Re: [patch] x86/efi: use GFP_ATOMIC under spin_lock

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On Mon, 10 Mar, at 11:05:10AM, Jan Beulich wrote:
> 
> Not sure why you call them useless. If wired up properly, they
> would be useful on systems where they work.
 
They're useless in the sense that they have no users in the kernel
currently.

> Which kernel functions? Perhaps just a misunderstanding - I
> gave that example with the actual hypervisor in mind, not the
> kernel side code sitting on top. The kernel, after all, can't
> directly call EFI runtime code when running on top of Xen.

OK, that's my bad, I misunderstood what you were saying.

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Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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