Re: [PATCH] x86, kdump: Fix efi=noruntime NULL pointer dereference

[Dave Young]

On 08/24/18 at 06:48am, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Thu, 2018-08-23 at 11:57 +0800, Dave Young wrote:
> > 
> > Mike, since we are going this way, I'm working on a kexec code cleanup,
> > but it needs careful testing so still need some time.
> > 
> > Can you help test below efi fix and provide you tested-by if it works?
> 
> While it averts the efi=noruntime oops on kdump kernel load, the kernel
> does not boot when kdump is triggered.  Bailing in setup_efi_state() in
> addition restores functionality.

Yes, that is expected.  Kexec code need fix and cleanup in other
patches.

Thanks
Dave