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

From: Baoquan He
Date: Wed Apr 24 2019 - 06:00:12 EST


On 04/24/19 at 11:38am, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> 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.

OK, then let's hold till the next window opening.