Re: [Resend RFC PATCH V2 08/12] UIO/Hyper-V: Not load UIO HV driver in the isolation VM.

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To: Tianyu Lan <ltykernel@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Resend RFC PATCH V2 08/12] UIO/Hyper-V: Not load UIO HV driver in the isolation VM.
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2021 17:42:32 +0200
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On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 10:49:41AM -0400, Tianyu Lan wrote:
> From: Tianyu Lan <Tianyu.Lan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> UIO HV driver should not load in the isolation VM for security reason.
> Return ENOTSUPP in the hv_uio_probe() in the isolation VM.

What is the "security reason"?  After all a user can simply patch the
code and just load it anyway..

References:
- [Resend RFC PATCH V2 00/12] x86/Hyper-V: Add Hyper-V Isolation VM support
  - From: Tianyu Lan
- [Resend RFC PATCH V2 08/12] UIO/Hyper-V: Not load UIO HV driver in the isolation VM.
  - From: Tianyu Lan

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