[PATCH 3.12-rc7] KVM: Fix modprobe failure for kvm_intel/kvm_amd

[Tim Gardner]

The x86 specific kvm init creates a new conflicting
debugfs directory which causes modprobe issues
with kvm_intel and kvm_amd. For example,

sudo modprobe kvm_amd
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'kvm_amd': Bad address

The simplest fix is to just rename the directory. The following
KVM config options are set:

CONFIG_KVM_GUEST=y
CONFIG_KVM_DEBUG_FS=y
CONFIG_HAVE_KVM=y
CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_IRQCHIP=y
CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_IRQ_ROUTING=y
CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_EVENTFD=y
CONFIG_KVM_APIC_ARCHITECTURE=y
CONFIG_KVM_MMIO=y
CONFIG_KVM_ASYNC_PF=y
CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_MSI=y
CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_CPU_RELAX_INTERCEPT=y
CONFIG_KVM=m
CONFIG_KVM_INTEL=m
CONFIG_KVM_AMD=m
# CONFIG_KVM_MMU_AUDIT is not set
CONFIG_KVM_DEVICE_ASSIGNMENT=y

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Gleb Natapov <gleb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

There is likely a more elegant and complicated way to solve this
problem, but a simple rename for a debug feature seems best,
especially for an -rc7.

 arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
index a0e2a8a..d17895a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ static struct dentry *d_kvm_debug;
 
 struct dentry *kvm_init_debugfs(void)
 {
-	d_kvm_debug = debugfs_create_dir("kvm", NULL);
+	d_kvm_debug = debugfs_create_dir("kvm-x86", NULL);
 	if (!d_kvm_debug)
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "Could not create 'kvm' debugfs directory\n");
 
-- 
1.7.9.5

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