Re: [PATCH 2/8] efi/x86: Use non-blocking SetVariable() for efi_delete_dummy_variable()

2018-07-15 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Prakhya, Sai Praneeth wrote: > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c > > > b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c index 36c1f8b9f7e0..6af39dc40325 > > > 100644 > > > --- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c > > > +++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c > > > @@ -105,12 +105,11 @@

RE: [PATCH 2/8] efi/x86: Use non-blocking SetVariable() for efi_delete_dummy_variable()

2018-07-15 Thread Prakhya, Sai Praneeth
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c > > b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c index 36c1f8b9f7e0..6af39dc40325 > > 100644 > > --- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c > > +++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c > > @@ -105,12 +105,11 @@ early_param("efi_no_storage_paranoia", > >

Re: [PATCH 2/8] efi/x86: Use non-blocking SetVariable() for efi_delete_dummy_variable()

2018-07-15 Thread Ingo Molnar
* Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > From: Sai Praneeth > > Presently, efi_delete_dummy_variable() uses set_variable() which might > block and hence kernel prints stack trace with a warning "bad: > scheduling from the idle thread!". So, make efi_delete_dummy_variable() > use set_variable_nonblocking(),