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authorSean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>2026-09-23 09:37:21 -0700
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KVM: SEV: Do cache maintenance on the source VM during intra-host migrationgrafted
Manually perform cache maintenance on the source VM during intra-host migration to ensure no stale data is left in CPU caches after the VM is destroyed. Because the source VM is "converted" to a non-SEV VM, KVM's memory reclaim flows won't trigger cache maintenance, e.g. when all guest memory is reclaimed in response to detaching from the mmu_notifier. Note, relying on the destination VM to do cache maintenance isn't an option as KVM doesn't require identical guest memory configurations, i.e. the source VM may have access to memory that the destination VM does not. Enforcing equivalent memory configurations is infeasible, as it would require a *deep* comparison of memslots, e.g. to verify that not only are the memslot identical, but what the memslots point at is also identical. Fixes: b56639318bb2 ("KVM: SEV: Add support for SEV intra host migration") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: Stefan Teodorescu <fane@google.com> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Message-ID: <20260923163721.1584779-3-seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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+Mono(tm) Binary Kernel Support for Linux
+-----------------------------------------
+
+To configure Linux to automatically execute Mono-based .NET binaries
+(in the form of .exe files) without the need to use the mono CLR
+wrapper, you can use the BINFMT_MISC kernel support.
+
+This will allow you to execute Mono-based .NET binaries just like any
+other program after you have done the following:
+
+1) You MUST FIRST install the Mono CLR support, either by downloading
+ a binary package, a source tarball or by installing from Git. Binary
+ packages for several distributions can be found at:
+
+ https://www.mono-project.com/download/
+
+ Instructions for compiling Mono can be found at:
+
+ https://www.mono-project.com/docs/compiling-mono/linux/
+
+ Once the Mono CLR support has been installed, just check that
+ ``/usr/bin/mono`` (which could be located elsewhere, for example
+ ``/usr/local/bin/mono``) is working.
+
+2) You have to compile BINFMT_MISC either as a module or into
+ the kernel (``CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC``) and set it up properly.
+ If you choose to compile it as a module, you will have
+ to insert it manually with modprobe/insmod, as kmod
+ cannot be easily supported with binfmt_misc.
+ Read the file ``binfmt_misc.txt`` in this directory to know
+ more about the configuration process.
+
+3) Add the following entries to ``/etc/rc.local`` or similar script
+ to be run at system startup:
+
+ .. code-block:: sh
+
+ # Insert BINFMT_MISC module into the kernel
+ if [ ! -e /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register ]; then
+ /sbin/modprobe binfmt_misc
+ # Some distributions, like Fedora Core, perform
+ # the following command automatically when the
+ # binfmt_misc module is loaded into the kernel
+ # or during normal boot up (systemd-based systems).
+ # Thus, it is possible that the following line
+ # is not needed at all.
+ mount -t binfmt_misc none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc
+ fi
+
+ # Register support for .NET CLR binaries
+ if [ -e /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register ]; then
+ # Replace /usr/bin/mono with the correct pathname to
+ # the Mono CLR runtime (usually /usr/local/bin/mono
+ # when compiling from sources or CVS).
+ echo ':CLR:M::MZ::/usr/bin/mono:' > /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc/register
+ else
+ echo "No binfmt_misc support"
+ exit 1
+ fi
+
+4) Check that ``.exe`` binaries can be ran without the need of a
+ wrapper script, simply by launching the ``.exe`` file directly
+ from a command prompt, for example::
+
+ /usr/bin/xsd.exe
+
+ .. note::
+
+ If this fails with a permission denied error, check
+ that the ``.exe`` file has execute permissions.