From: Matt Fleming <matt-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
leif.lindholm-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org,
mark.rutland-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org,
sylvain.chouleur-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] efi: use a file local lock for efivars
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 15:04:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160715140451.GA2406@codeblueprint.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1468249165-25523-2-git-send-email-ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
On Mon, 11 Jul, at 04:59:23PM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> From: Sylvain Chouleur <sylvain.chouleur-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
>
> This patch replaces the spinlock in the efivars struct with a single lock
> for the whole vars.c file. The goal of this lock is to protect concurrent
> calls to efi variable services, registering and unregistering. This allows
> us to register new efivars operations without having in-progress call.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sylvain Chouleur <sylvain.chouleur-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
> [ardb: rebased onto v4.7-rc3]
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
> ---
> drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c | 83 +++++++++++---------
> include/linux/efi.h | 6 --
> 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
Thanks Ard, applied.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-15 14:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-11 14:59 [PATCH v2 0/3] efi interruptible runtime services Ard Biesheuvel
[not found] ` <1468249165-25523-1-git-send-email-ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2016-07-11 14:59 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] efi: use a file local lock for efivars Ard Biesheuvel
[not found] ` <1468249165-25523-2-git-send-email-ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2016-07-15 14:04 ` Matt Fleming [this message]
2016-07-11 14:59 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] efi: don't use spinlocks for efi vars Ard Biesheuvel
[not found] ` <1468249165-25523-3-git-send-email-ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2016-07-15 14:44 ` Matt Fleming
2016-07-11 14:59 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] efi: replace runtime services spinlock with semaphore Ard Biesheuvel
[not found] ` <1468249165-25523-4-git-send-email-ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
2016-07-15 14:49 ` Matt Fleming
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2015-12-18 10:29 [PATCH 1/2] efi: Don't use spinlocks for efi vars sylvain.chouleur-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w
2016-01-06 22:33 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] efi interruptible runtime services Sylvain Chouleur
[not found] ` <1452119637-10958-1-git-send-email-sylvain.chouleur-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-01-06 22:33 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] efi: use a file local lock for efivars Sylvain Chouleur
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