libs/nested_virt/src/lib.rs

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//! Detection for nested virtualization.

use anyhow::Result;
use rustutils::system_properties;

/// Return whether we will be running our VM in a VM, which causes the nested VM to run very slowly.
pub fn is_nested_virtualization() -> Result<bool> {
    // Currently nested virtualization only occurs when we run KVM inside the cuttlefish VM.
    // So we just need to check for vsoc.
    if let Some(value) = system_properties::read("ro.product.vendor.device")? {
        // Fuzzy matching to allow for vsoc_x86, vsoc_x86_64, vsoc_x86_64_only, ...
        Ok(value.starts_with("vsoc_"))
    } else {
        Ok(false)
    }
}