Re: [PATCH 4/6] efi: Get the secure boot status

From: David Howells
Date: Tue Nov 22 2016 - 09:57:36 EST


David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> That makes it less clear. I think something like this makes it much more
> obvious:
>
> static efi_status_t get_efi_var(const efi_char16_t *name,
> const efi_guid_t *vendor,
> u32 *attr,
> unsigned long *data_size, void *data)
> {
> return efi_call_runtime(get_variable,
> (efi_char16_t *)name, (efi_guid_t *)vendor,
> attr, data_size, data);
> }
>
> And then doing:
>
> status = get_efi_var(efi_SecureBoot_name, &efi_variable_guid,
> NULL, &size, &val);
>
> which the compiler will inline.

Of course, it has to be a macro because efi_call_runtime() has an undeclared
argument on ARM...

David