linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL 00/20] More EFI updates for v5.6

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Date:   Mon, 13 Jan 2020 08:29:09 +0100
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-efi <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>,
        Matthew Garrett <mjg59@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL 00/20] More EFI updates for v5.6

On Fri, 10 Jan 2020 at 19:13, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org> wrote:
>
>
> * Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 3 Jan 2020 at 12:40, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Ingo, Thomas,
> > >
> > > This is the second batch of EFI updates for v5.6. Two things are still
> > > under discussion, so I'll probably have a few more changes for this
> > > cycle in a week or so.
> > >
> > > The following changes since commit 0679715e714345d273c0e1eb78078535ffc4b2a1:
> > >
> > >   efi/libstub/x86: Avoid globals to store context during mixed mode calls (2019-12-25 10:49:26 +0100)
> > >
> > > are available in the Git repository at:
> > >
> > >   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/efi/efi.git tags/efi-next
> > >
> > > for you to fetch changes up to d95e4feae5368a91775c4597a8f298ba84f31535:
> > >
> > >   efi/x86: avoid RWX mappings for all of DRAM (2020-01-03 11:46:15 +0100)
> > >
> >
> > Ingo, Thomas,
> >
> > I'll be submitting another PR later today or tomorrow that goes on top
> > of these changes. Please let me know if you would like a v2 of this PR
> > with the new content included, or rather keep them separate.
>
> So there's one complication I noticed, there's conflicts with ongoing
> x86/mm work. I've merged x86/mm into efi/core (and will send the branches
> in that order in the merge window), and the final three patches conflict.
>
> Mind sending those three patches and your other patches on top of the
> latest efi/core (4444f8541dad)?
>

No problem. I'll rebase and retest, and send out the result end of
today or tomorrow.

Thanks,
Ard.