[PATCH] arm64: xen: Implement EFI reset_system callback

[Julien Grall]

Hi Juergen,

On 06/04/17 07:23, Juergen Gross wrote:
> On 05/04/17 21:49, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
>> On 04/05/2017 02:14 PM, Julien Grall wrote:
>>> The x86 code has theoritically a similar issue, altought EFI does not
>>> seem to be the preferred method. I have left it unimplemented on x86 and
>>> CCed Linux Xen x86 maintainers to know their view here.
>>
>> (+Daniel)
>>
>> This could be a problem for x86 as well, at least theoretically.
>> xen_machine_power_off() may call pm_power_off(), which is efi.reset_system.
>>
>> So I think we should have a similar routine there.
>
> +1
>
> I don't see any problem with such a routine added, in contrast to
> potential "reboots" instead of power off without it.
>
> So I think this dummy xen_efi_reset_system() should be added to
> drivers/xen/efi.c instead.

I will resend the patch during day with xen_efi_reset_system moved to 
common code and implement the x86 counterpart (thought, I will not be 
able to test it).

>
>>> This should also probably be fixed in stable tree.
>
> Yes.

I will CC stable.

Thank you,

-- 
Julien Grall