linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] efi: Determine how much space is used by boot services-only variables

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Date:	Wed, 3 Apr 2013 13:42:13 +0000
From:	Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>
To:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
CC:	"matt.fleming@...el.com" <matt.fleming@...el.com>,
	"ben@...adent.org.uk" <ben@...adent.org.uk>,
	"jwboyer@...hat.com" <jwboyer@...hat.com>,
	"linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"seth.forshee@...onical.com" <seth.forshee@...onical.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] efi: Determine how much space is used by boot
 services-only variables

On Wed, 2013-04-03 at 14:09 +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:

> We're fixing a regression in efivars.c, but only for those users that
> boot via the EFI boot stub? That seems likely to upset some people.

Not really - it just makes the estimates more accurate. Applying (2)
without (1) should still fix the functional regression.

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