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| From | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [tip:efi/core] efibc: Add EFI Bootloader Control module |
| Date | 2016-04-29 21:50 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <rtmAi-38J-13@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <rtdnk-3Gu-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <rte02-4gY-15@gated-at.bofh.it> <rteW6-58U-15@gated-at.bofh.it> <rtfyN-5Os-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <rth7B-6Yb-35@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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* Compostella, Jeremy <jeremy.compostella@intel.com> wrote:
> -static void efibc_set_variable(const char *name, const char *value)
> +static int efibc_set_variable(const char *name, const char *value)
> {
> int ret;
> efi_guid_t guid = LINUX_EFI_LOADER_ENTRY_GUID;
> - struct efivar_entry entry;
> + struct efivar_entry *entry;
> size_t size = (strlen(value) + 1) * sizeof(efi_char16_t);
>
> - if (size > sizeof(entry.var.Data))
> + if (size > sizeof(entry->var.Data)) {
> pr_err("value is too large");
> + return -1;
> + }
>
> - efibc_str_to_str16(name, entry.var.VariableName);
> - efibc_str_to_str16(value, (efi_char16_t *)entry.var.Data);
> - memcpy(&entry.var.VendorGuid, &guid, sizeof(guid));
> + entry = kmalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!entry) {
> + pr_err("failed to allocate efivar entry");
> + return -1;
> + }
>
> - ret = efivar_entry_set(&entry,
> + efibc_str_to_str16(name, entry->var.VariableName);
> + efibc_str_to_str16(value, (efi_char16_t *)entry->var.Data);
> + memcpy(&entry->var.VendorGuid, &guid, sizeof(guid));
> +
> + ret = efivar_entry_set(entry,
> EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE
> | EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS
> | EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS,
> - size, entry.var.Data, NULL);
> + size, entry->var.Data, NULL);
> if (ret)
> pr_err("failed to set %s EFI variable: 0x%x\n",
> name, ret);
> +
> + kfree(entry);
> + return ret;
> }
>
> static int efibc_reboot_notifier_call(struct notifier_block *notifier,
> unsigned long event, void *data)
> {
> const char *reason = "shutdown";
> + int ret;
>
> if (event == SYS_RESTART)
> reason = "reboot";
>
> - efibc_set_variable("LoaderEntryRebootReason", reason);
> -
> - if (!data)
> - return NOTIFY_DONE;
> + ret = efibc_set_variable("LoaderEntryRebootReason", reason);
> + if (ret || !data)
> + return NOTIFY_DONE;
>
> efibc_set_variable("LoaderEntryOneShot", (char *)data);
Hm, can reboot notifiers do non-atomic allocations?
Why is efivar_entry so huge?
Thanks,
Ingo
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[tip:efi/core] efibc: Add EFI Bootloader Control module "tip-bot for Compostella, Jeremy" <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2016-04-28 12:50 +0200
Re: [tip:efi/core] efibc: Add EFI Bootloader Control module Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-04-29 12:00 +0200
Re: [tip:efi/core] efibc: Add EFI Bootloader Control module Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2016-04-29 12:40 +0200
Re: [tip:efi/core] efibc: Add EFI Bootloader Control module jeremy.compostella@intel.com (Compostella, Jeremy) - 2016-04-29 13:40 +0200
Re: [tip:efi/core] efibc: Add EFI Bootloader Control module Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2016-04-29 14:20 +0200
Re: [tip:efi/core] efibc: Add EFI Bootloader Control module jeremy.compostella@intel.com (Compostella, Jeremy) - 2016-04-29 16:00 +0200
Re: [tip:efi/core] efibc: Add EFI Bootloader Control module Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-04-29 21:50 +0200
Re: [tip:efi/core] efibc: Add EFI Bootloader Control module jeremy.compostella@intel.com (Compostella, Jeremy) - 2016-04-30 10:40 +0200
Re: [tip:efi/core] efibc: Add EFI Bootloader Control module Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2016-04-30 22:10 +0200
Re: [tip:efi/core] efibc: Add EFI Bootloader Control module Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2016-04-30 22:10 +0200
Re: [tip:efi/core] efibc: Add EFI Bootloader Control module jeremy.compostella@intel.com (Compostella, Jeremy) - 2016-05-02 10:00 +0200
Re: [tip:efi/core] efibc: Add EFI Bootloader Control module Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2016-05-03 16:50 +0200
Re: [tip:efi/core] efibc: Add EFI Bootloader Control module Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org> - 2016-05-01 10:10 +0200
Re: [tip:efi/core] efibc: Add EFI Bootloader Control module Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2016-05-01 15:20 +0200
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