new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Dirtyrate implement code
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO.,LTD.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Chuan Zheng <zhengchuan@huawei.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include "qapi/error.h"
+#include "cpu.h"
+#include "qemu/config-file.h"
+#include "exec/memory.h"
+#include "exec/ramblock.h"
+#include "exec/target_page.h"
+#include "qemu/rcu_queue.h"
+#include "qapi/qapi-commands-migration.h"
+#include "migration.h"
+#include "dirtyrate.h"
+
+static void calculate_dirtyrate(struct DirtyRateConfig config)
+{
+ /* todo */
+ return;
+}
+
+void *get_dirtyrate_thread(void *arg)
+{
+ struct DirtyRateConfig config = *(struct DirtyRateConfig *)arg;
+
+ calculate_dirtyrate(config);
+
+ return NULL;
+}
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@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Dirtyrate common functions
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2020 HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Chuan Zheng <zhengchuan@huawei.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ */
+
+#ifndef QEMU_MIGRATION_DIRTYRATE_H
+#define QEMU_MIGRATION_DIRTYRATE_H
+
+/*
+ * Sample 512 pages per GB as default.
+ * TODO: Make it configurable.
+ */
+#define DIRTYRATE_DEFAULT_SAMPLE_PAGES 512
+
+struct DirtyRateConfig {
+ uint64_t sample_pages_per_gigabytes; /* sample pages per GB */
+ int64_t sample_period_seconds; /* time duration between two sampling */
+};
+
+void *get_dirtyrate_thread(void *arg);
+#endif
+
@@ -37,4 +37,4 @@ softmmu_ss.add(when: ['CONFIG_RDMA', rdma], if_true: files('rdma.c'))
softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_LIVE_BLOCK_MIGRATION', if_true: files('block.c'))
softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_ZSTD', if_true: [files('multifd-zstd.c'), zstd])
-specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_SOFTMMU', if_true: files('ram.c'))
+specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_SOFTMMU', if_true: files('dirtyrate.c', 'ram.c'))