linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] x86/boot: Use efi_setup_data for searching RSDP on kexec-ed kernel

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Date:   Wed, 24 Apr 2019 11:38:52 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Baoquan He <bhe@...hat.com>
Cc:     j-nomura@...jp.nec.com, kasong@...hat.com, dyoung@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        fanc.fnst@...fujitsu.com, x86@...nel.org,
        kexec@...ts.infradead.org, hpa@...or.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] x86/boot: Use efi_setup_data for searching RSDP
 on kexec-ed kernel

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 05:29:42PM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
> In this series, patch 2/2 has dependency on patch 1/1, otherwise
> it may cause system to reset to firmware on some machines.
> 
> The patch 2/2 is the version Boris organized:
> http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190416095209.GG27892@zn.tnic
> 
> Patch 1/1 is based on Kairui's v1 patch, and add ACPI tables mapping:
> http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190422092804.15534-1-kasong@redhat.com
> 
> Dave Young confirmed this patchset passed test on his t420 laptop, where
> the system resetting issue caused by patch 2/2 was found.

I guess but this does not give me the warm and fuzzy feeling one week
before the merge window.

So:

https://git.kernel.org/tip/36f0c423552dacaca152324b8e9bda42a6d88865

and we all can relax ourselves and take the next release cycle to test
the hell out of this before reenabling it again.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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