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| From | "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86/efi: Allocate a trampoline if needed in efi_free_boot_services() |
| Date | 2016-08-01 07:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <s1dEd-1XU-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <rZjup-84c-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <rZjup-84c-15@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On 07/26/16 15:55, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > + /* > + * Nasty quirk: if all sub-1MB memory is used for boot > + * services, we can get here without having allocated the > + * real mode trampoline. It's too late to hand boot services > + * memory back to the memblock allocator, so instead > + * try to reclaim a single page if needed. > + * This comment makes no sense. Nowhere is there a dependency on a single page, and this refers to allocation, not reclaim... -hpa
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[PATCH 4.8? 0/4] Allow the trampoline to use EFI boot services RAM Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-07-27 01:00 +0200
[PATCH 4/4] x86/efi: Allocate a trampoline if needed in efi_free_boot_services() Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-07-27 01:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86/efi: Allocate a trampoline if needed in efi_free_boot_services() "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2016-08-01 07:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH 4/4] x86/efi: Allocate a trampoline if needed in efi_free_boot_services() Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-08-02 20:30 +0200
[PATCH 3/4] x86/boot: Rework reserve_real_mode() to allow multiple tries Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> - 2016-07-27 01:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH 4.8? 0/4] Allow the trampoline to use EFI boot services RAM Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2016-07-31 23:40 +0200
Re: [PATCH 4.8? 0/4] Allow the trampoline to use EFI boot services RAM Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2016-08-04 11:30 +0200
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