Re: [PATCH v7 11/12] acpi/numa/hmat: Register HMAT at device_initcall level

2019-10-17 Thread Rafael J. Wysocki
On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 3:14 AM Dan Williams wrote: > > In preparation for registering device-dax instances for accessing EFI > specific-purpose memory, arrange for the HMAT registration to occur > later in the init process. Critically HMAT initialization needs to occur > after

Re: [PATCH v7 2/8] powerpc: add support to initialize ima policy rules

2019-10-17 Thread Nayna
On 10/15/2019 07:29 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote: Nayna Jain writes: PowerNV systems uses kernel based bootloader, thus its secure boot implementation uses kernel IMA security subsystem to verify the kernel before kexec. Since the verification policy might differ based on the secure boot mode

[PATCH v4] x86, efi: never relocate kernel below lowest acceptable address

2019-10-17 Thread Kairui Song
Currently, kernel fails to boot on some HyperV VMs when using EFI. And it's a potential issue on all platforms. It's caused by broken kernel relocation on EFI systems, when below three conditions are met: 1. Kernel image is not loaded to the default address (LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR) by the loader.