linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/14] x86: disable virt on kdump and emergency

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Message-ID: <20081105144412.GD8993@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 5 Nov 2008 09:44:12 -0500
From:	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
Cc:	Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Simon Horman <horms@...ge.net.au>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Haren Myneni <hbabu@...ibm.com>,
	Andrey Borzenkov <arvidjaar@...l.ru>, mingo@...hat.com,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/14] x86: disable virt on kdump and emergency_restart

On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 06:54:04PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> Eduardo Habkost wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is a new version of the series to disabling virtualization on kdump,
>> now extended to do the same tricks on emergency_restart() if needed.
>>   
>
> Looks good.  If you me to push it upstream, I'll need kexec/kdump acks.   
> Otherwise, ack for the kvm bits.

Looks good to me from kdump perspective.

Is there a way we can prevent any other module from using virt disable
callback incase kvm is not loaded?

Thanks
Vivek
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