virt: Update cache if the detected vm is virtualbox (#5364)

[elogind.git] / src / basic / virt.c

diff --git a/src/basic/virt.c b/src/basic/virt.c
index 20effaf4ca5e90cbb67fd0f7b4e4dd51cb3a2776..276df83526cb93db3e35c19898ba023aa36ea2e1 100644 (file)
--- a/src/basic/virt.c
+++ b/src/basic/virt.c
@@ -315,25 +315,31 @@ 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;
+        int r, dmi;
 
         if (cached_found >= 0)
                 return cached_found;
 
         /* We have to use the correct order here:
-         * Some virtualization technologies do use KVM hypervisor but are
-         * expected to be detected as something else. So detect DMI first.
          *
-         * An example is Virtualbox since version 5.0, which uses KVM backend.
-         * Detection via DMI works corretly, the CPU ID would find KVM
-         * only. */
-        r = detect_vm_dmi();
+         * -> 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. */
+
+        dmi = detect_vm_dmi();
+        if (dmi == VIRTUALIZATION_ORACLE) {
+                r = dmi;
+                goto finish;
+        }
+
+        r = detect_vm_cpuid();
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
         if (r != VIRTUALIZATION_NONE)
                 goto finish;
 
-        r = detect_vm_cpuid();
+        r = dmi;
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
         if (r != VIRTUALIZATION_NONE)