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From: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
To: Dave Young <dyoung@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org, kexec@lists.infradead.org,
	"Rafael J . Wysocki" <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com>,
	Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>,
	Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@redhat.com>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] ACPI, x86/efi: Remove ACPI BGRT tables for kexec
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 15:45:08 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1455723910-16710-1-git-send-email-matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> (raw)

Based on Dave's report that the BGRT image regions are being accessed
on kexec reboot (which by that time contain garbage),

  https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160127112044.GA2961@dhcp-128-65.nay.redhat.com

the following patches simply delete the table when doing a kexec boot.

This is part of a wider compaign to stop kexec-specific code from
leaking into all parts of arch/x86. Instead of sprinkling "if
(efi_setup)", kexec should be shaping the platform information to more
accurately describe which features are still available, so that
existing drivers work transparently without kexec quirks.

Matt Fleming (2):
  ACPICA: Tables: Add function to remove ACPI tables
  x86/efi: Delete ACPI BGRT when booting via kexec

 arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h    |  1 +
 arch/x86/kernel/setup.c       |  4 +++-
 arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c   | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/acpi/acpica/tbxface.c | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/acpi/acpixf.h         |  3 +++
 5 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

-- 
2.6.2

             reply	other threads:[~2016-02-17 15:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-02-17 15:45 Matt Fleming [this message]
2016-02-17 15:45 ` [PATCH 1/2] ACPICA: Tables: Add function to remove ACPI tables Matt Fleming
2016-02-18  2:34   ` Zheng, Lv
2016-02-18 20:15     ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-18 20:41       ` Matt Fleming
2016-02-18 20:45         ` Rafael J. Wysocki
2016-02-19  3:19         ` Zheng, Lv
2016-02-17 15:45 ` [PATCH 2/2] x86/efi: Delete ACPI BGRT when booting via kexec Matt Fleming

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