Re: [PATCH] efi/x86: Revert struct layout change to fix kexec boot regression

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* Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Apr 2020 at 16:34, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 04:22:49PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > > > BTW, a fixes tag is good to have..
> > >
> > > I usually omit those for patches that fix bugs that were introduced in
> > > the current cycle.
> >
> > A valid use case for having the Fixes: tag anyway are the backporting
> > kernels gangs which might pick up the first patch for whatever reason
> > and would probably be thankful if they find the second one, i.e., the
> > fix for the first one, through grepping or other, automated means.
> >
> 
> Fair point.

I've added:

  Fixes: 0a67361dcdaa29 ("efi/x86: Remove runtime table address from kexec EFI setup data")

Out of abundance of caution. :-)

Thanks,

	Ingo



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