> On Apr 2, 2020, at 3:27 PM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > As I just verified, it's possible to load the vmware module parallel > to the KVM/VMX one. > > So either we deal with it in some way or just decide that SLD and HV > modules which do not have the MOD_INFO(sld_safe) magic cannot be loaded > when SLD is enabled on the host. I'm fine with the latter :) > > What a mess. [ +Doug ] Just to communicate the information that was given to me: we do intend to fix the SLD issue in VMware and if needed to release a minor version that addresses it. Having said that, there are other hypervisors, such as virtualbox or jailhouse, which would have a similar issue.