Re: [patch 0/2] x86: Prevent Split-Lock-Detection wreckage on VMX hypervisors

[Thomas Gleixner]

"Kenneth R. Crudup" <kenny@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Thu, 2 Apr 2020, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>
>> As Peter and myself don't have access to a SLD enabled machine, the
>> KVM/VMX part is untested. The module scan part works.
>
> I just applied both of these patches to my (Linus' tip) tree, and unfortunately
> VMWare still hangs if split_lock_detect= is set to anything but "off".
>
> Was there anything else I'd needed to do?

Hmm. Not really. Does dmesg show the warning when the VMWare module loads?
Something like:

  x86/split lock detection: disabled due to VMLAUNCH in module: ....

Thanks,

        tglx