linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] x86/efi: introduce EFI_BOOT_SERVICES

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Message-ID: <20140914000130.GC18296@nazgul.tnic>
Date:	Sun, 14 Sep 2014 02:01:30 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Glenn P. Williamson" <glenn.p.williamson@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] x86/efi: introduce EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_WARN

On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 11:36:16AM -0700, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> Being more verbose about this kind of illegal access from the firmware
> increases the likelihood of this kind firmware bugs to be fixed.

I sincerely hope you're right and, more importantly, how do we make sure
those warnings get seen in time for a fix to even be possible..?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.
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