[PATCH 4/4] efi: efivars: prevent double registration

From: Johan Hovold
Date: Thu Jan 19 2023 - 11:46:04 EST


Add the missing sanity check to efivars_register() so that it is no
longer possible to override an already registered set of efivar ops
(without first deregistering them).

This can help debug initialisation ordering issues where drivers have so
far unknowingly been relying on overriding the generic ops.

Signed-off-by: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c | 13 +++++++++++--
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
index f34e7741e0c3..bd75b87f5fc1 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
@@ -62,18 +62,27 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efivar_is_available);
int efivars_register(struct efivars *efivars,
const struct efivar_operations *ops)
{
+ int rv;
+
if (down_interruptible(&efivars_lock))
return -EINTR;

+ if (__efivars) {
+ pr_warn("efivars already registered\n");
+ rv = -EBUSY;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
efivars->ops = ops;

__efivars = efivars;

pr_info("Registered efivars operations\n");
-
+ rv = 0;
+out:
up(&efivars_lock);

- return 0;
+ return rv;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efivars_register);

--
2.38.2