Re: [PATCHv6 04/16] x86/efi: Move runtime service initialization to arch/x86

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To: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, x86@xxxxxxxxxx, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>, Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>, Xiongwei Song <xiongwei.song@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Xin Li <xin3.li@xxxxxxxxx>, "Mike Rapoport (IBM)" <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>, Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@xxxxxxx>, Michael Roth <michael.roth@xxxxxxx>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>, Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@xxxxxxx>, Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv6 04/16] x86/efi: Move runtime service initialization to arch/x86
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 08:35:14 -0700
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On 6/20/25 06:53, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> From: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The EFI call in start_kernel() is guarded by #ifdef CONFIG_X86. Move
> the thing to the arch_cpu_finalize_init() path on x86 and get rid of
> the #ifdef in start_kernel().

What does this have to do with LASS?

Is there any reason not to just pull this in to tip now as a cleanup? It
looks good regardless of what it does to LASS.

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- [PATCHv6 00/16] x86: Enable Linear Address Space Separation support
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- [PATCHv6 04/16] x86/efi: Move runtime service initialization to arch/x86
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