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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, efi: add no_bricked_efi whitelist
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:48:34 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1385142514.2884.2.camel@x230> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <528EF87D.4050300-+CUm20s59erQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>

On Fri, 2013-11-22 at 15:23 +0900, Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote:

> I don't know how to implement your idea. But if GC run by your idea, the free
> space may spread out. So 1) case is solved. But it does not solve 2) case.
> In my opinion, if system has sane firmware, all nvram strage should be used.
> I will send whiltelist version which used DMI infomation. Please review it.

We don't want to solve (2). The benefit in doing so is small compared to
the cost of maintaining a whitelist or risking breaking systems.

-- 
Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>

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From: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
To: "isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com" <isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, efi: add no_bricked_efi whitelist
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:48:34 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1385142514.2884.2.camel@x230> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <528EF87D.4050300@jp.fujitsu.com>

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On Fri, 2013-11-22 at 15:23 +0900, Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote:

> I don't know how to implement your idea. But if GC run by your idea, the free
> space may spread out. So 1) case is solved. But it does not solve 2) case.
> In my opinion, if system has sane firmware, all nvram strage should be used.
> I will send whiltelist version which used DMI infomation. Please review it.

We don't want to solve (2). The benefit in doing so is small compared to
the cost of maintaining a whitelist or risking breaking systems.

-- 
Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-11-22 17:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-11-20  8:34 [PATCH] x86, efi: add no_bricked_efi whitelist Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2013-11-20  8:34 ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
     [not found] ` <528C740A.6010407-+CUm20s59erQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-20  8:54   ` Richard Weinberger
2013-11-20  8:54     ` Richard Weinberger
2013-11-21  9:25     ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2013-11-21  9:25       ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2013-11-20 16:02 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-11-20 16:02   ` Matthew Garrett
2013-11-21  9:35   ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2013-11-21  9:35     ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
     [not found]     ` <528DD3E0.3050606-+CUm20s59erQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-21 20:12       ` Matthew Garrett
2013-11-21 20:12         ` Matthew Garrett
2013-11-22  0:00         ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2013-11-22  0:00           ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
     [not found]           ` <528E9EB2.3060808-+CUm20s59erQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-22  0:03             ` Matthew Garrett
2013-11-22  0:03               ` Matthew Garrett
2013-11-22  6:23               ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2013-11-22  6:23                 ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
     [not found]                 ` <528EF87D.4050300-+CUm20s59erQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>
2013-11-22  6:29                   ` [PATCH] x86, efi: add efi_whitelist_table to use all efi variable storage Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2013-11-22  6:29                     ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2013-11-22 17:47                     ` Matthew Garrett
2013-11-22 17:47                       ` Matthew Garrett
2013-12-03  3:20                       ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2013-12-03  3:20                         ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
     [not found]                         ` <529D4DF5.80502-+CUm20s59erQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>
2013-12-03  3:45                           ` Matthew Garrett
2013-12-03  3:45                             ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]                             ` <25e63f3b748741998d2b3e04bbc53064-jH1ztPcg5hENpgVgjDfI3Wu6+pknBqLbXA4E9RH9d+qIuWR1G4zioA@public.gmane.org>
2013-12-03  4:49                               ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2013-12-03  4:49                                 ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2013-12-03  5:04                                 ` Matthew Garrett
     [not found]                                   ` <20131203050450.GA30967-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>
2013-12-03  5:12                                     ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2013-12-03  5:12                                       ` Yasuaki Ishimatsu
2013-11-22 17:48                   ` Matthew Garrett [this message]
2013-11-22 17:48                     ` [PATCH] x86, efi: add no_bricked_efi whitelist Matthew Garrett

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