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* KVM: x86: disable paravirt mmu reporting
@ 2009-10-01 22:28 Marcelo Tosatti
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From: Marcelo Tosatti @ 2009-10-01 22:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kvm; +Cc: Avi Kivity


Disable paravirt MMU capability reporting, so that new (or rebooted)
guests switch to native operation.

Paravirt MMU is a burden to maintain and does not bring significant
advantages compared to shadow anymore.

Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>


diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index ffccb5c..fe467cb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -1238,8 +1238,8 @@ int kvm_dev_ioctl_check_extension(long ext)
 	case KVM_CAP_NR_MEMSLOTS:
 		r = KVM_MEMORY_SLOTS;
 		break;
-	case KVM_CAP_PV_MMU:
-		r = !tdp_enabled;
+	case KVM_CAP_PV_MMU:	/* obsolete */
+		r = 0;
 		break;
 	case KVM_CAP_IOMMU:
 		r = iommu_found();


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