Re: EFI boot crash regression (was: Re: 5.6-### doesn't boot)

From: Ard Biesheuvel
Date: Sat Feb 01 2020 - 17:36:55 EST


On Sat, 1 Feb 2020 at 23:31, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Sat, Feb 1, 2020 at 1:49 PM Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Sat, 1 Feb 2020 at 22:44, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 10:45 AM Ard Biesheuvel
> > > <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > earlycon=efifb may help to get better diagnostics, but you will need to use a camera to capture the output
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> > > https://photos.app.goo.gl/uA3Wkaxc8x6A4gK47
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> > Yeah, so it definitely has to do with the n_removal > 0 path.
> >
> > Did you try the change I suggested to Joerg?
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> Nice, it worked.
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> Tested-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for confirming. I'll spin a proper patch.