From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org,
Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@kernel.org>,
linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.2 2/6] efi: efivars: prevent double registration
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2023 13:59:08 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y/+gfKHBuub3IxIb@sashalap> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMj1kXHr4tFjC65v5BN465tYBr1_gsMhCHEd6R-d3CoJ=aiYsQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Mar 01, 2023 at 05:31:15PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 at 17:29, Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org> wrote:
>>
>> From: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@kernel.org>
>>
>> [ Upstream commit 0217a40d7ba6e71d7f3422fbe89b436e8ee7ece7 ]
>>
>> Add the missing sanity check to efivars_register() so that it is no
>> longer possible to override an already registered set of efivar ops
>> (without first deregistering them).
>>
>> This can help debug initialisation ordering issues where drivers have so
>> far unknowingly been relying on overriding the generic ops.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@kernel.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
>
>NAK this is not a bugfix.
Ack, I'll drop it. Thanks!
--
Thanks,
Sasha
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-03-01 18:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-03-01 16:29 [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.2 1/6] tracing: Add NULL checks for buffer in ring_buffer_free_read_page() Sasha Levin
2023-03-01 16:29 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.2 2/6] efi: efivars: prevent double registration Sasha Levin
2023-03-01 16:31 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2023-03-01 18:59 ` Sasha Levin [this message]
2023-03-01 16:29 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.2 3/6] kernel/printk/index.c: fix memory leak with using debugfs_lookup() Sasha Levin
2023-03-01 16:29 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.2 4/6] firmware/efi sysfb_efi: Add quirk for Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 3 Sasha Levin
2023-03-01 16:29 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.2 5/6] bootconfig: Increase max nodes of bootconfig from 1024 to 8192 for DCC support Sasha Levin
2023-03-01 16:29 ` [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.2 6/6] mfd: arizona: Use pm_runtime_resume_and_get() to prevent refcnt leak Sasha Levin
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