Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] arm64: xen: Implement EFI reset_system callback

[Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxx>]

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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