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From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
To: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Cc: "Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	"Ard Biesheuvel" <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
	"Alex Thorlton" <athorlton@sgi.com>,
	"Andy Lutomirski" <luto@amacapital.net>,
	"Borislav Petkov" <bp@alien8.de>, "Borislav Petkov" <bp@suse.de>,
	"Colin Ian King" <colin.king@canonical.com>,
	"Dave Young" <dyoung@redhat.com>,
	"Dimitri Sivanich" <sivanich@sgi.com>,
	"Greg KH" <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
	"Ivan Hu" <ivan.hu@canonical.com>,
	"James Morse" <james.morse@arm.com>, joeyli <jlee@suse.com>,
	"Josh Boyer" <jwboyer@fedoraproject.org>,
	"Josh Triplett" <josh@joshtriplett.org>,
	"Julia Lawall" <julia.lawall@lip6.fr>,
	"Kamezawa Hiroyuki" <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>,
	"Leif Lindholm" <leif.lindholm@linaro.org>,
	"Lukas Wunner" <lukas@wunner.de>,
	"Mark Rutland" <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	"Markus Elfring" <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>,
	"Michel Lespinasse" <walken@google.com>,
	"Mike Travis" <travis@sgi.com>,
	"Mike Waychison" <mikew@google.com>,
	"Môshe van der Sterre" <me@moshe.nl>,
	"Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	"Peter Jones" <pjones@redhat.com>,
	"Ricardo Neri" <ricardo.neri-calderon@linux.intel.com>,
	"Russ Anderson" <rja@sgi.com>,
	"Scott Lawson" <scott.lawson@intel.com>,
	"Sylvain Chouleur" <sylvain.chouleur@gmail.com>,
	"Taku Izumi" <izumi.taku@jp.fujitsu.com>,
	"Tony Luck" <tony.luck@intel.com>,
	"Xishi Qiu" <qiuxishi@huawei.com>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL 00/29] EFI changes for v4.9
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:42:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160912114229.GA7597@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160912105813.GC3872@codeblueprint.co.uk>


* Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> wrote:

> On Fri, 09 Sep, at 04:18:22PM, Matt Fleming wrote:
> > Folks, please queue up the following patches for v4.9. There's more
> > work on refactoring EFI code to be architecture independent and the
> > largest number of patches is spent cleaning up the EFI memory map code
> > and allowing drivers on x86 to reserve EFI boot services for all of
> > runtime.
> > 
> > The architecture independent quest is going pretty well and it was
> > only a couple of lines to get the esrt driver working on arm64.
> > 
> > Other than that there's some cleanups and fixes, and a merge of the
> > out of tree EFI runtime driver from the FWTS project.
> 
> Ard just raised the point that some of the changes in this pull,
> particularly the conversion of the EFI runtime services from
> spinlock-protection to semaphore, would benefit enormously from
> testing in linux-next before the merge window.
> 
> Could someone please pull these changes into tip soon so that we can
> get as much testing done as possible?

Yeah, planned to do it over the weekend but got distracted - will do it later 
today.

Thanks,

	Ingo

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo-DgEjT+Ai2ygdnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
To: Matt Fleming <matt-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx-hfZtesqFncYOwBW4kG4KsQ@public.gmane.org>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa-YMNOUZJC4hwAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
	Ard Biesheuvel
	<ard.biesheuvel-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	linux-efi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
	Alex Thorlton <athorlton-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org>,
	Andy Lutomirski <luto-kltTT9wpgjJwATOyAt5JVQ@public.gmane.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp-Gina5bIWoIWzQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp-l3A5Bk7waGM@public.gmane.org>,
	Colin Ian King
	<colin.king-Z7WLFzj8eWMS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>,
	Dave Young <dyoung-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>,
	Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich-sJ/iWh9BUns@public.gmane.org>,
	Greg KH
	<gregkh-hQyY1W1yCW8ekmWlsbkhG0B+6BGkLq7r@public.gmane.org>,
	Ivan Hu <ivan.hu-Z7WLFzj8eWMS+FvcfC7Uqw@public.gmane.org>,
	James Morse <james.morse-5wv7dgnIgG8@public.gmane.org>,
	joeyli <jlee-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org>,
	Josh Boyer
	<jwboyer-rxtnV0ftBwyoClj4AeEUq9i2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>,
	Josh Triplett <josh-iaAMLnmF4UmaiuxdJuQwMA@public.gmane.org>,
	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall-L2FTfq7BK8M@public.gmane.org>,
	Kamezawa Hiroyuki
	<kamezawa.hiroyu-+CUm20s59erQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>,
	Leif Lindholm
	<leif.lindholm-QSEj5FYQhm4dnm+yROfE0A@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL 00/29] EFI changes for v4.9
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 13:42:30 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160912114229.GA7597@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160912105813.GC3872-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>


* Matt Fleming <matt-mF/unelCI9GS6iBeEJttW/XRex20P6io@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 09 Sep, at 04:18:22PM, Matt Fleming wrote:
> > Folks, please queue up the following patches for v4.9. There's more
> > work on refactoring EFI code to be architecture independent and the
> > largest number of patches is spent cleaning up the EFI memory map code
> > and allowing drivers on x86 to reserve EFI boot services for all of
> > runtime.
> > 
> > The architecture independent quest is going pretty well and it was
> > only a couple of lines to get the esrt driver working on arm64.
> > 
> > Other than that there's some cleanups and fixes, and a merge of the
> > out of tree EFI runtime driver from the FWTS project.
> 
> Ard just raised the point that some of the changes in this pull,
> particularly the conversion of the EFI runtime services from
> spinlock-protection to semaphore, would benefit enormously from
> testing in linux-next before the merge window.
> 
> Could someone please pull these changes into tip soon so that we can
> get as much testing done as possible?

Yeah, planned to do it over the weekend but got distracted - will do it later 
today.

Thanks,

	Ingo

  reply	other threads:[~2016-09-12 11:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 57+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-09-09 15:18 [GIT PULL 00/29] EFI changes for v4.9 Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 01/29] x86/efi: Test for EFI_MEMMAP functionality when iterating EFI memmap Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 02/29] x86/efi: Consolidate region mapping logic Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18   ` Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 03/29] efi: Refactor efi_memmap_init_early() into arch-neutral code Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 04/29] efi: Add efi_memmap_init_late() for permanent EFI memmap Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18   ` Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 05/29] efi/fake_mem: Refactor main two code chunks into functions Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 06/29] efi: Split out EFI memory map functions into new file Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 07/29] efi: Add efi_memmap_install() for installing new EFI memory maps Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18   ` Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 08/29] efi: Allow drivers to reserve boot services forever Matt Fleming
2017-01-04  2:48   ` Dan Williams
2017-01-04  5:28     ` Dave Young
2017-01-04  5:28       ` Dave Young
2017-01-04 14:25     ` Peter Jones
2017-01-04 14:25       ` Peter Jones
2017-01-04 17:45     ` Nicolai Stange
2017-01-04 17:45       ` Nicolai Stange
2017-01-04 18:40       ` Dan Williams
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 09/29] efi/runtime-map: Use efi.memmap directly instead of a copy Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 10/29] efi/esrt: Use efi_mem_reserve() and avoid a kmalloc() Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18   ` Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 11/29] x86/efi-bgrt: Use efi_mem_reserve() to avoid copying image data Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 12/29] efi/esrt: Use memremap not ioremap to access ESRT table in memory Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18   ` Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 13/29] efi/arm*: esrt: Add missing call to efi_esrt_init() Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18   ` Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 14/29] efi: Use a file local lock for efivars Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 15/29] efi: Don't use spinlocks for efi vars Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18   ` Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 16/29] efi: Replace runtime services spinlock with semaphore Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 17/29] x86/efi: Initialize status to ensure garbage is not returned on small size Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 18/29] firmware-gsmi: Delete an unnecessary check before the function call "dma_pool_destroy" Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18   ` Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 19/29] lib/ucs2_string: Speed up ucs2_utf8size() Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 20/29] x86/efi: Map in physical addresses in efi_map_region_fixed Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18   ` Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 21/29] fs/efivarfs: Fix double kfree() in error path Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 22/29] x86/efi: Remove unused find_bits() function Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 23/29] efi/arm64: Add debugfs node to dump UEFI runtime page tables Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 24/29] x86/efi: Defer efi_esrt_init until after memblock_x86_fill Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18   ` Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 25/29] efi: Add efi_test driver for exporting UEFI runtime service interfaces Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 26/29] efi/arm64: Treat regions with WT/WC set but WB cleared as memory Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18   ` Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 27/29] x86/efi: Use kmalloc_array() in efi_call_phys_prolog() Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 28/29] x86/efi: Optimize away setup_gop32/64 if unused Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18   ` Matt Fleming
2016-09-09 15:18 ` [PATCH 29/29] x86/efi: Allow invocation of arbitrary boot services Matt Fleming
2016-09-12 10:58 ` [GIT PULL 00/29] EFI changes for v4.9 Matt Fleming
2016-09-12 10:58   ` Matt Fleming
2016-09-12 11:42   ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2016-09-12 11:42     ` Ingo Molnar
2016-09-13 18:32 ` Ingo Molnar
2016-09-13 18:32   ` Ingo Molnar

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