linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] EFI fix

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Message-ID: <20160524090326.GA20176@gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 24 May 2016 11:03:26 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Alex Thorlton <athorlton@....com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] EFI fix

* Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com> wrote:

> On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 01:08:01PM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
> > On Mon, 16 May, at 01:05:45PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > 
> > > I think the right fix is to just get rid of that silly conditional
> > > frame pointer thing, and always use frame pointers in this stub
> > > function. And then we don't need that (odd) load to get the old stack
> > > pointer into %rax - we can just use the frame pointer.
> > > 
> > > Something like the attached completely untested patch.
> > 
> > Linus, are you going to apply your patch directly or would you prefer
> > someone to send a pull request which also includes Josh's patch for
> > arch/x86/entry/thunk_64.S?
> 
> Ingo already merged both patches into tip:x86/urgent, so I'd presume
> he'll be sending a pull request for them soon.

Correct, I plan to send them later today.

Thanks,

	Ingo