Function vmw_backdoor::probe_backdoor_privileged [−][src]
pub fn probe_backdoor_privileged() -> Result<BackdoorGuard, VmwError>
Try to acquire access to the backdoor, and probe its presence.
On Linux, this tries to change I/O access level via iopl()
. That requires
running with CAP_SYS_RAWIO
capability and it is not compatible with
kernel_lockdown
.