linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.5 regression fix 0/2] efi/libstub: Fix mixed-mode crash at boot

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Date:   Thu, 12 Dec 2019 13:29:11 +0100
From:   Dominik Brodowski <linux@...inikbrodowski.net>
To:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Cc:     Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.5 regression fix 0/2] efi/libstub: Fix mixed-mode crash
 at boot

On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 11:31:56AM +0100, Hans de Goede wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Commit 0d95981438c3 ("x86: efi/random: Invoke EFI_RNG_PROTOCOL to seed the UEFI RNG table")
> causes drivers/efi/libstub/random.c to be used on x86 for the first time
> and some of the code in that file does not deal properly with mixed-mode
> setups causing a crash at boot on mixed-mode devices.
> 
> The first patch in this series fixes this and is the regression-fix from
> $subject.

Sorry for the bug, and thanks for the bugfix!

	Dominik