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| author | Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> | 2016-02-01 23:06:59 +0100 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2016-02-03 11:31:04 +0100 |
| commit | 774846defceb16dcab2f0215cfc467f7c93f1c26 (patch) | |
| tree | a63a9580ae5eeb57dbb12cea1ccc6c714b7db796 /drivers/firmware | |
| parent | efi: Add nonblocking option to efi_query_variable_store() (diff) | |
| download | linux-774846defceb16dcab2f0215cfc467f7c93f1c26.tar.xz linux-774846defceb16dcab2f0215cfc467f7c93f1c26.zip | |
efi/runtime-wrappers: Remove out of date comment regarding in_nmi()
This code is long gone, so remove the comment as well.
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1454364428-494-6-git-send-email-matt@codeblueprint.co.uk
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/firmware')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c | 26 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c index e9f2867f0d91..311f415bff51 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c @@ -62,32 +62,6 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(efi_runtime_lock); /* - * Some runtime services calls can be reentrant under NMI, even if the table - * above says they are not. (source: UEFI Specification v2.4A) - * - * Table 32. Functions that may be called after Machine Check, INIT and NMI - * +----------------------------+------------------------------------------+ - * | Function | Called after Machine Check, INIT and NMI | - * +----------------------------+------------------------------------------+ - * | GetTime() | Yes, even if previously busy. | - * | GetVariable() | Yes, even if previously busy | - * | GetNextVariableName() | Yes, even if previously busy | - * | QueryVariableInfo() | Yes, even if previously busy | - * | SetVariable() | Yes, even if previously busy | - * | UpdateCapsule() | Yes, even if previously busy | - * | QueryCapsuleCapabilities() | Yes, even if previously busy | - * | ResetSystem() | Yes, even if previously busy | - * +----------------------------+------------------------------------------+ - * - * In order to prevent deadlocks under NMI, the wrappers for these functions - * may only grab the efi_runtime_lock or rtc_lock spinlocks if !efi_in_nmi(). - * However, not all of the services listed are reachable through NMI code paths, - * so the the special handling as suggested by the UEFI spec is only implemented - * for QueryVariableInfo() and SetVariable(), as these can be reached in NMI - * context through efi_pstore_write(). - */ - -/* * As per commit ef68c8f87ed1 ("x86: Serialize EFI time accesses on rtc_lock"), * the EFI specification requires that callers of the time related runtime * functions serialize with other CMOS accesses in the kernel, as the EFI time |