linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] efi: Get the secure boot status

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Message-ID: <25371.1479826321@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:   Tue, 22 Nov 2016 14:52:01 +0000
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, keyrings@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] efi: Get the secure boot status

Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de> wrote:

> You dropped the efi_system_table_t *sys_table_arg argument but this
> isn't defined anywhere as a static global.

It seems to me that passing this value in on x86 is probably a bad idea as
it's not mixed-mode safe.  Should I just pass NULL there in that case?

David