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Subject[tip:efi/core] efi/runtime-wrappers: Remove out of date comment regarding in_nmi()
Commit-ID:  774846defceb16dcab2f0215cfc467f7c93f1c26
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/774846defceb16dcab2f0215cfc467f7c93f1c26
Author: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
AuthorDate: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 22:06:59 +0000
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
CommitDate: Wed, 3 Feb 2016 11:31:04 +0100

efi/runtime-wrappers: Remove out of date comment regarding in_nmi()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>
---
drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c | 26 --------------------------
1 file changed, 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c
index e9f2867..311f415 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
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