linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix emergency_restart (sysrq-b) with kvm loaded on Intel hosts

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Date:	Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:15:08 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
Cc:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix emergency_restart (sysrq-b) with kvm loaded on
	Intel hosts


* Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com> wrote:

> Enabling Intel VT has the curious side effect whereby the INIT signal 
> is blocked.  Rather than comment on the wisdom of this side effect, 
> this patch adds an emergency restart reboot notifier, and modifies the 
> kvm reboot notifier to disable VT on emergency reboot.

looks good to me - i was bitten by that problem on a testbox.

  Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

Seems best to merge this via the KVM tree, right?

	Ingo
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