Re: [PATCH v4] efi: implement mandatory locking for UEFI Runtime Services

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On 5 August 2014 16:14, Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Aug, at 02:14:38PM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>>
>> """
>> Some of the assumptions underlying the decision whether locks are
>> needed or not (e.g., SetVariable() against ResetSystem()) may not
>> apply universally to all [new] architectures that implement UEFI.
>> Rather than try to reason our way out of this, let's just implement at
>> least what the spec requires in terms of locking.
>> """
>
> Thanks Ard, I've picked this commit up for the 'next' branch.
>

Did I miss a #define efi_in_nmi() for IA-64? The spec mentions Machine
Check and INIT, but it is difficult for me to judge whether that is a
case that would need to be addressed as well.

-- 
Ard.
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