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    KVM: SVM: add module param to control the #SMI interception · 4b639a9f
    Maxim Levitsky authored
    In theory there are no side effects of not intercepting #SMI,
    because then #SMI becomes transparent to the OS and the KVM.
    
    Plus an observation on recent Zen2 CPUs reveals that these
    CPUs ignore #SMI interception and never deliver #SMI VMexits.
    
    This is also useful to test nested KVM to see that L1
    handles #SMIs correctly in case when L1 doesn't intercept #SMI.
    
    Finally the default remains the same, the SMI are intercepted
    by default thus this patch doesn't have any effect unless
    non default module param value is used.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMaxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
    Message-Id: <20210707125100.677203-4-mlevitsk@redhat.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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