From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1ADDC43387 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2019 19:35:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EC1320656 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2019 19:35:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2389365AbfAOTfk (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:35:40 -0500 Received: from g9t1613g.houston.hpe.com ([15.241.32.99]:58160 "EHLO g9t1613g.houston.hpe.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1731673AbfAOTfk (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jan 2019 14:35:40 -0500 Received: from g9t5010.houston.hpe.com (g9t5010.houston.hpe.com [15.241.48.74]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by g9t1613g.houston.hpe.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E280162424; Tue, 15 Jan 2019 19:35:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sarge.linuxathome.me (unknown [16.214.81.200]) by g9t5010.houston.hpe.com (Postfix) with SMTP id D4F934A; Tue, 15 Jan 2019 19:35:35 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 19:35:34 +0000 From: Hedi Berriche To: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Ard Biesheuvel , Ingo Molnar , Borislav Petkov , "H. Peter Anvin" , x86@kernel.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Russ Anderson , Mike Travis , Dimitri Sivanich , Steve Wahl Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] efi/x86: turn EFI runtime semaphore into a global lock Message-ID: <20190115193534.GK12284@sarge.linuxathome.me> Mail-Followup-To: Thomas Gleixner , Ard Biesheuvel , Ingo Molnar , Borislav Petkov , "H. Peter Anvin" , x86@kernel.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Russ Anderson , Mike Travis , Dimitri Sivanich , Steve Wahl References: <20190109104541.25733-1-hedi.berriche@hpe.com> <20190109104541.25733-2-hedi.berriche@hpe.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 18:55 Thomas Gleixner wrote: >On Wed, 9 Jan 2019, Hedi Berriche wrote: > >> Make efi_runtime_lock semaphore global so that it can be used by EFI >> runtime callers that may be defined outside efi/runtime-wrappers.c. > >The changelog should mention why the lock is renamed. OK; will add to V2 that it was renamed so that it doesn't clash with the efi_runtime_lock spinlock defined by CONFIG_EFI_MIXED. >I have no strong opinion, but to apply that I need an Ack from Ard. OK; thanks for the feedback. Cheers, Hedi. -- Be careful of reading health books, you might die of a misprint. -- Mark Twain