linux-kernel - RE: [RFC][PATCH v2 2/3] Hold multiple logs

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Date:	Tue, 24 Jul 2012 20:39:53 +0000
From:	Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@....com>
To:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>,
	Matthew Garrett <mjg@...hat.com>
CC:	"linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"mikew@...gle.com" <mikew@...gle.com>,
	"dle-develop@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<dle-develop@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Satoru Moriya <satoru.moriya@....com>,
	"dzickus@...hat.com" <dzickus@...hat.com>
Subject: RE: [RFC][PATCH v2 2/3] Hold multiple logs

> > One thing that's worth noting - UEFI systems will typically only
> > recover deleted space on reset. create->delete->create->delete will
> > reduce available space until the platform is rebooted, at which point
> > the deleted portion will become available again.
> 
> Some ACPI/ERST systems do this too :-(

So, we don't need to introduce a overwriting policy.
I will make a patch using QueryVariableInfo and just writing multiple logs.

Seiji
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