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From: Matt Fleming <matt-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz-wEGCiKHe2LqWVfeAwA7xHQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	Ard Biesheuvel
	<ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	Leif Lindholm
	<leif.lindholm-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59-1xO5oi07KQx4cg9Nei1l7Q@public.gmane.org>,
	Matt Fleming
	<matt.fleming-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] efi: Provide a non-blocking SetVariable() operation
Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 17:11:51 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141001161151.GD14343@console-pimps.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141001152624.GB2843-IIpfhp3q70z/8w/KjCw3T+5/BudmfyzbbVWyRVo5IupeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>

On Wed, 01 Oct, at 05:26:24PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
> If you want to have this usable from NMI context, you need to convert
> efi_runtime_lock to a raw_spinlock_t.
 
Hmm.. I note that none of the spinlocks in the pstore code path that we
execute to get here are raw_spinlock_t. And that's the only code path
that calls this function.

They need to be raw_spinlock_t for -rt?

> Also, it would probably be a good idea to have some selftest like thing
> that actually calls this from NMI context, right?

Yeah probably, although that'd need to be a core pstore test since
there's nothing really interesting going on in
virt_efi_set_variable_nonblocking(), and it would be good to test it out
in the larger pstore context.

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-10-01 16:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-01 12:06 [PATCH 0/2] efi: Remove conditional in_nmi() runtime locking Matt Fleming
2014-10-01 12:06 ` [PATCH 1/2] efi: Provide a non-blocking SetVariable() operation Matt Fleming
     [not found]   ` <1412165200-32141-2-git-send-email-matt-HNK1S37rvNbeXh+fF434Mdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
2014-10-01 15:26     ` Peter Zijlstra
     [not found]       ` <20141001152624.GB2843-IIpfhp3q70z/8w/KjCw3T+5/BudmfyzbbVWyRVo5IupeoWH0uzbU5w@public.gmane.org>
2014-10-01 16:11         ` Matt Fleming [this message]
2014-10-01 12:06 ` [PATCH 2/2] efi: Delete the in_nmi() conditional runtime locking Matt Fleming

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