On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 15:02:56 +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This series fixes libvirt compilation and runtime on systems using a
> monolithic kernel compiled without module support (CONFIG_MODULES=n).
>
> Currently, libvirt assumes kernel module support is always available,
> which causes build failures or runtime errors on such systems.
>
> Changes:
> - virpci: don't fail VFIO passthrough when modules.alias is missing
> - virpci: don"t fail VFIO passthrough when /sys/module/*/drivers is
> inaccessible.
s/don"t/don't/ in the summary of the second commit.
> Tested on kernel 6.18 with grsecurity and a custom monolithic kernel.
>
> Note this issue has previously been reported there:
> https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/work_items/591
My comments from v1 (on the MR on gitlab) were addressed so:
Reviewed-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa@redhat.com>
But I'd like to leave some time for folks dealing more with VFIO -
e.g. Laine - to comment on this if there are any issues I don't see.