Re: [PATCH] qemu-kvm: fix segfault when running kvm without /dev/kvm, falling back to non-accelerated mode

Luiz Capitulino
2009-09-03T20:05:10Z

On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 12:31:33 -0500
Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@canonical.com> wrote:

> qemu-kvm: fix segfault when running kvm without /dev/kvm, falling back
> to non-accelerated mode
>
> We're seeing segfaults on systems without access to /dev/kvm. It
> looks like the global kvm_allowed is being set just a little too late
> in vl.c. This patch moves the kvm initialization a bit higher in the
> vl.c main, just after options processing, and solves the segfaults.
> We're carrying this patch in Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha. Please apply
> upstream, or advise if and why this might not be the optimal solution.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@canonical.com>

Fixes the problem to me:

Tested-by: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@redhat.com>