[U-Boot] [PATCH v11 2/6] efi_loader: Drop setup_ok

Heinrich Schuchardt xypron.glpk at gmx.de
Fri Oct 19 05:53:04 UTC 2018


On 10/19/2018 05:25 AM, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 15 October 2018 at 11:16, Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de> wrote:
>> On 10/15/2018 04:17 PM, Simon Glass wrote:
>>> This value is stored in data which appears to be read-only with sandbox on
>>> my Ubuntu 18.04 machine. In any case it is not good practice to store
>>> run-time data in a build-time linker list.
>> Yes this should be changed. Otherwise a reset of the board will not put
>> us back into the initial status.
>>
>>>
>>> The value does not seem to be that useful, since tests that fail to setup
>>> are likely to fail to run also. Let's drop it for now.
>>
>> With your change we will run execute() even if setup() fails. This
>> contradicts the commit message. Please, find a solution that avoids
>> calling execute() after a failed setup().
> 
> How about we just exit if setup() fails? It should not fail. The test
> can fail, but not the setup.
> 
> Regards,
> Simon
> 
I just have sent an alternative patch.

Thanks for reporting the issue.

Best regards

Heinrich


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