Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.2 2/6] efi: efivars: prevent double registration

[Sasha Levin]

On Wed, Mar 01, 2023 at 05:31:15PM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> On Wed, 1 Mar 2023 at 17:29, Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > From: Johan Hovold <johan+linaro@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > [ Upstream commit 0217a40d7ba6e71d7f3422fbe89b436e8ee7ece7 ]
> >
> > 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>
> > Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> NAK this is not a bugfix.

Ack, I'll drop it. Thanks!

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Thanks,
Sasha