[PATCH 1/2] x86,efi: Check max_size only if it is non-zero.

From: Richard Weinberger
Date: Wed Apr 10 2013 - 04:59:55 EST


Some EFI implementations return always a MaximumVariableSize of 0,
check against max_size only if it is non-zero.
My Intel DQ67SW desktop board has such an implementation.

Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
index c89c245..3f96a48 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
@@ -1018,7 +1018,12 @@ efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
return status;

- if (!storage_size || size > remaining_size || size > max_size ||
+ if (!max_size && remaining_size > size)
+ printk_once(KERN_ERR FW_BUG "Broken EFI implementation"
+ " is returning MaxVariableSize=0\n");
+
+ if (!storage_size || size > remaining_size ||
+ (max_size && size > max_size) ||
(remaining_size - size) < (storage_size / 2))
return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;

--
1.8.1.4

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