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Subject: Re: [PATCH] efi/capsule: Make efi_capsule_pending() lockless
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 14:20:42 +0200
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On Wed, May 04, 2016 at 12:46:05PM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
> But emergency_restart() is called after bust_spinlocks(0) which can
> reset oops_in_progress, so can't even use that to solve the panic
> case.

Blergh.

So I guess you need an explicit call efi_stop_capsules() somewhere in
the reboot path and be done with it. No reboot notifiers, no bla bla.
Just one big hammer which STFU the EFI.

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    Boris.

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