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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c index 5f2eb3231607..7b36c1032a4f 100644 --- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c +++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c @@ -619,18 +619,16 @@ void __init efi_dump_pagetable(void) /* * Makes the calling thread switch to/from efi_mm context. Can be used - * for SetVirtualAddressMap() i.e. current->active_mm == init_mm as well - * as during efi runtime calls i.e current->active_mm == current_mm. - * We are not mm_dropping()/mm_grabbing() any mm, because we are not - * losing/creating any references. + * in a kernel thread and user context. Preemption needs to remain disabled + * while the EFI-mm is borrowed. mmgrab()/mmdrop() is not used because the mm + * can not change under us. + * It should be ensured that there are no concurent calls to this function. */ void efi_switch_mm(struct mm_struct *mm) { - task_lock(current); efi_scratch.prev_mm = current->active_mm; current->active_mm = mm; switch_mm(efi_scratch.prev_mm, mm, NULL); - task_unlock(current); } #ifdef CONFIG_EFI_MIXED |