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SubjectRe: [PATCH] KVM: Documentation: Fix documentation for nested.
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On 28/01/21 16:47, Yu Zhang wrote:
> Nested VMX was enabled by default in commit <1e58e5e59148> ("KVM:
> VMX: enable nested virtualization by default"), which was merged
> in Linux 4.20. This patch is to fix the documentation accordingly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yu Zhang <yu.c.zhang@linux.intel.com>
> ---
> Documentation/virt/kvm/nested-vmx.rst | 6 ++++--
> Documentation/virt/kvm/running-nested-guests.rst | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/nested-vmx.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/nested-vmx.rst
> index 6ab4e35..ac2095d 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/nested-vmx.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/nested-vmx.rst
> @@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ call L2.
> Running nested VMX
> ------------------
>
> -The nested VMX feature is disabled by default. It can be enabled by giving
> -the "nested=1" option to the kvm-intel module.
> +The nested VMX feature is enabled by default since Linux kernel v4.20. For
> +older Linux kernel, it can be enabled by giving the "nested=1" option to the
> +kvm-intel module.
> +
>
> No modifications are required to user space (qemu). However, qemu's default
> emulated CPU type (qemu64) does not list the "VMX" CPU feature, so it must be
> diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/running-nested-guests.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/running-nested-guests.rst
> index d0a1fc7..bd70c69 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/running-nested-guests.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/running-nested-guests.rst
> @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ few:
> Enabling "nested" (x86)
> -----------------------
>
> -From Linux kernel v4.19 onwards, the ``nested`` KVM parameter is enabled
> +From Linux kernel v4.20 onwards, the ``nested`` KVM parameter is enabled
> by default for Intel and AMD. (Though your Linux distribution might
> override this default.)
>
>

Queued, thanks.

Paolo

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