Re: [PATCH 2/2] vmx,svm: Print errors if SVM or VMX were already set

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On 05.07.2011, at 01:09, Sasha Levin wrote:

> Instead of exiting quietly, print an error if the VMX or the SVM bits
> were already set when loading the module.
> 
> Having VMX/SVM bits set means that either there is someone else doing
> hardware virtualization, or that the BIOS is buggy and sets it on
> by default.
> 
> Cc: Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/svm.c |    5 ++++-
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c |    4 +++-
> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> index 5ca76e3..2a1df2e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> @@ -590,8 +590,11 @@ static int svm_hardware_enable(void *garbage)
> 	int me = raw_smp_processor_id();
> 
> 	rdmsrl(MSR_EFER, efer);
> -	if (check_inuse && (efer & EFER_SVME))
> +	if (check_inuse && (efer & EFER_SVME)) {
> +		printk(KERN_ERR "svm_hardware_enable: SVM already set on %d\n",

CPU%d

Also I'd rephrase it as "already in use on". Otherwise looks good :)


Alex

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