Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 6 Apr 2020 08:18:47 -0700 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [patch 1/2] x86,module: Detect VMX modules and disable Split-Lock-Detect |
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On Mon, Apr 06, 2020 at 04:40:20PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > It is absolutely bonkers, but at the same time we can extend this > infrastructure to scan for dubious code patterns we don't want to > support. Like for instance direct manipulation of CR4.
But that is not what this code does - it disables split lock detection. If it failed to load the module the whole thing would make a little more sense.
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