Re: [RESEND][PATCH]efi: initialize efi.runtime_version to makequery_variable_info/update_capsule workable

From: Matt Fleming
Date: Fri Aug 17 2012 - 06:31:52 EST


On Thu, 2012-08-16 at 14:43 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 08/16/2012 12:53 AM, Matt Fleming wrote:
> > On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 18:37 +0000, Seiji Aguchi wrote:
> >> A value of efi.runtime_version is checked before calling
> >> update_capsule()/query_variable_info() as follows.
> >> But it isn't initialized anywhere.
> >> <snip>
> >> static efi_status_t virt_efi_query_variable_info(u32 attr,
> >> u64 *storage_space,
> >> u64 *remaining_space,
> >> u64 *max_variable_size) {
> >> if (efi.runtime_version < EFI_2_00_SYSTEM_TABLE_REVISION)
> >> return EFI_UNSUPPORTED;
> >> <snip>
> >>
> >> This patch initializes a value of efi.runtime_version at boot time.
> >>
> >> Acked-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@xxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 1 +
> >> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >
> > Thanks, I picked this up just so it doesn't get lost. It will probably
> > go to Linus via Peter Anvin.
> >
>
> Should I take that as an Acked-by: on your part?

Yep.



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