[PATCH 3.4 153/214] x86,efi: Implement efi_no_storage_paranoia parameter

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

3.4-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>

commit 8c58bf3eec3b8fc8162fe557e9361891c20758f2 upstream.

Using this parameter one can disable the storage_size/2 check if
he is really sure that the UEFI does sane gc and fulfills the spec.

This parameter is useful if a devices uses more than 50% of the
storage by default.
The Intel DQSW67 desktop board is such a sucker for exmaple.

Signed-off-by: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rui Xiang <rui.xiang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |    6 ++++++
 arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c         |   14 +++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -773,6 +773,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes
 	edd=		[EDD]
 			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
 
+	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
+			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
+			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
+			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
+			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
+
 	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
 			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
 
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
@@ -102,6 +102,15 @@ static int __init setup_add_efi_memmap(c
 }
 early_param("add_efi_memmap", setup_add_efi_memmap);
 
+static bool efi_no_storage_paranoia;
+
+static int __init setup_storage_paranoia(char *arg)
+{
+	efi_no_storage_paranoia = true;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("efi_no_storage_paranoia", setup_storage_paranoia);
+
 
 static efi_status_t virt_efi_get_time(efi_time_t *tm, efi_time_cap_t *tc)
 {
@@ -984,7 +993,10 @@ efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u3
 			    " is returning MaxVariableSize=0\n");
 
 	if (!storage_size || size > remaining_size ||
-	    (max_size && size > max_size) ||
+	    (max_size && size > max_size))
+		return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
+
+	if (!efi_no_storage_paranoia &&
 	    (remaining_size - size) < (storage_size / 2))
 		return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
 


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