[BUG] kernel 4.7 + Xen on UEFI boot crash. patch ID'd & tested, just need to verify & get it into upstream

[BUG] kernel 4.7 + Xen on UEFI boot crash. patch ID'd & tested, just need to verify & get it into upstream

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I'm running kernel 4.7/stable.

It's installed from Opensuse packages atm.

Using the current kernel causes a crash when booting Xen 4.7 on UEFI.  Referenced in this now ridiculously-long thread

	https://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2016-07/msg02758.html

In hunting down the problem, this specific code was asked about @ 'xen-devel' ML,

	@ https://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2016-07/msg02928.html

		While I see that you're running linux-4.7 could you please double-check
		that it has the following:

		commit 55f1ea15216a5a14c96738bd5284100a00ffa9dc
		Author: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
		Date:   Tue May 31 11:23:43 2016 +0100

		    efi: Fix for_each_efi_memory_desc_in_map() for empty memmaps

A patch to the patch was proposed @ 'xen-devel' ML,

	https://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2016-08/msg00399.html

It seems to fix the problem.  Boot to Xen with kernel 4.7 no longer crashes.

But then THAT patched patch was questioned @ 'opensuse-kernel' ML

	https://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2016-08/msg00747.html

I'd just like to get to a correct fix & get it into upstream kernel, since that is what I'm told we need to wait for to get packages from the distro that have the patch & work.

Since it seems it IS a kernel problem, I was hoping someone here could help shortcircuit this back & forth between projects and get the fix into kernel code.

Thanks.