fix(pkg): build dkms kvm from 7.2.9 and pin to the exact release

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2026-10-13 01:19:34 +02:00
parent 0ee2c8d63a
commit 0e5d0b138f
7 changed files with 44 additions and 38 deletions
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@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
# Maintainer: Sandwich <sandwich@archworks.co>
#
# KVM modules patched for architectural conformance, built by DKMS against
# whichever 7.2.x kernels are installed. Three VMAware checks stop firing as a
# direct consequence, because the fix is to raise the exception the
# every installed kernel of _kver's release. Three VMAware checks stop firing
# as a direct consequence, because the fix is to raise the exception the
# architecture specifies:
#
# SVM_EXCEPTIONS a CPL>0 SVM instruction must raise #UD, not #GP
@@ -17,20 +17,23 @@
# vanilla kernel of the same version and builds them against the installed
# headers; the two Makefile paths that assume an in-tree build are redirected.
# The KVM sources do not differ between the Arch flavours of one version (the
# module srcversion is identical on linux and linux-cachyos-bore 7.2.3), so one
# source tree serves all of them.
# module srcversion is identical on linux and linux-cachyos-bore 7.2.3 and
# 7.2.9), so one source tree serves all of them.
#
# THE PIN: the sources are 7.2.3's. They build against any 7.2.x headers and
# are refused for anything else, so after a kernel upgrade past 7.2 the stock
# THE PIN: the sources are one stable release's and DKMS refuses every other.
# Stable updates change KVM too: 7.2.9 moved declarations out of the installed
# headers into arch/x86/kvm, so 7.2.3's tree stopped compiling, and 7.2.10
# changes svm.c and x86.c without touching a header, so 7.2.9's tree would
# build there and silently drop those fixes. After any kernel upgrade the stock
# modules load silently and the three checks come back. Bump _kver here.
pkgname=vfio-native-kvm-dkms
_pkgbase=vfio-native-kvm
_kver=7.2.3
_kver=7.2.9
_tag=1.4.3
pkgver=${_kver}
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="KVM modules patched to raise the exceptions the architecture specifies (DKMS, 7.2.x kernels)"
pkgdesc="KVM modules patched to raise the exceptions the architecture specifies (DKMS, ${_kver} kernels)"
arch=('x86_64')
url="https://git.archworks.co/sandwich/vfio-native"
license=('GPL-2.0-only')
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ source=("git+${url}.git#tag=v${_tag}"
'kvm-native.hook')
noextract=("linux-${_kver}.tar.xz")
sha256sums=('SKIP'
'8ba259e8e7b13ec6ef0941c8a39ad90b24bd4a4d6c0010ba6bafb794550ecd03'
'b4c5dfbe51a364a6c7f03869200f88c8e1f77403539005f14b7fc6bc91b8d8ba'
'SKIP'
'SKIP'
'SKIP')
@@ -70,5 +73,6 @@ package() {
cp -r "linux-${_kver}/arch/x86/kvm" "${dest}/arch/x86/"
cp -r "linux-${_kver}/virt/kvm" "${dest}/virt/"
sed "s/@PKGVER@/${pkgver}/" dkms.conf > "${dest}/dkms.conf"
install -Dm644 kvm-native.hook "${pkgdir}/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/90-vfio-native-kvm.hook"
install -dm755 "${pkgdir}/usr/share/libalpm/hooks"
sed "s/@PKGVER@/${pkgver}/g" kvm-native.hook > "${pkgdir}/usr/share/libalpm/hooks/90-vfio-native-kvm.hook"
}