[PATCH 2/2] efi/arm64: use UEFI for system reset

[mark.rutland@arm.com (Mark Rutland)]

Hi Ard,

On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 04:05:57PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> If UEFI Runtime Services are available, they are preferred over direct
> PSCI calls or other methods to reset the system.
> 
> For the reset case, we need to hook into machine_restart(), as the
> arm_pm_restart function pointer may be overwritten by modules.

This is changing with the restart handler callchain series [1]. I think
you need to rework this atop of that.

Thanks,
Mark.

[1] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2014-August/280519.html

> 
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kernel/process.c | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
> index 1309d64aa926..335a93da5eeb 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/process.c
> @@ -177,6 +177,13 @@ void machine_restart(char *cmd)
>  	local_irq_disable();
>  	smp_send_stop();
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * arm_pm_restart is exported to modules, so the only way to supersede
> +	 * it with efi_reboot() is to call it here.
> +	 */
> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI) && efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES))
> +		efi_reboot(REBOOT_WARM, NULL);
> +
>  	/* Now call the architecture specific reboot code. */
>  	if (arm_pm_restart)
>  		arm_pm_restart(reboot_mode, cmd);
> -- 
> 1.8.3.2
> 
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