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authorAlex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>2011-12-21 05:59:03 +0100
committerAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>2011-12-25 16:13:31 +0100
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parentKVM: x86: Prevent starting PIT timers in the absence of irqchip support (diff)
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KVM: Remove ability to assign a device without iommu support
This option has no users and it exposes a security hole that we can allow devices to be assigned without iommu protection. Make KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_ENABLE_IOMMU a mandatory option. Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
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+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -1151,6 +1151,9 @@ following flags are specified:
/* Depends on KVM_CAP_IOMMU */
#define KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_ENABLE_IOMMU (1 << 0)
+The KVM_DEV_ASSIGN_ENABLE_IOMMU flag is a mandatory option to ensure
+isolation of the device. Usages not specifying this flag are deprecated.
+
4.49 KVM_DEASSIGN_PCI_DEVICE
Capability: KVM_CAP_DEVICE_DEASSIGNMENT