Re: [PATCH] Add class property to configure KVM device node to use

[Daniel P . Berrangé]

On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 03:40:15PM +0200, Daan De Meyer wrote:
> This allows passing the KVM device node to use as a file
> descriptor via /dev/fdset/XX. Passing the device node to
> use as a file descriptor allows running qemu unprivileged
> even when the user running qemu is not in the kvm group
> on distributions where access to /dev/kvm is gated behind
> membership of the kvm group (as long as the process invoking
> qemu is able to open /dev/kvm and passes the file descriptor
> to qemu).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daan De Meyer <daan.j.demeyer@gmail.com>
> ---
>  accel/kvm/kvm-all.c      | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  include/sysemu/kvm_int.h |  1 +
>  qemu-options.hx          |  8 +++++++-
>  3 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>


With regards,
Daniel
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