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Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:57:05 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> To: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org> Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, "linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com> Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] EFI urgent fixes * Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org> wrote: > > > On 18 feb. 2015, at 13:43, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote: > > > > > > * Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk> wrote: > > > >> Folks, please pull the following fixes. The revert addresses a > >> regression that Ard hit when booting Qemu and Xen, and the other patch > >> ensures that we don't triple fault when receiving an NMI or MCE during > >> an EFI mixed mode call, which may happen, for instance, when running > >> perf. > >> > >> The pull is against tip/x86/efi because tip/x86/urgent doesn't contain > >> commit d1a8d66b9177 ("efi/libstub: Call get_memory_map() to obtain map > >> and desc sizes") needed for the revert. > >> > >> If you'd prefer for me to resend this after the merge window closes, > >> just let me know. > >> > >> The following changes since commit 3c01b74e818a7a3b2ee9b0d584cca0bc154a031c: > >> > >> Merge tag 'efi-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mfleming/efi into x86/efi (2015-01-29 19:16:40 +0100) > >> > >> are available in the git repository at: > >> > >> > >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mfleming/efi.git tags/efi-urgent > >> > >> for you to fetch changes up to 43a9f69692b232d1c64c913a27507eb14a1c47fd: > >> > >> Revert "efi/libstub: Call get_memory_map() to obtain map and desc sizes" (2015-02-18 11:38:13 +0000) > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> * Leave a valid 64-bit IDT installed during runtime EFI mixed mode > >> calls to avoid triple faults if an NMI/MCE is received. > >> > >> * Revert Ard's change to the libstub get_memory_map() that went into > >> the v3.20 merge window because it causes boot regressions on Qemu and > >> Xen. > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Matt Fleming (2): > >> x86/efi: Avoid triple faults during EFI mixed mode calls > >> Revert "efi/libstub: Call get_memory_map() to obtain map and desc sizes" > >> > >> arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile | 1 + > >> arch/x86/boot/compressed/efi_stub_64.S | 25 ---- > >> arch/x86/boot/compressed/efi_thunk_64.S | 196 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >> arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_stub_64.S | 161 -------------------- > >> arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_thunk_64.S | 121 ++++++++++++--- > >> drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c | 16 +- > >> 6 files changed, 307 insertions(+), 213 deletions(-) > >> create mode 100644 arch/x86/boot/compressed/efi_thunk_64.S > > > > Pulled, thanks Matt! > > > > Btw., I find the revert a bit sad: in most cases breaking > > virtualized environments isn't a regression really, it's > > _them_ who couple to the kernel in an incestuous way that > > causes the problem: fixes should come from them ... > > > > It potentially breaks physical environments as well, > [...] Fair enough! Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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