linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 1/3] x86, ptdump: Add section for EFI runtime services

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Date:	Tue, 11 Nov 2014 22:59:07 +0100
From:	Mathias Krause <minipli@...glemail.com>
To:	Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org>
Cc:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	x86-ml <x86@...nel.org>, Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 1/3] x86, ptdump: Add section for EFI runtime services

On 29 October 2014 15:22, Matt Fleming <matt@...sole-pimps.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Oct, at 08:48:23PM, Mathias Krause wrote:
>> On 28 October 2014 19:57, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
>> > [...]
>> >
>> > Ok, thanks for refreshing this for me, your patch is good, so
>> >
>> > Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
>>
>> Thanks. But as you said, the EFI mappings shouldn't be in the kernel's
>> page table in the first place, so I'd rather see a patch doing that
>> instead. But, in the meantime, this patch is valid, as it shows the
>> "status quo".
>
> Now, everyone agrees this patch is OK? There are no comments that still
> need addressing?

Matt, do you mind to take this patch (and only this patch) through the EFI tree?
There were objections to patch 2 and 3 of this series from the x86
folks so I won't re-do those.

Regards,
Mathias
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