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SubjectRe: [PATCH] UEFI: Don't pass boot services regions to SetVirtualAddressMap()
On 02/06/13 23:12, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> We need to map boot services regions during startup in order to avoid
> firmware bugs, but we shouldn't be passing those regions to
> SetVirtualAddressMap(). Ensure that we're only passing regions that are
> marked as being mapped at runtime.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 7 +++++++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

This doesn't fix a crash or regression, right? If it's a "this just
makes more sense" patch, I'll queue it up in the 'next' branch for
v3.11.


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