+/** @brief Set a CPU bound for a given VM.
+ * @ingroup msg_VMs
+ *
+ * 1. Note that in some cases MSG_task_set_bound() may not intuitively work for VMs.
+ *
+ * For example,
+ * On PM0, there are Task1 and VM0.
+ * On VM0, there is Task2.
+ * Now we bound 75% to Task1\@PM0 and bound 25% to Task2\@VM0.
+ * Then,
+ * Task1\@PM0 gets 50%.
+ * Task2\@VM0 gets 25%.
+ * This is NOT 75% for Task1\@PM0 and 25% for Task2\@VM0, respectively.
+ *
+ * This is because a VM has the dummy CPU action in the PM layer. Putting a task on the VM does not affect the bound of
+ * the dummy CPU action. The bound of the dummy CPU action is unlimited.
+ *
+ * There are some solutions for this problem. One option is to update the bound of the dummy CPU action automatically.
+ * It should be the sum of all tasks on the VM. But, this solution might be costly, because we have to scan all tasks
+ * on the VM in share_resource() or we have to trap both the start and end of task execution.
+ *
+ * The current solution is to use setBound(), which allows us to directly set the bound of the dummy CPU action.
+ *
+ * 2. Note that bound == 0 means no bound (i.e., unlimited). But, if a host has multiple CPU cores, the CPU share of a
+ * computation task (or a VM) never exceeds the capacity of a CPU core.
+ */
+void VirtualMachine::setBound(double bound)
+{
+ simgrid::simix::simcall([this, bound]() { pimpl_vm_->setBound(bound); });
+}
+
+} // namespace simgrid
+} // namespace s4u
+
+/* **************************** Public C interface *************************** */
+
+/** @brief Create a new VM object with the default parameters
+ * A VM is treated as a host. The name of the VM must be unique among all hosts.
+ */
+sg_vm_t sg_vm_create_core(sg_host_t pm, const char* name)
+{
+ return sg_vm_create_multicore(pm, name, 1);
+}
+/** @brief Create a new VM object with the default parameters, but with a specified amount of cores
+ * A VM is treated as a host. The name of the VM must be unique among all hosts.
+ */
+sg_vm_t sg_vm_create_multicore(sg_host_t pm, const char* name, int coreAmount)
+{
+ xbt_assert(sg_host_by_name(name) == nullptr,
+ "Cannot create a VM named %s: this name is already used by an host or a VM", name);
+
+ return new simgrid::s4u::VirtualMachine(name, pm, coreAmount);
+}