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SubjectRe: [PATCH] arm64: xen: Implement EFI reset_system callback
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Hi Daniel,

On 06/04/17 15:27, Daniel Kiper wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 06, 2017 at 09:32:32AM +0100, Julien Grall wrote:
>> 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).
>
> I think that this is ARM specific issue. On x86 machine_restart() calls
> xen_restart(). Hence, everything works. So, I think that it should be
> fixed only for ARM. Anyway, please CC me when you send a patch.

This thread already a fix for ARM64. So do I need to resend a patch with
x86 fixed or not?

Cheers,

--
Julien Grall

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