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From: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Subject: [PATCH 05/14] efi: runtime-wrappers: Remove out of date comment regarding in_nmi()
Date: Mon,  1 Feb 2016 22:06:59 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1454364428-494-6-git-send-email-matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1454364428-494-1-git-send-email-matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>

From: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>

This code is long gone, so remove the comment as well.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
---
 drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c | 26 --------------------------
 1 file changed, 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c
index e9f2867f0d91..311f415bff51 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c
@@ -62,32 +62,6 @@
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(efi_runtime_lock);
 
 /*
- * Some runtime services calls can be reentrant under NMI, even if the table
- * above says they are not. (source: UEFI Specification v2.4A)
- *
- * Table 32. Functions that may be called after Machine Check, INIT and NMI
- * +----------------------------+------------------------------------------+
- * | Function			| Called after Machine Check, INIT and NMI |
- * +----------------------------+------------------------------------------+
- * | GetTime()			| Yes, even if previously busy.		   |
- * | GetVariable()		| Yes, even if previously busy		   |
- * | GetNextVariableName()	| Yes, even if previously busy		   |
- * | QueryVariableInfo()	| Yes, even if previously busy		   |
- * | SetVariable()		| Yes, even if previously busy		   |
- * | UpdateCapsule()		| Yes, even if previously busy		   |
- * | QueryCapsuleCapabilities()	| Yes, even if previously busy		   |
- * | ResetSystem()		| Yes, even if previously busy		   |
- * +----------------------------+------------------------------------------+
- *
- * In order to prevent deadlocks under NMI, the wrappers for these functions
- * may only grab the efi_runtime_lock or rtc_lock spinlocks if !efi_in_nmi().
- * However, not all of the services listed are reachable through NMI code paths,
- * so the the special handling as suggested by the UEFI spec is only implemented
- * for QueryVariableInfo() and SetVariable(), as these can be reached in NMI
- * context through efi_pstore_write().
- */
-
-/*
  * As per commit ef68c8f87ed1 ("x86: Serialize EFI time accesses on rtc_lock"),
  * the EFI specification requires that callers of the time related runtime
  * functions serialize with other CMOS accesses in the kernel, as the EFI time
-- 
2.6.2

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-02-01 22:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-02-01 22:06 [GIT PULL 00/14] EFI changes for v4.6 Matt Fleming
2016-02-01 22:06 ` [PATCH 01/14] efi: Expose non-blocking set_variable() wrapper to efivars Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 11:31   ` [tip:efi/core] " tip-bot for Ard Biesheuvel
2016-02-01 22:06 ` [PATCH 02/14] efi: Remove redundant efi_set_variable_nonblocking prototype Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 11:31   ` [tip:efi/core] efi: Remove redundant efi_set_variable_nonblocking () prototype tip-bot for Ard Biesheuvel
2016-02-01 22:06 ` [PATCH 03/14] efi: runtime-wrappers: Add a nonblocking version of QueryVariableInfo Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 11:31   ` [tip:efi/core] efi/runtime-wrappers: Add a nonblocking version of QueryVariableInfo() tip-bot for Ard Biesheuvel
2016-02-01 22:06 ` [PATCH 04/14] efi: Add nonblocking option to efi_query_variable_store() Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 11:32   ` [tip:efi/core] " tip-bot for Ard Biesheuvel
2016-02-01 22:06 ` Matt Fleming [this message]
2016-02-03 11:32   ` [tip:efi/core] efi/runtime-wrappers: Remove out of date comment regarding in_nmi() tip-bot for Ard Biesheuvel
2016-02-01 22:07 ` [PATCH 06/14] efi: runtime-wrapper: Get rid of the rtc_lock spinlock Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 11:32   ` [tip:efi/core] efi: Runtime-wrapper: " tip-bot for Ard Biesheuvel
2016-02-01 22:07 ` [PATCH 07/14] efi: runtime-wrappers: Run UEFI Runtime Services with interrupts enabled Matt Fleming
2016-02-03  9:43   ` Ingo Molnar
2016-02-03  9:57     ` Ard Biesheuvel
2016-02-03 10:58       ` Ingo Molnar
2016-02-03 11:33         ` Ard Biesheuvel
2016-02-03 12:01           ` Matt Fleming
2016-02-04 13:58         ` [PATCH] efi: runtime-wrappers: run " Ard Biesheuvel
2016-02-08 15:16           ` Matt Fleming
2016-02-08 19:37           ` Andy Lutomirski
2016-02-09 16:52             ` Ard Biesheuvel
2016-02-11 16:03               ` Matt Fleming
2016-02-11 16:04             ` Matt Fleming
2016-02-01 22:07 ` [PATCH 08/14] efivars: Use to_efivar_entry Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 11:33   ` [tip:efi/core] " tip-bot for Geliang Tang
2016-02-01 22:07 ` [PATCH 09/14] x86/efi-bgrt: Don't ignore the BGRT if the 'valid' bit is 0 Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 11:33   ` [tip:efi/core] x86/efi/bgrt: " tip-bot for Môshe van der Sterre
2016-02-01 22:07 ` [PATCH 10/14] efi: Make checkpatch complain less about efi.h GUID additions Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 10:33   ` Ingo Molnar
2016-02-03 10:44     ` Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 10:50       ` Ingo Molnar
2016-02-03 11:18         ` Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 11:27           ` Ingo Molnar
2016-02-03 11:09     ` Joe Perches
2016-02-01 22:07 ` [PATCH 11/14] x86/efi: Show actual ending addresses in efi_print_memmap Matt Fleming
2016-02-02  8:49   ` Laszlo Ersek
2016-02-03 11:33   ` [tip:efi/core] " tip-bot for Robert Elliott
2016-02-01 22:07 ` [PATCH 12/14] efi: Add NV memory attribute Matt Fleming
2016-02-02  8:54   ` Laszlo Ersek
2016-02-03 11:34   ` [tip:efi/core] " tip-bot for Robert Elliott
2016-02-01 22:07 ` [PATCH 13/14] efi: Add Persistent Memory type name Matt Fleming
2016-02-02  8:56   ` Laszlo Ersek
2016-02-03 11:34   ` [tip:efi/core] " tip-bot for Robert Elliott
2016-02-01 22:07 ` [PATCH 14/14] x86/efi: Print size in binary units in efi_print_memmap Matt Fleming
2016-02-02  9:22   ` Laszlo Ersek
2016-02-03 10:40     ` Ingo Molnar
2016-02-03 11:28       ` Matt Fleming
2016-02-03 12:36         ` Andy Shevchenko
2016-02-03 15:25         ` Elliott, Robert (Persistent Memory)
2016-02-09 12:20           ` Ingo Molnar
2016-02-09 12:53             ` Laszlo Ersek
2016-02-09 13:14               ` Ingo Molnar

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