Re: [PATCH 5/5] efi: Split efi_enter_virtual_mode

From: Matt Fleming
Date: Mon Jan 20 2014 - 08:44:20 EST


On Sat, 18 Jan, at 12:48:18PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> From: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
>
> ... into a kexec flavor for better code readability and simplicity. The
> original one was getting ugly with ifdeffery.
>
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 148 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
> include/linux/efi.h | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)

[...]

> @@ -1001,6 +986,72 @@ static void * __init efi_map_regions(int *count, int *pg_shift)
> return new_memmap;
> }
>
> +void __init kexec_enter_virtual_mode(void)
> +{

Could this be static for now?

> diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
> index 0a819e7a60c9..44ea66ce41e0 100644
> --- a/include/linux/efi.h
> +++ b/include/linux/efi.h
> @@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ extern void efi_map_pal_code (void);
> extern void efi_memmap_walk (efi_freemem_callback_t callback, void *arg);
> extern void efi_gettimeofday (struct timespec *ts);
> extern void efi_enter_virtual_mode (void); /* switch EFI to virtual mode, if possible */
> +extern void kexec_enter_virtual_mode(void);
> #ifdef CONFIG_X86
> extern void efi_late_init(void);
> extern void efi_free_boot_services(void);

Which would allow us to drop this change.

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Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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