linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] efi: add support for non-standard capsule headers

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Date:   Tue, 25 Apr 2017 16:01:49 +0100
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
To:     Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
Cc:     Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>,
        "linux-efi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        "Bryan O'Donoghue" <pure.logic@...us-software.ie>,
        Hock Leong Kweh <hock.leong.kweh@...el.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Sascha Weisenberger <sascha.weisenberger@...mens.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] efi: add support for non-standard capsule headers

On 25 April 2017 at 16:00, Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Apr, at 08:32:59PM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> This picks up the patches Ard send before in [1], including the
>> "left-over" patches 6..8.
>>
>> As Ard suggested, I've taken updated patches 6 and 7 of him from [2]
>> which address reviewer comments. Furthermore, I've changed patch 8 to
>> factor out the Quark quirk logic from the overloaded
>> efi_capsule_setup_info as requested by Matt and also applied Andy's
>> suggestion to have a quirk dispatcher table with callbacks.
>>
>> Tested successfully on the IOT2040 - still without a working Galileo
>> board.
>>
>> Jan
>>
>> [1] http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-efi/msg11194.html
>> [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ardb/linux.git/log/?h=quark-capsule
>>
>> Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
>>
>> Ard Biesheuvel (2):
>>   efi/capsule-loader: Redirect calls to efi_capsule_setup_info via weak
>>     alias
>>   efi/capsule-loader: Use page addresses rather than struct page
>>     pointers
>>
>> Jan Kiszka (1):
>>   efi/capsule: Add support for Quark security header
>>
>>  arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c        | 137 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig          |   9 +++
>>  drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c |  66 ++++++++--------
>>  drivers/firmware/efi/capsule.c        |   7 +-
>>  include/linux/efi.h                   |  14 +++-
>>  5 files changed, 197 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
>
> OK, this looks like it's in good shape to me.
>
> Ard, are we waiting for anything else before we queue this up for
> v4.13?

Ideally, we'd get someone to test it with compliant capsule headers,
but I'm happy to just queue it for v4.13, and get it in -next asap
(i.e., right after the merge window closes)