RE: [PATCH V2 2/3] efi: Introduce efi_rts_workqueue and some infrastructure to invoke all efi_runtime_services()

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-0800, Sai Praneeth Prakhya wrote:
> > @@ -329,6 +331,19 @@ static int __init efisubsys_init(void)
> >  		return 0;
> >
> >  	/*
> > +	 * Since we process only one efi_runtime_service() at a time, an
> > +	 * ordered workqueue (which creates only one execution context)
> > +	 * should suffice all our needs.
> > +	 */
> > +	efi_rts_wq = alloc_ordered_workqueue("efi_rts_workqueue", 0);
> > +	if (!efi_rts_wq) {
> > +		pr_err("Failed to create efi_rts_workqueue, EFI runtime services
> "
> > +		       "disabled.\n");
> > +		clear_bit(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES, &efi.flags);
> > +		return 0;
> > +	}
> 
> I'm a little worried that something might sample this flag between it being set in
> an early_initcall (arm_enable_runtime_services), and cleared in a subsys_initcall
> here.
> 
> However, nothing seems to do that so far, so maybe that's ok...
> 

Thanks for raising this. I will take a look at initcalls.

> [...]
> 
> > +/* efi_runtime_service() function identifiers */ enum {
> > +	GET_TIME,
> > +	SET_TIME,
> > +	GET_WAKEUP_TIME,
> > +	SET_WAKEUP_TIME,
> > +	GET_VARIABLE,
> > +	GET_NEXT_VARIABLE,
> > +	SET_VARIABLE,
> > +	SET_VARIABLE_NONBLOCKING,
> > +	QUERY_VARIABLE_INFO,
> > +	QUERY_VARIABLE_INFO_NONBLOCKING,
> > +	GET_NEXT_HIGH_MONO_COUNT,
> > +	RESET_SYSTEM,
> > +	UPDATE_CAPSULE,
> > +	QUERY_CAPSULE_CAPS,
> > +};
> 
> Can we please give this enum a name....

Sure! Added in V3.

> 
> [...]
> 
> > +/*
> > + * efi_runtime_work:	Details of EFI Runtime Service work
> > + * @func:		EFI Runtime Service function identifier
> > + * @arg<1-5>:		EFI Runtime Service function arguments
> > + * @status:		Status of executing EFI Runtime Service
> > + */
> > +struct efi_runtime_work {
> > +	u8 func;
> 
> ... and use it here rather than an opaque u8? I realise that means placing the
> enum in <linux/efi.h>.
> 

Actually, with Miguel comments, I am considering making this struct static and moving
it to runtime-wrappers.c, since "struct efi_runtime_work" isn't really being used anywhere
except runtime-wrappers.c. Please see in V3.

> > +	void *arg1;
> > +	void *arg2;
> > +	void *arg3;
> > +	void *arg4;
> > +	void *arg5;
> > +	efi_status_t status;
> > +	struct work_struct work;
> > +};
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark.
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