Re: [PATCH 1/3] efi/x86: turn EFI runtime semaphore into a global lock

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To: Hedi Berriche <hedi.berriche@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] efi/x86: turn EFI runtime semaphore into a global lock
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2019 19:55:10 +0100 (CET)
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>, x86@xxxxxxxxxx, linux-efi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Russ Anderson <rja@xxxxxxx>, Mike Travis <mike.travis@xxxxxxx>, Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@xxxxxxx>, Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@xxxxxxx>
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On Wed, 9 Jan 2019, Hedi Berriche wrote:

> Make efi_runtime_lock semaphore global so that it can be used by EFI
> runtime callers that may be defined outside efi/runtime-wrappers.c.

The changelog should mention why the lock is renamed. I have no strong
opinion, but to apply that I need an Ack from Ard.

Thanks,

	tglx

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- [PATCH 0/3] Protect against concurrent calls into UV BIOS
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