Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: VMX: Extend VMX's #AC interceptor to handle split lock #AC in guest

[Kenneth R. Crudup]

On Thu, 2 Apr 2020, Steven Rostedt wrote:

> If we go the approach of not letting VM modules load if it doesn't have the
> sld_safe flag set, how is this different than a VM module not loading due
> to kabi breakage?

Why not a compromise: if such a module is attempted to be loaded, print up
a message saying something akin to "turn the parameter 'split_lock_detect'
off" as we reject loading it- and if we see that we've booted with it off
just splat a WARN_ON() if someone tries to load such modules?

	-Kenny

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Kenneth R. Crudup  Sr. SW Engineer, Scott County Consulting, Silicon Valley