From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt Fleming Subject: [GIT PULL] EFI changes for v3.16 Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 14:04:47 +0100 Message-ID: <20140503130447.GW26088@console-pimps.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-efi-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: "H. Peter Anvin" , Ingo Molnar Cc: linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org Folks, please queue the following change for v3.16 from Borislav that uses the more strict kernel_fpu_{begin,end}() instead of the __* verisons that won't catch buggy use in interrupt context. The following changes since commit e33655a386ed3b26ad36fb97a47ebb1c2ca1e928: efivars: Add compatibility code for compat tasks (2014-04-17 13:53:53 +0100) are available in the git repository at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mfleming/efi.git tags/efi-next for you to fetch changes up to baa916f39b50ad91661534652110df40396acda0: x86/efi: Check for unsafe dealing with FPU state in irq ctxt (2014-05-03 06:39:25 +0100) ---------------------------------------------------------------- * Use the more strict FPU handling functions before invoking EFI services to catch misuse in irq context - Borislav Petkov ---------------------------------------------------------------- Borislav Petkov (1): x86/efi: Check for unsafe dealing with FPU state in irq ctxt arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) -- Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center