linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: serialize EFI time accesses on rtc

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Message-ID: <CADZ9YHi34K=MKCKLfjwz07eWK+nDRiggrE4PZE6BPNrHQeABOQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:46:07 +0600
From:	Rakib Mullick <rakib.mullick@...il.com>
To:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org>
Cc:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...ell.com>, mingo@...e.hu,
	tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: serialize EFI time accesses on rtc_lock

On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 11:54 PM, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...f.ucam.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 11:32:05PM +0600, Rakib Mullick wrote:

> That's just assigning some function pointers, not actually making the
> calls. There's potentially several routes to each of the calls, so it
> makes sense to do the locking there.
>
I got confused by the patch subject. I thought, this serialization is
required at the time of startup.


Thanks,
Rakib

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> Matthew Garrett | mjg59@...f.ucam.org
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