +        get_info_vm(pol->pkt.vm_name, &info);
>
> <snip>
>
>> @@ -362,10 +425,12 @@ process_request(struct channel_packet *pkt, 
>> struct channel_info *chan_info)
>>       if (pkt->command == CPU_POWER) {
>>           core_mask = get_pcpus_mask(chan_info, pkt->resource_id);
>>           if (core_mask == 0) {
>> -            RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR, "Error get physical CPU 
>> mask for "
>> -                "channel '%s' using vCPU(%u)\n", 
>> chan_info->channel_path,
>> -                (unsigned)pkt->unit);
>> -            return -1;
>> +            /*
>> +             * Core mask will be 0 in the case where
>> +             * hypervisor is not available so we're working in
>> +             * the host, so use the core as the mask.
>> +             */
>> +            core_mask = 1 << pkt->resource_id;
>
> 1ULL?
>
>

Done in next version .

Thanks for the review, Anatoly.

Rgds,
Dave.
  

Patch

diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c
index 2e471d0c1..88ae108a6 100644
--- a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c
+++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ 
 
 #include <sys/queue.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/select.h>
 
@@ -284,6 +285,38 @@  open_non_blocking_channel(struct channel_info *info)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+open_host_channel(struct channel_info *info)
+{
+	int flags;
+
+	info->fd = open(info->channel_path, O_RDWR | O_RSYNC);
+	if (info->fd == -1) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Error(%s) opening fifo for '%s'\n",
+				strerror(errno),
+				info->channel_path);
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	/* Get current flags */
+	flags = fcntl(info->fd, F_GETFL, 0);
+	if (flags < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(WARNING, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Error(%s) fcntl get flags socket for"
+				"'%s'\n", strerror(errno), info->channel_path);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	/* Set to Non Blocking */
+	flags |= O_NONBLOCK;
+	if (fcntl(info->fd, F_SETFL, flags) < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(WARNING, CHANNEL_MANAGER,
+				"Error(%s) setting non-blocking "
+				"socket for '%s'\n",
+				strerror(errno), info->channel_path);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 setup_channel_info(struct virtual_machine_info **vm_info_dptr,
 		struct channel_info **chan_info_dptr, unsigned channel_num)
@@ -294,6 +327,7 @@  setup_channel_info(struct virtual_machine_info **vm_info_dptr,
 	chan_info->channel_num = channel_num;
 	chan_info->priv_info = (void *)vm_info;
 	chan_info->status = CHANNEL_MGR_CHANNEL_DISCONNECTED;
+	chan_info->type = CHANNEL_TYPE_BINARY;
 	if (open_non_blocking_channel(chan_info) < 0) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Could not open channel: "
 				"'%s' for VM '%s'\n",
@@ -316,6 +350,35 @@  setup_channel_info(struct virtual_machine_info **vm_info_dptr,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+setup_host_channel_info(struct channel_info **chan_info_dptr,
+		unsigned int channel_num)
+{
+	struct channel_info *chan_info = *chan_info_dptr;
+
+	chan_info->channel_num = channel_num;
+	chan_info->priv_info = (void *)0;
+	chan_info->status = CHANNEL_MGR_CHANNEL_DISCONNECTED;
+	chan_info->type = CHANNEL_TYPE_JSON;
+	sprintf(chan_info->channel_path, "%sfifo.0", CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH);
+
+	if (open_host_channel(chan_info) < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Could not open host channel: "
+				"'%s'\n",
+				chan_info->channel_path);
+		return -1;
+	}
+	if (add_channel_to_monitor(&chan_info) < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Could add channel: "
+				"'%s' to epoll ctl\n",
+				chan_info->channel_path);
+		return -1;
+
+	}
+	chan_info->status = CHANNEL_MGR_CHANNEL_CONNECTED;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int
 add_all_channels(const char *vm_name)
 {
@@ -470,6 +533,51 @@  add_channels(const char *vm_name, unsigned *channel_list,
 	return num_channels_enabled;
 }
 
+int
+add_host_channel(void)
+{
+	struct channel_info *chan_info;
+	char socket_path[PATH_MAX];
+	int num_channels_enabled = 0;
+	int ret;
+
+	snprintf(socket_path, sizeof(socket_path), "%sfifo.%u",
+			CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH, 0);
+
+	errno = 0;
+	ret = mkfifo(socket_path, 0666);
+	if ((errno != EEXIST) && (ret < 0)) {
+		printf(" %d %d, %d\n", ret, EEXIST, errno);
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Cannot create fifo '%s' error: "
+				"%s\n", socket_path, strerror(errno));
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	errno = 0;
+	if (access(socket_path, F_OK) < 0) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Channel path '%s' error: "
+				"%s\n", socket_path, strerror(errno));
+		return 0;
+	}
+	chan_info = rte_malloc(NULL, sizeof(*chan_info),
+			RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
+	if (chan_info == NULL) {
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MANAGER, "Error allocating memory for "
+				"channel '%s'\n", socket_path);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	snprintf(chan_info->channel_path,
+			sizeof(chan_info->channel_path), "%sfifo.%u",
+			CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH, 0);
+	if (setup_host_channel_info(&chan_info, 0) < 0) {
+		rte_free(chan_info);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	num_channels_enabled++;
+
+	return num_channels_enabled;
+}
+
 int
 remove_channel(struct channel_info **chan_info_dptr)
 {
diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h
index 872ec6140..c157cc22b 100644
--- a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h
+++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_manager.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@  struct sockaddr_un _sockaddr_un;
 #define UNIX_PATH_MAX sizeof(_sockaddr_un.sun_path)
 #endif
 
-#define MAX_VMS 4
+#define MAX_VMS 64
 #define MAX_VCPUS 20
 
 
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@  enum channel_status { CHANNEL_MGR_CHANNEL_DISCONNECTED = 0,
 	CHANNEL_MGR_CHANNEL_DISABLED,
 	CHANNEL_MGR_CHANNEL_PROCESSING};
 
+/* Communication Channel Type */
+enum channel_type { CHANNEL_TYPE_BINARY = 0,
+	CHANNEL_TYPE_INI,
+	CHANNEL_TYPE_JSON};
+
 /* VM libvirt(qemu/KVM) connection status */
 enum vm_status { CHANNEL_MGR_VM_INACTIVE = 0, CHANNEL_MGR_VM_ACTIVE};
 
@@ -66,6 +71,7 @@  struct channel_info {
 	volatile uint32_t status;    /**< Connection status(enum channel_status) */
 	int fd;                      /**< AF_UNIX socket fd */
 	unsigned channel_num;        /**< CHANNEL_MGR_SOCKET_PATH/<vm_name>.channel_num */
+	enum channel_type type;      /**< Binary, ini, json, etc. */
 	void *priv_info;             /**< Pointer to private info, do not modify */
 };
 
@@ -226,6 +232,15 @@  int add_all_channels(const char *vm_name);
 int add_channels(const char *vm_name, unsigned *channel_list,
 		unsigned num_channels);
 
+/**
+ * Set up a fifo by which host applications can send command an policies
+ * through a fifo to the vm_power_manager
+ *
+ * @return
+ *  - 0 for success
+ */
+int add_host_channel(void);
+
 /**
  * Remove a channel definition from the channel manager. This must only be
  * called from the channel monitor thread.
diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c
index f180d74e6..17383e9d2 100644
--- a/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c
+++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/channel_monitor.c
@@ -85,6 +85,33 @@  core_share_status(int pNo)
 	}
 }
 
+
+static int
+pcpu_monitor(struct policy *pol, struct core_info *ci, int pcpu, int count)
+{
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (pol->pkt.policy_to_use == BRANCH_RATIO) {
+		ci->cd[pcpu].oob_enabled = 1;
+		ret = add_core_to_monitor(pcpu);
+		if (ret == 0)
+			RTE_LOG(INFO, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
+					"Monitoring pcpu %d OOB for %s\n",
+					pcpu, pol->pkt.vm_name);
+		else
+			RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
+					"Error monitoring pcpu %d OOB for %s\n",
+					pcpu, pol->pkt.vm_name);
+
+	} else {
+		pol->core_share[count].pcpu = pcpu;
+		RTE_LOG(INFO, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
+				"Monitoring pcpu %d for %s\n",
+				pcpu, pol->pkt.vm_name);
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static void
 get_pcpu_to_control(struct policy *pol)
 {
@@ -94,34 +121,46 @@  get_pcpu_to_control(struct policy *pol)
 	int pcpu, count;
 	uint64_t mask_u64b;
 	struct core_info *ci;
-	int ret;
 
 	ci = get_core_info();
 
-	RTE_LOG(INFO, CHANNEL_MONITOR, "Looking for pcpu for %s\n",
-			pol->pkt.vm_name);
-	get_info_vm(pol->pkt.vm_name, &info);
-
-	for (count = 0; count < pol->pkt.num_vcpu; count++) {
-		mask_u64b = info.pcpu_mask[pol->pkt.vcpu_to_control[count]];
-		for (pcpu = 0; mask_u64b; mask_u64b &= ~(1ULL << pcpu++)) {
-			if ((mask_u64b >> pcpu) & 1) {
-				if (pol->pkt.policy_to_use == BRANCH_RATIO) {
-					ci->cd[pcpu].oob_enabled = 1;
-					ret = add_core_to_monitor(pcpu);
-					if (ret == 0)
-						printf("Monitoring pcpu %d via Branch Ratio\n",
-								pcpu);
-					else
-						printf("Failed to start OOB Monitoring pcpu %d\n",
-								pcpu);
-
-				} else {
-					pol->core_share[count].pcpu = pcpu;
-					printf("Monitoring pcpu %d\n", pcpu);
-				}
+	RTE_LOG(INFO, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
+			"Looking for pcpu for %s\n", pol->pkt.vm_name);
+
+	/*
+	 * So now that we're handling virtual and physical cores, we need to
+	 * differenciate between them when adding them to the branch monitor.
+	 * Virtual cores need to be converted to physical cores.
+	 */
+
+
+
+
+	if (pol->pkt.core_type == CORE_TYPE_VIRTUAL) {
+		/*
+		 * If the cores in the policy are virtual, we need to map them
+		 * to physical core. We look up the vm info and use that for
+		 * the mapping.
+		 */
+		get_info_vm(pol->pkt.vm_name, &info);
+		for (count = 0; count < pol->pkt.num_vcpu; count++) {
+			mask_u64b =
+				info.pcpu_mask[pol->pkt.vcpu_to_control[count]];
+			for (pcpu = 0; mask_u64b;
+					mask_u64b &= ~(1ULL << pcpu++)) {
+				if ((mask_u64b >> pcpu) & 1)
+					pcpu_monitor(pol, ci, pcpu, count);
 			}
 		}
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * If the cores in the policy are physical, we just use
+		 * those core id's directly.
+		 */
+		for (count = 0; count < pol->pkt.num_vcpu; count++) {
+			pcpu = pol->pkt.vcpu_to_control[count];
+			pcpu_monitor(pol, ci, pcpu, count);
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -160,8 +199,13 @@  update_policy(struct channel_packet *pkt)
 	unsigned int updated = 0;
 	int i;
 
+
+	RTE_LOG(INFO, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
+			"Applying policy for %s\n", pkt->vm_name);
+
 	for (i = 0; i < MAX_VMS; i++) {
 		if (strcmp(policies[i].pkt.vm_name, pkt->vm_name) == 0) {
+			/* Copy the contents of *pkt into the policy.pkt */
 			policies[i].pkt = *pkt;
 			get_pcpu_to_control(&policies[i]);
 			if (get_pfid(&policies[i]) == -1) {
@@ -189,6 +233,24 @@  update_policy(struct channel_packet *pkt)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+remove_policy(struct channel_packet *pkt __rte_unused)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	/*
+	 * Disabling the policy is simply a case of setting
+	 * enabled to 0
+	 */
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_VMS; i++) {
+		if (strcmp(policies[i].pkt.vm_name, pkt->vm_name) == 0) {
+			policies[i].enabled = 0;
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+	return -1;
+}
+
 static uint64_t
 get_pkt_diff(struct policy *pol)
 {
@@ -346,7 +408,6 @@  apply_policy(struct policy *pol)
 		apply_workload_profile(pol);
 }
 
-
 static int
 process_request(struct channel_packet *pkt, struct channel_info *chan_info)
 {
@@ -355,6 +416,8 @@  process_request(struct channel_packet *pkt, struct channel_info *chan_info)
 	if (chan_info == NULL)
 		return -1;
 
+	RTE_LOG(INFO, CHANNEL_MONITOR, "Processing Request %s\n", pkt->vm_name);
+
 	if (rte_atomic32_cmpset(&(chan_info->status), CHANNEL_MGR_CHANNEL_CONNECTED,
 			CHANNEL_MGR_CHANNEL_PROCESSING) == 0)
 		return -1;
@@ -362,10 +425,12 @@  process_request(struct channel_packet *pkt, struct channel_info *chan_info)
 	if (pkt->command == CPU_POWER) {
 		core_mask = get_pcpus_mask(chan_info, pkt->resource_id);
 		if (core_mask == 0) {
-			RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR, "Error get physical CPU mask for "
-				"channel '%s' using vCPU(%u)\n", chan_info->channel_path,
-				(unsigned)pkt->unit);
-			return -1;
+			/*
+			 * Core mask will be 0 in the case where
+			 * hypervisor is not available so we're working in
+			 * the host, so use the core as the mask.
+			 */
+			core_mask = 1 << pkt->resource_id;
 		}
 		if (__builtin_popcountll(core_mask) == 1) {
 
@@ -421,12 +486,20 @@  process_request(struct channel_packet *pkt, struct channel_info *chan_info)
 	}
 
 	if (pkt->command == PKT_POLICY) {
-		RTE_LOG(INFO, CHANNEL_MONITOR, "\nProcessing Policy request from Guest\n");
+		RTE_LOG(INFO, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
+				"\nProcessing Policy request\n");
 		update_policy(pkt);
 		policy_is_set = 1;
 	}
 
-	/* Return is not checked as channel status may have been set to DISABLED
+	if (pkt->command == PKT_POLICY_REMOVE) {
+		RTE_LOG(INFO, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
+				 "Removing policy %s\n", pkt->vm_name);
+		remove_policy(pkt);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Return is not checked as channel status may have been set to DISABLED
 	 * from management thread
 	 */
 	rte_atomic32_cmpset(&(chan_info->status), CHANNEL_MGR_CHANNEL_PROCESSING,
@@ -448,13 +521,16 @@  add_channel_to_monitor(struct channel_info **chan_info)
 				"to epoll\n", info->channel_path);
 		return -1;
 	}
+	RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR, "Added channel '%s' "
+			"to monitor\n", info->channel_path);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 int
 remove_channel_from_monitor(struct channel_info *chan_info)
 {
-	if (epoll_ctl(global_event_fd, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, chan_info->fd, NULL) < 0) {
+	if (epoll_ctl(global_event_fd, EPOLL_CTL_DEL,
+			chan_info->fd, NULL) < 0) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR, "Unable to remove channel '%s' "
 				"from epoll\n", chan_info->channel_path);
 		return -1;
@@ -467,11 +543,13 @@  channel_monitor_init(void)
 {
 	global_event_fd = epoll_create1(0);
 	if (global_event_fd == 0) {
-		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR, "Error creating epoll context with "
-				"error %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR,
+				"Error creating epoll context with error %s\n",
+				strerror(errno));
 		return -1;
 	}
-	global_events_list = rte_malloc("epoll_events", sizeof(*global_events_list)
+	global_events_list = rte_malloc("epoll_events",
+			sizeof(*global_events_list)
 			* MAX_EVENTS, RTE_CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
 	if (global_events_list == NULL) {
 		RTE_LOG(ERR, CHANNEL_MONITOR, "Unable to rte_malloc for "
diff --git a/examples/vm_power_manager/main.c b/examples/vm_power_manager/main.c
index 58c5fa45c..893bf4cdd 100644
--- a/examples/vm_power_manager/main.c
+++ b/examples/vm_power_manager/main.c
@@ -421,6 +421,8 @@  main(int argc, char **argv)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	add_host_channel();
+
 	printf("Running core monitor on lcore id %d\n", lcore_id);
 	rte_eal_remote_launch(run_core_monitor, NULL, lcore_id);