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

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1901151953370.1655@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Tue, 15 Jan 2019 19:55:10 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     Hedi Berriche <hedi.berriche@....com>
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 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. I have no strong
opinion, but to apply that I need an Ack from Ard.

Thanks,

	tglx