On 6/3/2021 10:33 AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
On 6/2/21 5:41 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
Only allow split mode when in a protected guest. Followon
patches harden the split mode code paths, and we don't want
an malicious host to force anything else. Also disallow
indirect mode for similar reasons.
I read this as "the virtio driver is buggy. Let's disable most of the
buggy code in one special case in which we need a driver without bugs.
In all the other cases (e.g. hardware virtio device connected over
USB-C), driver bugs are still allowed."
My understanding is most of the other modes (except for split with separate descriptors) are obsolete and just there for compatibility. As long as they're deprecated they won't harm anyone.
-Andi
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