Re: [PATCH v5 0/2] x86/boot: Use efi_setup_data for searching RSDP on kexec-ed kernel

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Wed Apr 24 2019 - 05:39:01 EST


On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 05:29:42PM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
> In this series, patch 2/2 has dependency on patch 1/1, otherwise
> it may cause system to reset to firmware on some machines.
>
> The patch 2/2 is the version Boris organized:
> http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190416095209.GG27892@xxxxxxx
>
> Patch 1/1 is based on Kairui's v1 patch, and add ACPI tables mapping:
> http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190422092804.15534-1-kasong@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> Dave Young confirmed this patchset passed test on his t420 laptop, where
> the system resetting issue caused by patch 2/2 was found.

I guess but this does not give me the warm and fuzzy feeling one week
before the merge window.

So:

https://git.kernel.org/tip/36f0c423552dacaca152324b8e9bda42a6d88865

and we all can relax ourselves and take the next release cycle to test
the hell out of this before reenabling it again.

--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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