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Subject: Re: [patch 1/2] x86,module: Detect VMX modules and disable Split-Lock-Detect
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Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> writes:
>> On Apr 3, 2020, at 11:54 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
>> Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> writes:
>> Enough vented, but that still does not solve the SLD problem in any
>> sensible way.
>
> Could we unexport set_memory_x perhaps?  And maybe try to make
> virtualbox break in as many ways as possible?

set_memory_x() is not exported anymore, but they found new ways of
circumvention. set_memory_x() is only used on really old kernels.

Thanks,

        tglx