Re: [patch 0/2] x86: Prevent Split-Lock-Detection wreckage on VMX hypervisors

From: Kenneth R. Crudup
Date: Thu Apr 02 2020 - 10:01:50 EST



On Thu, 2 Apr 2020, Thomas Gleixner wrote:

> As Peter and myself don't have access to a SLD enabled machine, the
> KVM/VMX part is untested. The module scan part works.

I just applied both of these patches to my (Linus' tip) tree, and unfortunately
VMWare still hangs if split_lock_detect= is set to anything but "off".

Was there anything else I'd needed to do?

-Kenny

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Kenneth R. Crudup Sr. SW Engineer, Scott County Consulting, Silicon Valley