On Thu, 2012-09-20 at 13:27 -0400, Etienne Martineau wrote: > In hw/kvm/pci-assign.c a pread() error part of assigned_dev_pci_read() > result in a hw_error(). Similarly a pwrite() error part of > assigned_dev_pci_write() also result in a hw_error(). > > Would there be a way to avoid terminating the guest for those cases? How > about we deassign the device upon error?
By terminating the guest we contain the error vs allowing the guest to continue running with invalid data. De-assigning the device is asynchronous and relies on guest involvement, so damage is potentially already done. Is this a theoretical problem or do you actually have hardware that hits this? Thanks, Alex -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
