Re: [PATCH 2/3] KVM: X86: Allow userspace to disable ioport intercept

From: Jim Mattson
Date: Tue May 15 2018 - 17:56:47 EST


I'd prefer to let the kvm module have the final say as to whether or
not to allow userspace to do this.

On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 8:43 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
<konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 11:42:46AM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:46:01PM -0700, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>> > From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >
>> > Allow to disable ioport intercept by userspace.
>> >
>> > Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Cc: Radim KrÄmÃÅ <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Cc: Tim Shearer <tshearer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Cc: Liran Alon <liran.alon@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> > Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > ---
>> > Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 11 +++++++++++
>> > arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 2 ++
>> > arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 5 +++++
>> > include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 1 +
>> > 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
>> > index 1c7958b..3d0488e 100644
>> > --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
>> > +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
>> > @@ -4378,6 +4378,17 @@ all such vmexits.
>> >
>> > Do not enable KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT if you disable HLT exits.
>> >
>> > +7.14 KVM_CAP_IOPORT_DISABLE_INTERCEPT
>> > +
>> > +Architectures: x86
>
> And to be exact: Intel only..