linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 2/2] x86/efi: Move efi_<reserve/free>_boot

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Date:   Mon, 29 Oct 2018 18:14:35 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@...el.com>
cc:     linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 2/2] x86/efi: Move efi_<reserve/free>_boot_services()
 to arch/x86

On Fri, 26 Oct 2018, Sai Praneeth Prakhya wrote:

> efi_<reserve/free>_boot_services() are x86 specific quirks and as such
> should be in asm/efi.h, so move them from linux/efi.h. Also, call
> efi_free_boot_services() from __efi_enter_virtual_mode() as it is x86
> specific call and ideally shouldn't be part of init/main.c
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sai Praneeth Prakhya <sai.praneeth.prakhya@...el.com>

Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>