[PATCH 5.19 078/365] virtio: VIRTIO_HARDEN_NOTIFICATION is broken

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Aug 23 2022 - 04:19:57 EST


From: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>

commit ebe797f25f68f28581f46a9cb9c1997ac15c39a0 upstream.

This option doesn't really work and breaks too many drivers.
Not yet sure what's the right thing to do, for now
let's make sure randconfig isn't broken by this.

Fixes: c346dae4f3fb ("virtio: disable notification hardening by default")
Cc: "Jason Wang" <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/virtio/Kconfig | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
@@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ if VIRTIO_MENU

config VIRTIO_HARDEN_NOTIFICATION
bool "Harden virtio notification"
+ depends on BROKEN
help
Enable this to harden the device notifications and suppress
those that happen at a time where notifications are illegal.

- Experimental: Note that several drivers still have bugs that
+ Experimental: Note that several drivers still have issues that
may cause crashes or hangs when correct handling of
notifications is enforced; depending on the subset of
drivers and devices you use, this may or may not work.