On 04/11/2012 01:34 PM, zhangyanfei wrote: > 于 2012年04月11日 16:48, Avi Kivity 写道: > > On 04/11/2012 04:50 AM, zhangyanfei wrote: > >> This patch is to implement the feature that at initialization of > >> kvm_intel module, fills VMCSINFO with a VMCS revision identifier, > >> and encoded offsets of VMCS fields. The reason why we put the > >> VMCSINFO processing at the initialization of kvm_intel module > >> is that it's dangerous to rob VMX resources while kvm module is > >> loaded. > > > > Maybe it should be done by a separate module. > > > > If we put vmcsinfo processing at the initialization of kvm_intel module, > as soon as the kvm_intel module is loaded, VMCSINFO is filled. And it is > because vmcsinfo processing is at the initialization of kvm_intel module, > no kvm guests are running, so it will not rob any VMX resources. > > If it is done by a separate module, I am afraid this module may not be > loaded when the kernel needs VMCSINFO. > You can make the module autoload when the vmx cpufeature is detected. But then there is an ordering problem wrt kvm-intel. -- error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
