Python may otherwise decide to to read larger chunks, applying the seek only on the software buffer. This will return results from the wrong MSRs. Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/kvm/vmxcap | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/kvm/vmxcap b/scripts/kvm/vmxcap index 0b23f77..6363e73 100755 --- a/scripts/kvm/vmxcap +++ b/scripts/kvm/vmxcap @@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ MSR_IA32_VMX_VMFUNC = 0x491 class msr(object): def __init__(self): try: - self.f = file('/dev/cpu/0/msr') + self.f = open('/dev/cpu/0/msr', 'r', 0) except: - self.f = file('/dev/msr0') + self.f = open('/dev/msr0', 'r', 0) def read(self, index, default = None): import struct self.f.seek(index) -- 1.7.3.4 -- 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