From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755430AbYGOKxx (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:53:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756503AbYGOKxe (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:53:34 -0400 Received: from il.qumranet.com ([212.179.150.194]:57381 "EHLO il.qumranet.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756476AbYGOKxd (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:53:33 -0400 Message-ID: <487C818C.6060908@qumranet.com> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:53:00 +0300 From: Avi Kivity User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Joerg Roedel CC: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] allow enabling/disabling NPT by reloading only the architecture module References: <1216060596-6224-1-git-send-email-joerg.roedel@amd.com> In-Reply-To: <1216060596-6224-1-git-send-email-joerg.roedel@amd.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (firebolt.argo.co.il [0.0.0.0]); Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:53:00 +0300 (IDT) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Joerg Roedel wrote: > If NPT is enabled after loading both KVM modules on AMD and it should be > disabled, both KVM modules must be reloaded. If only the architecture module is > reloaded the behavior is undefined. With this patch it is possible to disable > NPT only by reloading the kvm_amd module. > > Applied, thanks. -- Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.