linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 17/24] acpi: Ignore acpi_rsdp kernel param when the kernel has been locked down

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Message-ID: <21360.1491548727@warthog.procyon.org.uk>
Date:   Fri, 07 Apr 2017 08:05:27 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        gnomes@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        Josh Boyer <jwboyer@...hat.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        ACPI Devel Maling List <linux-acpi@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
        matthew.garrett@...ula.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 17/24] acpi: Ignore acpi_rsdp kernel param when the kernel has been locked down

Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com> wrote:

> > > This option allows userspace to pass the RSDP address to the kernel, which
> > > makes it possible for a user to circumvent any restrictions imposed on
> > > loading modules.  Ignore the option when the kernel is locked down.
> > 
> > I'm not really sure here.
> > 
> > What exactly is the mechanism?
> 
> Actually this acpi_rsdp param is created for EFI kexec reboot in old
> days when we had not supported persistent efi vm space across kexec
> reboot. At that time kexec reboot runs as noefi mode, it can not find
> the acpi root table thus kernel will hang early.
> 
> Now kexec can support EFI boot so this param is not necessary for most
> user unless they still use efi=old_map.

Is this patch now unnecessary?

David