Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752331AbbBRQ5N (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2015 11:57:13 -0500 Received: from mail-wi0-f170.google.com ([209.85.212.170]:56788 "EHLO mail-wi0-f170.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751789AbbBRQ5L (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2015 11:57:11 -0500 Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 17:57:05 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Ard Biesheuvel Cc: Matt Fleming , "H. Peter Anvin" , Thomas Gleixner , "linux-efi@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Andy Lutomirski , Borislav Petkov , Mark Rutland Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] EFI urgent fixes Message-ID: <20150218165705.GA28547@gmail.com> References: <20150218115543.GA5648@codeblueprint.co.uk> <20150218134357.GA386@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3178 Lines: 78 * Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > > On 18 feb. 2015, at 13:43, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > > > * Matt Fleming wrote: > > > >> Folks, please pull the following fixes. The revert addresses a > >> regression that Ard hit when booting Qemu and Xen, and the other patch > >> ensures that we don't triple fault when receiving an NMI or MCE during > >> an EFI mixed mode call, which may happen, for instance, when running > >> perf. > >> > >> The pull is against tip/x86/efi because tip/x86/urgent doesn't contain > >> commit d1a8d66b9177 ("efi/libstub: Call get_memory_map() to obtain map > >> and desc sizes") needed for the revert. > >> > >> If you'd prefer for me to resend this after the merge window closes, > >> just let me know. > >> > >> The following changes since commit 3c01b74e818a7a3b2ee9b0d584cca0bc154a031c: > >> > >> Merge tag 'efi-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mfleming/efi into x86/efi (2015-01-29 19:16:40 +0100) > >> > >> are available in the git repository at: > >> > >> > >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mfleming/efi.git tags/efi-urgent > >> > >> for you to fetch changes up to 43a9f69692b232d1c64c913a27507eb14a1c47fd: > >> > >> Revert "efi/libstub: Call get_memory_map() to obtain map and desc sizes" (2015-02-18 11:38:13 +0000) > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> * Leave a valid 64-bit IDT installed during runtime EFI mixed mode > >> calls to avoid triple faults if an NMI/MCE is received. > >> > >> * Revert Ard's change to the libstub get_memory_map() that went into > >> the v3.20 merge window because it causes boot regressions on Qemu and > >> Xen. > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Matt Fleming (2): > >> x86/efi: Avoid triple faults during EFI mixed mode calls > >> Revert "efi/libstub: Call get_memory_map() to obtain map and desc sizes" > >> > >> arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile | 1 + > >> arch/x86/boot/compressed/efi_stub_64.S | 25 ---- > >> arch/x86/boot/compressed/efi_thunk_64.S | 196 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >> arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_stub_64.S | 161 -------------------- > >> arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_thunk_64.S | 121 ++++++++++++--- > >> drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c | 16 +- > >> 6 files changed, 307 insertions(+), 213 deletions(-) > >> create mode 100644 arch/x86/boot/compressed/efi_thunk_64.S > > > > Pulled, thanks Matt! > > > > Btw., I find the revert a bit sad: in most cases breaking > > virtualized environments isn't a regression really, it's > > _them_ who couple to the kernel in an incestuous way that > > causes the problem: fixes should come from them ... > > > > It potentially breaks physical environments as well, > [...] Fair enough! Thanks, Ingo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/