[PATCH v4] efi: implement mandatory locking for UEFI Runtime Services
Matt Fleming
matt at console-pimps.org
Tue Aug 5 07:14:17 PDT 2014
On Tue, 05 Aug, at 02:14:38PM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>
> """
> Some of the assumptions underlying the decision whether locks are
> needed or not (e.g., SetVariable() against ResetSystem()) may not
> apply universally to all [new] architectures that implement UEFI.
> Rather than try to reason our way out of this, let's just implement at
> least what the spec requires in terms of locking.
> """
Thanks Ard, I've picked this commit up for the 'next' branch.
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Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center
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