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-rw-r--r--src/basic/virt.c22
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/src/basic/virt.c b/src/basic/virt.c
index 0fbbdea602..830dc655e3 100644
--- a/src/basic/virt.c
+++ b/src/basic/virt.c
@@ -316,31 +316,29 @@ static int detect_vm_zvm(void) {
/* Returns a short identifier for the various VM implementations */
int detect_vm(void) {
static thread_local int cached_found = _VIRTUALIZATION_INVALID;
- int r, cpuid;
+ int r, dmi;
if (cached_found >= 0)
return cached_found;
/* We have to use the correct order here:
*
- * -> First try to detect qemu/kvm and return 'kvm'.
- * -> Some virtualization technologies do use KVM hypervisor but are
- * expected to be detected as something else. Virtualbox since
- * version 5.0 is an example. So detect DMI next.
- * -> Get infos from CPUID third. */
+ * -> First try to detect Oracle Virtualbox, even if it uses KVM.
+ * -> Second try to detect from cpuid, this will report KVM for
+ * whatever software is used even if info in dmi is overwritten.
+ * -> Third try to detect from dmi. */
- cpuid = detect_vm_cpuid();
- r = detect_vm_dmi();
-
- if (r == VIRTUALIZATION_QEMU && cpuid == VIRTUALIZATION_KVM)
- return cpuid;
+ dmi = detect_vm_dmi();
+ if (dmi == VIRTUALIZATION_ORACLE)
+ return dmi;
+ r = detect_vm_cpuid();
if (r < 0)
return r;
if (r != VIRTUALIZATION_NONE)
goto finish;
- r = cpuid;
+ r = dmi;
if (r < 0)
return r;
if (r != VIRTUALIZATION_NONE)