From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932091Ab3KVRsj (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Nov 2013 12:48:39 -0500 Received: from mail-bn1blp0189.outbound.protection.outlook.com ([207.46.163.189]:40788 "EHLO na01-bn1-obe.outbound.protection.outlook.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753339Ab3KVRsi (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Nov 2013 12:48:38 -0500 From: Matthew Garrett To: "isimatu.yasuaki@jp.fujitsu.com" CC: "linux-efi@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "matt.fleming@intel.com" , "jlee@suse.com" , "matt@console-pimps.org" , "richard@nod.at" , "cxie@redhat.com" Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86, efi: add no_bricked_efi whitelist Thread-Topic: [PATCH] x86, efi: add no_bricked_efi whitelist Thread-Index: AQHO5ctsbQuFm47B1katHCc9ePY1AJovbqbwgADxyq6AAGsLuIAAvw4A Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:48:34 +0000 Message-ID: <1385142514.2884.2.camel@x230> References: <528C740A.6010407@jp.fujitsu.com> <1384963376.20536.3.camel@x230> <528DD3E0.3050606@jp.fujitsu.com> <1385064722.12107.1.camel@x230> <528E9EB2.3060808@jp.fujitsu.com> <1385078632.12107.3.camel@x230> <528EF87D.4050300@jp.fujitsu.com> In-Reply-To: <528EF87D.4050300@jp.fujitsu.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [209.6.207.143] x-forefront-prvs: 0038DE95A2 x-forefront-antispam-report: SFV:NSPM;SFS:(377424004)(199002)(189002)(24454002)(59766001)(69226001)(76786001)(74876001)(76796001)(83072001)(77982001)(33646001)(74706001)(81816001)(56816003)(56776001)(85306002)(77096001)(33716001)(54316002)(50986001)(47976001)(81686001)(19580395003)(2656002)(74662001)(81342001)(74366001)(83322001)(19580405001)(81542001)(47736001)(87936001)(31966008)(49866001)(65816001)(80022001)(4396001)(87266001)(47446002)(80976001)(74502001)(54356001)(66066001)(79102001)(51856001)(63696002)(76482001)(46102001)(53806001);DIR:OUT;SFP:;SCL:1;SRVR:BN1PR05MB423;H:BN1PR05MB423.namprd05.prod.outlook.com;CLIP:209.6.207.143;FPR:;RD:InfoNoRecords;A:1;MX:1;LANG:en; Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-ID: <6E44339335945846AFB69BC34463BFA1@namprd05.prod.outlook.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: nebula.com Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by mail.home.local id rAMHmjgB024707 On Fri, 2013-11-22 at 15:23 +0900, Yasuaki Ishimatsu wrote: > I don't know how to implement your idea. But if GC run by your idea, the free > space may spread out. So 1) case is solved. But it does not solve 2) case. > In my opinion, if system has sane firmware, all nvram strage should be used. > I will send whiltelist version which used DMI infomation. Please review it. We don't want to solve (2). The benefit in doing so is small compared to the cost of maintaining a whitelist or risking breaking systems. -- Matthew Garrett {.n++%ݶw{.n+{G{ayʇڙ,jfhz_(階ݢj"mG?&~iOzv^m ?I