linux-kernel - RE: [RFC] AMD VM crashing on deferred memory error injection

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Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 17:38:58 +0000
From: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, William Roche <william.roche@...cle.com>
CC: "Ghannam, Yazen" <Yazen.Ghannam@....com>, Thomas Gleixner
	<tglx@...utronix.de>, "mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com" <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, "x86@...nel.org"
	<x86@...nel.org>, "hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>, "Allen, John"
	<John.Allen@....com>, "linux-edac@...r.kernel.org"
	<linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org"
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Jane Chu <jane.chu@...cle.com>
Subject: RE: [RFC] AMD VM crashing on deferred memory error injection

> This enablement is not meant for VM use. Why do we care about injecting hw
> errors in a guest?

The guest may be able to just kill a process and keep running.

-Tony