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SubjectRe: [PATCH] virtio: VIRTIO_HARDEN_NOTIFICATION is broken
On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 3:16 AM Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> 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>

Acked-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@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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