Re: [PATCH 1/1] EFI: Fix gdt load

[Zwane Mwaikambo]

On Thu, 2 Mar 2006, Edgar Hucek wrote:

> This patch makes the kernel bootable again on ia32 EFI systems.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Edgar Hucek <hostmaster@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 

 	spin_lock(&efi_rt_lock);
 	local_irq_save(efi_rt_eflags);

That looks like a race, not to mention that efi_rt_eflags is a global 
variable. The same strange ordering occurs on unlock, i presume this code 
'works' because it's done early during boot?
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