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Date:   Wed, 30 Mar 2022 18:02:07 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To:     Ben Gardon <bgardon@google.com>
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        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
        Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>,
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        Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
        David Dunn <daviddunn@google.com>,
        Jing Zhang <jingzhangos@google.com>,
        Junaid Shahid <junaids@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 10/11] KVM: x86/MMU: Require reboot permission to
 disable NX hugepages
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On Wed, Mar 30, 2022, Ben Gardon wrote:
> Ensure that the userspace actor attempting to disable NX hugepages has
> permission to reboot the system. Since disabling NX hugepages would
> allow a guest to crash the system, it is similar to reboot permissions.

This patch needs to be squashed with the patch that introduces the capability,
otherwise you're introdcuing a bug and then fixing it in the same series.