On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 06:44:09AM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 30/01/20 01:10, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > Set kvm_x86_ops with the vendor's ops only after ->hardware_setup()
> > completes to "prevent" using kvm_x86_ops before they are ready, i.e. to
> > generate a null pointer fault
On 30/01/20 01:10, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Set kvm_x86_ops with the vendor's ops only after ->hardware_setup()
> completes to "prevent" using kvm_x86_ops before they are ready, i.e. to
> generate a null pointer fault instead of silently consuming unconfigured
> state.
What about even copying
Set kvm_x86_ops with the vendor's ops only after ->hardware_setup()
completes to "prevent" using kvm_x86_ops before they are ready, i.e. to
generate a null pointer fault instead of silently consuming unconfigured
state.
An alternative implementation would be to have ->hardware_setup()
return the
