[PATCH V4 2/3] Revert "x86, efivars: firmware bug workarounds should be in platform code"

From: Matthew Garrett
Date: Wed Apr 10 2013 - 13:46:29 EST


This reverts commit a6e4d5a03e9e3587e88aba687d8f225f4f04c792. Doing this
workaround properly requires us to work within the variable code.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c | 25 -------------------------
drivers/firmware/efivars.c | 18 +++++++++++++++---
include/linux/efi.h | 9 +--------
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
index 659da48..fdc5074 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
@@ -1023,28 +1023,3 @@ u64 efi_mem_attributes(unsigned long phys_addr)
}
return 0;
}
-
-/*
- * Some firmware has serious problems when using more than 50% of the EFI
- * variable store, i.e. it triggers bugs that can brick machines. Ensure that
- * we never use more than this safe limit.
- *
- * Return EFI_SUCCESS if it is safe to write 'size' bytes to the variable
- * store.
- */
-efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
-{
- efi_status_t status;
- u64 storage_size, remaining_size, max_size;
-
- status = efi.query_variable_info(attributes, &storage_size,
- &remaining_size, &max_size);
- if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
- return status;
-
- if (!storage_size || size > remaining_size || size > max_size ||
- (remaining_size - size) < (storage_size / 2))
- return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
-
- return EFI_SUCCESS;
-}
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
index 684a118..60e7d8f 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -439,12 +439,24 @@ static efi_status_t
check_var_size_locked(struct efivars *efivars, u32 attributes,
unsigned long size)
{
+ u64 storage_size, remaining_size, max_size;
+ efi_status_t status;
const struct efivar_operations *fops = efivars->ops;

- if (!efivars->ops->query_variable_store)
+ if (!efivars->ops->query_variable_info)
return EFI_UNSUPPORTED;

- return fops->query_variable_store(attributes, size);
+ status = fops->query_variable_info(attributes, &storage_size,
+ &remaining_size, &max_size);
+
+ if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
+ return status;
+
+ if (!storage_size || size > remaining_size || size > max_size ||
+ (remaining_size - size) < (storage_size / 2))
+ return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
+
+ return status;
}


@@ -2144,7 +2156,7 @@ efivars_init(void)
ops.get_variable = efi.get_variable;
ops.set_variable = efi.set_variable;
ops.get_next_variable = efi.get_next_variable;
- ops.query_variable_store = efi_query_variable_store;
+ ops.query_variable_info = efi.query_variable_info;

#ifdef CONFIG_X86
boot_used_size = efi_var_store_size - efi_var_remaining_size;
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index 3d7df3d..9bf2f1f 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -333,7 +333,6 @@ typedef efi_status_t efi_query_capsule_caps_t(efi_capsule_header_t **capsules,
unsigned long count,
u64 *max_size,
int *reset_type);
-typedef efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store_t(u32 attributes, unsigned long size);

/*
* EFI Configuration Table and GUID definitions
@@ -576,15 +575,9 @@ extern void efi_enter_virtual_mode (void); /* switch EFI to virtual mode, if pos
#ifdef CONFIG_X86
extern void efi_late_init(void);
extern void efi_free_boot_services(void);
-extern efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes, unsigned long size);
#else
static inline void efi_late_init(void) {}
static inline void efi_free_boot_services(void) {}
-
-static inline efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
-{
- return EFI_SUCCESS;
-}
#endif
extern void __iomem *efi_lookup_mapped_addr(u64 phys_addr);
extern u64 efi_get_iobase (void);
@@ -738,7 +731,7 @@ struct efivar_operations {
efi_get_variable_t *get_variable;
efi_get_next_variable_t *get_next_variable;
efi_set_variable_t *set_variable;
- efi_query_variable_store_t *query_variable_store;
+ efi_query_variable_info_t *query_variable_info;
};

struct efivars {
--
1.8.1.2

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