linux-kernel - [GIT PULL 0/2] EFI urgent fixes

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Date:	Tue, 16 Feb 2016 12:59:18 +0000
From:	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	Jason Andryuk <jandryuk@...il.com>,
	Laszlo Ersek <lersek@...hat.com>,
	"Lee, Chun-Yi" <jlee@...e.com>, Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...eos.com>,
	Peter Jones <pjones@...hat.com>
Subject: [GIT PULL 0/2] EFI urgent fixes

Folks, here are some bug fixes that missed the previous pull request
but that are related to those patches.

The following changes since commit 4682c211a80ee93214b72d95f861b0f6e90e5445:

  Merge tag 'efi-urgent' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mfleming/efi into x86/urgent (2016-02-16 13:14:57 +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 a68075908a37850918ad96b056acc9ac4ce1bd90:

  lib/ucs2_string: Correct ucs2 -> utf8 conversion (2016-02-16 12:49:05 +0000)

----------------------------------------------------------------
 * Fix bugs in our code that converts ucs2 strings to utf8 where we
   unintentionally drop bits from the original string - Jason Andryuk

 * Add the efi-pstore variables to the variable whitelist so that
   users can continue to delete them via efivarfs without needing to
   manipulate the immutable flag - Matt Fleming

----------------------------------------------------------------
Jason Andryuk (1):
      lib/ucs2_string: Correct ucs2 -> utf8 conversion

Matt Fleming (1):
      efi: Add pstore variables to the deletion whitelist

 drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c |  1 +
 lib/ucs2_string.c           | 14 +++++++-------
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)