Re: [PATCH 00/14] EFI capsule update support for IOT2000 devices

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Hello Jan,

On 30 August 2017 at 20:13, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Last chunk: This backports EFI capsule updates, primarily for the use
> with the IOT2020 and IOT2040, the latter with Quark-proprietary security
> header format. The feature should also work for the Galileo Gen 2 and,
> at least conceptually, for any EFI capsule update compatible firmware.
>

What is the purpose of this series? I hope you are not expecting this
to be considered for -stable?
Please check Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst for
guidelines on what is appropriate for -stable.


> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: joeyli <jlee@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kweh Hock Leong <hock.leong.kweh@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-efi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Mark Salter <msalter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Jones <pjones@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # v4.7
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Ard Biesheuvel (3):
>   efi/capsule-loader: Use a cached copy of the capsule header
>   efi/capsule-loader: Redirect calls to efi_capsule_setup_info() via
>     weak alias
>   efi/capsule-loader: Use page addresses rather than struct page
>     pointers
>
> Austin Christ (1):
>   efi/capsule: Allocate whole capsule into virtual memory
>
> Jan Kiszka (5):
>   efi/capsule: Fix return code on failing kmap/vmap
>   efi/capsule: Remove pr_debug() on ENOMEM or EFAULT
>   efi/capsule: Clean up pr_err/_info() messages
>   efi/capsule: Adjust return type of efi_capsule_setup_info()
>   efi/capsule: Add support for Quark security header
>
> Kweh, Hock Leong (1):
>   efi: Add misc char driver interface to update EFI firmware
>
> Matt Fleming (4):
>   efi: Move efi_status_to_err() to drivers/firmware/efi/
>   efi: Add 'capsule' update support
>   x86/efi: Force EFI reboot to process pending capsules
>   efi/capsule: Move 'capsule' to the stack in efi_capsule_supported()
>
>  arch/x86/k
ernel/reboot.c              |   9 +
>  arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c        | 137 ++++++++++++++
>  drivers/firmware/efi/Kconfig          |  19 ++
>  drivers/firmware/efi/Makefile         |   2 +
>  drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c | 330 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/firmware/efi/capsule.c        | 294 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c            |  33 ++++
>  drivers/firmware/efi/reboot.c         |  12 +-
>  drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c           |  33 ----
>  include/linux/efi.h                   |  34 ++++
>  10 files changed, 869 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/efi/capsule.c
>
> --
> 2.12.3
>
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