Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: move efi_reboot to restart handler

[Wolfram Sang]

Hi Krzysztof,
> I would use something like 250, or even 254, just to indicate that we
> know that most certainly nothing should be run before efi_reboot(), but
> still allow those silly people like me, to do what they want in their
> system, without the need to run the custom kernel. I think we could even
> add a proper comment, so it woudld become something like:
> 
> /**
>  * If you are running UEFI based system, you most certainly should let
>  * efi_reboot() do a reset for you. If you think you know better, we
>  * leave you a window of opportunity here by not using maximal priorty
>  * here.
>  */
>  .priority = 250,

For your patchset, this seems good enough for me because it is decoupled
from PSCI now. I still think a set of defines should be collected in
linux/reboot.h so they can be used in reboot handlers. This is a
different patch series, though.

> What is the downside of doing that? That we will run through atomic
> notfier chain instead of calling efi_reboot directly? Sure this is
> slightly more complicated but it works on all our platforms and is
> battle proven and we don't worry about that there. And the upside is
> that we give people possibility to use their beloved mechanism if they
> really like to. Because flexibility is a good thing.

I agree with the upside having more value than the downside.

Happy hacking,

   Wolfram

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