File 56549f24-x86-vPMU-document-as-unsupported.patch of Package xen.openSUSE_13.2_Update
# Commit c03480cf5c4e96fb4afb2237ad0a3cac7162564a # Date 2015-11-24 18:32:20 +0100 # Author Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com> # Committer Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com> x86/vPMU: document as unsupported This is XSA-163. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com> --- a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown +++ b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown @@ -1059,8 +1059,9 @@ feature is switched on on Intel processo Note that if **watchdog** option is also specified vpmu will be turned off. *Warning:* -As the BTS virtualisation is not 100% safe and because of the nehalem quirk -don't use the vpmu flag on production systems with Intel cpus! +As the virtualisation is not 100% safe, don't use the vpmu flag on +production systems (see Xen Security Advisory 163, +http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-163.html)! ### watchdog > `= force | <boolean>`