Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Thu, 30 Jun 2022 15:16:15 -0400 | From | "Michael S. Tsirkin" <> | Subject | [PATCH] virtio: VIRTIO_HARDEN_NOTIFICATION is broken |
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This option doesn't really work and breaks too many drivers. Not yet sure what's the right thing to do, for now let's make sure randconfig isn't broken by this.
Fixes: c346dae4f3fb ("virtio: disable notification hardening by default") Cc: "Jason Wang" <jasowang@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> --- drivers/virtio/Kconfig | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/Kconfig b/drivers/virtio/Kconfig index e1556d2a355a..afb9051e0125 100644 --- a/drivers/virtio/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/virtio/Kconfig @@ -31,11 +31,12 @@ if VIRTIO_MENU config VIRTIO_HARDEN_NOTIFICATION bool "Harden virtio notification" + depends on BROKEN help Enable this to harden the device notifications and suppress those that happen at a time where notifications are illegal. - Experimental: Note that several drivers still have bugs that + Experimental: Note that several drivers still have issues that may cause crashes or hangs when correct handling of notifications is enforced; depending on the subset of drivers and devices you use, this may or may not work. -- MST
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