linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] efi/x86: turn EFI runtime semaphore into a global lock

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Message-ID: <20190115193534.GK12284@sarge.linuxathome.me>
Date:   Tue, 15 Jan 2019 19:35:34 +0000
From:   Hedi Berriche <hedi.berriche@....com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Russ Anderson <rja@....com>, Mike Travis <mike.travis@....com>,
        Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@....com>,
        Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] efi/x86: turn EFI runtime semaphore into a global
 lock

On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 18:55 Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>On Wed, 9 Jan 2019, Hedi Berriche wrote:
>
>> Make efi_runtime_lock semaphore global so that it can be used by EFI
>> runtime callers that may be defined outside efi/runtime-wrappers.c.
>
>The changelog should mention why the lock is renamed.

OK; will add to V2 that it was renamed so that it doesn't clash with the
efi_runtime_lock spinlock defined by CONFIG_EFI_MIXED.

>I have no strong opinion, but to apply that I need an Ack from Ard.

OK; thanks for the feedback.

Cheers,
Hedi.
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