Re: [regression, bisected] x86: efi: Pass boot services variable info to runtime code

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To: Russ Anderson <rja@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [regression, bisected] x86: efi: Pass boot services variable info to runtime code
From: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 22:21:53 +0000
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Cc: joeyli <jlee@xxxxxxxx>, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>, Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx" <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx>, "linux-efi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-efi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "x86@xxxxxxxxxx" <x86@xxxxxxxxxx>, "linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
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On Thu, 2013-05-30 at 17:17 -0500, Russ Anderson wrote:

> That's a great idea.  This patch moves the QueryVariableInfo()
> call from bootime to runtime, in efi_late_init().  The attached
> patch is consistent with the UEFI spec and avoids the problem.

No, that defeats the entire point of the original patch.

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