kvm->vmlinux is used by symbol.c on x86 to translate a PC address to a
kernel symbol when kvmtool exits unexpectedly. When the --firmware argument
is used, a kernel image is not used for the VM, and the vmlinux file has no
relevance in this case.
Signed-off-by: Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@xxxxxxx>
---
builtin-run.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin-run.c b/builtin-run.c
index 083c7a2abea7..6a55e34ab7f9 100644
--- a/builtin-run.c
+++ b/builtin-run.c
@@ -528,8 +528,10 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_cmd_run_init(int argc, const char **argv)
}
}
- kvm->cfg.vmlinux_filename = find_vmlinux();
- kvm->vmlinux = kvm->cfg.vmlinux_filename;
+ if (kvm->cfg.kernel_filename) {
+ kvm->cfg.vmlinux_filename = find_vmlinux();
+ kvm->vmlinux = kvm->cfg.vmlinux_filename;
+ }
if (kvm->cfg.nrcpus == 0)
kvm->cfg.nrcpus = nr_online_cpus;
--
2.31.1
