Re: [PATCH 1/2] efi: add a function for transferring status to string

[Ard Biesheuvel]

On Sun, 24 Mar 2019 at 01:26, Lee, Chun-Yi <joeyli.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This function can be used to transfer EFI status code to string
> for printing out debug message. Using this function can improve
> the readability of log.
>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Anton Vorontsov <anton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Colin Cross <ccross@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: "Lee, Chun-Yi" <jlee@xxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/efi.h | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
> index 54357a258b35..a43cb0dc37af 100644
> --- a/include/linux/efi.h
> +++ b/include/linux/efi.h
> @@ -1768,4 +1768,32 @@ struct linux_efi_memreserve {
>  #define EFI_MEMRESERVE_COUNT(size) (((size) - sizeof(struct linux_efi_memreserve)) \
>         / sizeof(((struct linux_efi_memreserve *)0)->entry[0]))
>
> +#define EFI_STATUS_STR(_status) \
> +case EFI_##_status: \
> +       return "EFI_" __stringify(_status);
> +
> +static inline char *
> +efi_status_to_str(efi_status_t status)
> +{
> +       switch (status) {
> +       EFI_STATUS_STR(SUCCESS)
> +       EFI_STATUS_STR(LOAD_ERROR)
> +       EFI_STATUS_STR(INVALID_PARAMETER)
> +       EFI_STATUS_STR(UNSUPPORTED)
> +       EFI_STATUS_STR(BAD_BUFFER_SIZE)
> +       EFI_STATUS_STR(BUFFER_TOO_SMALL)
> +       EFI_STATUS_STR(NOT_READY)
> +       EFI_STATUS_STR(DEVICE_ERROR)
> +       EFI_STATUS_STR(WRITE_PROTECTED)
> +       EFI_STATUS_STR(OUT_OF_RESOURCES)
> +       EFI_STATUS_STR(NOT_FOUND)
> +       EFI_STATUS_STR(ABORTED)
> +       EFI_STATUS_STR(SECURITY_VIOLATION)
> +       default:
> +               pr_warn("Unknown efi status: 0x%lx", status);
> +       }
> +
> +       return "Unknown efi status";
> +}
> +
>  #endif /* _LINUX_EFI_H */
> --
> 2.16.4
>

Please turn this into a proper function so that not every calling
object has to duplicate all these strings.