Re: [edk2-devel] Please Consider This PR for edk2-stable202505

["Michael Kubacki via groups.io" <mikuback=linux.microsoft.com@groups.io>]

I agree with postponing it until after the May stable tag.

On 5/20/2025 1:30 PM, Oliver Smith-Denny via groups.io wrote:
> On 5/20/2025 10:20 AM, Michael D Kinney via groups.io wrote:
>> Hi Liming,
>>
>> +stewards
>>
>> It is still being reviewed.  This is an important fix and needs to
>> go in as soon as it is ready, but I do not think it should be considered
>> for the stable tag.  With the level of changes being discussed I would
>> prefer it go in immediately after the stable tag and get lots of testing
>> before the August stable tag.
>>
> 
> I agree with Mike. This is a longstanding issue that was just exposed
> recently, but the fix has evolved into a riskier change that needs a lot
> of testing.
> 
> Released Linux shim versions with DebugClearMemory enabled will be
> broken when loading certain Linux payloads without this change (and
> there is a risk without DebugClearMemory enabled that pages would
> get allocated to the next caller of AllocatePages set to RO and cause
> unknown crashes). I defer to the stewards on the need to have this
> stable tag contain a fix for this case or for it to get more testing
> first (again, my preference).
> 
> Thanks,
> Oliver
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 



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