From: matt@codeblueprint.co.uk (Matt Fleming)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCHv2 0/3] x86/UV, x86/efi: Re-factor efi_call_virt for general use
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:44:33 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160623124433.GE8415@codeblueprint.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1466017455-236934-1-git-send-email-athorlton@sgi.com>
On Wed, 15 Jun, at 02:04:12PM, Alex Thorlton wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> This patchset creates a general purpose version of the efi_call_virt
> macro that does not assume that the function pointer being passed in is
> inside of efi.systab->runtime. It also fixes up uv_bios_call to use the
> new functionality, and does a bit of cleanup in the efi_thunk macro.
>
> Quick breakdown of the patches:
>
> Patch 1) Move necessary macros to locations where we can access them.
> Remove hard-coded efi.systab reference from efi_call_virt.
> Rename/create new macros as needed.
> Patch 2) Simple change to allow UV code to utilize the new
> functionality. Included a detailed explanation of how we got
> here.
> Patch 3) Replace a few bits of the efi_thunk macro with the
> arch_efi_call_setup/teardown macros.
>
> The first two have been tested on simulators and hardware, but the third
> has only been compile-tested. I don't have any hardware to test that
> on.
>
> Updates for v2:
>
> - Fix up arm and arm64 versions of arch_efi_call_virt. I missed these
> on my first pass
> - Add some more detail to the commit message for the uv_bios_call fix.
> - Change the third patch to use the arch_efi_call_setup/teardown macros
> inside of the efi_thunk macro, instead of replacing efi_thunk entirely
> for the CONFIG_EFI_MIXED case.
Whole series looks good to me Alex, and everything works fine on my
mixed-mode config. Applied for v4.8, thanks!
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-06-15 19:04 [PATCHv2 0/3] x86/UV, x86/efi: Re-factor efi_call_virt for general use Alex Thorlton
2016-06-15 19:04 ` [PATCH 1/3] Convert efi_call_virt to efi_call_virt_pointer Alex Thorlton
2016-06-15 19:04 ` [PATCH 2/3] Update uv_bios_call to use efi_call_virt_pointer Alex Thorlton
2016-06-15 19:04 ` [PATCH 3/3] Update efi_thunk to use the the arch_efi_call_virt* macros Alex Thorlton
2016-06-23 12:44 ` Matt Fleming [this message]
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