From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>
Cc: Russ Anderson <rja@sgi.com>, joeyli <jlee@suse.com>,
Matt Fleming <matt@console-pimps.org>,
Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>,
matt.fleming@intel.com, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@linux.intel.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [regression, bisected] x86: efi: Pass boot services variable info to runtime code
Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 13:40:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130531114037.GC7131@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1305311259520.30576@pobox.suse.cz>
* Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz> wrote:
> On Fri, 31 May 2013, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> > > Unfortunately that means that you can as well throw the patch away
> > > completely.
> > >
> > > The sole point is to run the QueryVariableInfo() from the boot
> > > environment, in order to obtain more accurate information. And it's
> > > a valid thing to do, according to UEFI specification.
> >
> > So this change needs to be reverted or fixed.
>
> I don't think anyone is arguing against that.
The statement I replied to above can be fairly read as arguing against it.
Anyway, given that the fix (workaround) from Boris seems elaborate so late
in the v3.10 cycle, does everyone else agree with a revert as well?
Thanks,
Ingo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-31 11:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-22 16:27 [regression, bisected] x86: efi: Pass boot services variable info to runtime code Russ Anderson
2013-05-23 11:58 ` Matt Fleming
2013-05-23 20:32 ` Russ Anderson
2013-05-24 7:43 ` Matt Fleming
2013-05-24 11:09 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-05-24 11:40 ` Matt Fleming
2013-05-24 16:11 ` Robin Holt
2013-05-24 17:02 ` Russ Anderson
2013-05-24 21:05 ` Dave Jones
2013-05-27 4:27 ` joeyli
2013-05-27 4:32 ` joeyli
2013-05-28 2:43 ` Russ Anderson
2013-05-24 20:05 ` Russ Anderson
2013-05-24 20:11 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-05-24 20:49 ` Russ Anderson
2013-05-28 10:50 ` Matt Fleming
2013-05-28 10:53 ` Matt Fleming
2013-05-28 8:35 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-05-29 21:01 ` Russ Anderson
2013-05-29 22:22 ` Jiri Kosina
2013-05-29 22:46 ` Russ Anderson
2013-05-29 22:53 ` Jiri Kosina
2013-05-30 2:16 ` joeyli
2013-05-30 22:17 ` Russ Anderson
2013-05-30 22:21 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-05-30 22:28 ` Russ Anderson
2013-05-30 22:30 ` Jiri Kosina
2013-05-31 2:17 ` Russ Anderson
2013-05-31 3:28 ` joeyli
2013-05-30 22:32 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-05-31 2:54 ` Russ Anderson
2013-05-31 10:06 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-05-30 22:25 ` Jiri Kosina
2013-05-31 10:12 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-05-31 11:06 ` Jiri Kosina
2013-05-31 11:40 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2013-05-31 11:54 ` Josh Boyer
2013-05-31 12:30 ` Borislav Petkov
2013-05-31 12:43 ` Ingo Molnar
2013-05-31 14:34 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-05-31 14:42 ` James Bottomley
2013-05-31 14:45 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-05-31 14:48 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-05-31 15:43 ` Russ Anderson
2013-05-31 16:28 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-05-31 17:35 ` James Bottomley
2013-05-31 22:57 ` Russ Anderson
2013-05-31 22:59 ` H. Peter Anvin
2013-05-31 23:30 ` Jiri Kosina
2013-06-01 0:03 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-01 4:20 ` Russ Anderson
2013-06-01 4:41 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-06-01 11:01 ` Linus Torvalds
2013-06-01 14:40 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-05-30 2:38 ` joeyli
2013-05-23 22:23 ` Russ Anderson
2013-05-24 7:45 ` Matt Fleming
2013-05-29 20:16 ` Russ Anderson
2013-05-31 14:41 ` H. Peter Anvin
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