linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: x86: Add vendor name to kvm_x86

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Message-ID: <YXGn70lhcjulaO3r@google.com>
Date:   Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:48:31 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Paul Menzel <pmenzel@...gen.mpg.de>,
        "Maciej S . Szmigiero" <mail@...iej.szmigiero.name>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: x86: Add vendor name to kvm_x86_ops, use it for
 error messages

On Thu, Oct 21, 2021, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> >  	if (ops->disabled_by_bios()) {
> > -		pr_err_ratelimited("kvm: disabled by bios\n");
> > +		pr_err_ratelimited("kvm: support for '%s' disabled by bios\n",
> > +				   ops->runtime_ops->name);
> 
> 
> I'd suggest we change this to 
> 
> 		pr_err_ratelimited("kvm: %s: virtualization disabled in BIOS\n",
> 				   ops->runtime_ops->name);
> 
> or something like that as generally, it makes little sense to search for
> 'KVM' in BIOS settings. You need too look for either 'Virtualization' or
> VT-x/AMD-v.

I'd prefer to avoid VT-x/AMD-v so as not to speculate on the module being loaded
or the underlying hardware, e.g. I've no idea what Hygon, Zhaoxin, etc... use for
"code" names.

What about

		pr_err_ratelimited("kvm: virtualization support for '%s' disabled by BIOS\n",
				   ops->runtime_ops->name);

to add the virtualization flavor but still make it clear that error is coming
from the base kvm module.