Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] arm64: acpi: Enable ACPI CCEL support

From: Gavin Shan

Date: Tue Sep 16 2025 - 23:57:13 EST


On 9/9/25 8:35 AM, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
Add support for ACPI CCEL by handling the EfiACPIMemoryNVS type memory.
As per UEFI specifications NVS memory is reserved for Firmware use even
after exiting boot services. Thus map the region as read-only.

Cc: Sami Mujawar <sami.mujawar@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Price <steven.price@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Gavin Shan <gshan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>
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Changes since v1
- Map NVS region as read-only, update comment to clarify that the region
is reserved for firmware use.

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arch/arm64/kernel/acpi.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)


Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@xxxxxxxxxx>