From cb6f23ee9601297c3c70d0cfe3d77dfde9bd119d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>

Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 13:54:56 +0800

Subject: [PATCH 01/17] efi: Add support for a UEFI variable filesystem

The existing EFI variables code only supports variables of up to 1024

bytes. This limitation existed in version 0.99 of the EFI specification,

but was removed before any full releases. Since variables can now be

larger than a single page, sysfs isn't the best interface for this. So,

instead, let's add a filesystem. Variables can be read, written and

created, with the first 4 bytes of each variable representing its UEFI

attributes. The create() method doesn't actually commit to flash since

zero-length variables can't exist per-spec.

Updates from Jeremy Kerr <jeremy.kerr@canonical.com>.

Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr <jeremy.kerr@canonical.com>

Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>

---

 drivers/firmware/efivars.c | 384 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-

 include/linux/efi.h        |   5 +

 2 files changed, 383 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c

index d10c987..b605c48 100644

--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c

+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c

@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@

 #include <linux/slab.h>

 #include <linux/pstore.h>

+#include <linux/fs.h>

+#include <linux/ramfs.h>

+#include <linux/pagemap.h>

+

 #include <asm/uaccess.h>

 #define EFIVARS_VERSION "0.08"

@@ -91,6 +95,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

 MODULE_VERSION(EFIVARS_VERSION);

 #define DUMP_NAME_LEN 52

+#define GUID_LEN 37

 /*

  * The maximum size of VariableName + Data = 1024

@@ -108,7 +113,6 @@ struct efi_variable {

 	__u32         Attributes;

 } __attribute__((packed));

-

 struct efivar_entry {

 	struct efivars *efivars;

 	struct efi_variable var;

@@ -122,6 +126,9 @@ struct efivar_attribute {

 	ssize_t (*store)(struct efivar_entry *entry, const char *buf, size_t count);

 };

+static struct efivars __efivars;

+static struct efivar_operations ops;

+

 #define PSTORE_EFI_ATTRIBUTES \

 	(EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE | \

 	 EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS | \

@@ -629,14 +636,380 @@ static struct kobj_type efivar_ktype = {

 	.default_attrs = def_attrs,

 };

-static struct pstore_info efi_pstore_info;

-

 static inline void

 efivar_unregister(struct efivar_entry *var)

 {

 	kobject_put(&var->kobj);

 }

+static int efivarfs_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)

+{

+	file->private_data = inode->i_private;

+	return 0;

+}

+

+static ssize_t efivarfs_file_write(struct file *file,

+		const char __user *userbuf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)

+{

+	struct efivar_entry *var = file->private_data;

+	struct efivars *efivars;

+	efi_status_t status;

+	void *data;

+	u32 attributes;

+	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;

+	int datasize = count - sizeof(attributes);

+

+	if (count < sizeof(attributes))

+		return -EINVAL;

+

+	data = kmalloc(datasize, GFP_KERNEL);

+

+	if (!data)

+		return -ENOMEM;

+

+	efivars = var->efivars;

+

+	if (copy_from_user(&attributes, userbuf, sizeof(attributes))) {

+		count = -EFAULT;

+		goto out;

+	}

+

+	if (attributes & ~(EFI_VARIABLE_MASK)) {

+		count = -EINVAL;

+		goto out;

+	}

+

+	if (copy_from_user(data, userbuf + sizeof(attributes), datasize)) {

+		count = -EFAULT;

+		goto out;

+	}

+

+	if (validate_var(&var->var, data, datasize) == false) {

+		count = -EINVAL;

+		goto out;

+	}

+

+	status = efivars->ops->set_variable(var->var.VariableName,

+					    &var->var.VendorGuid,

+					    attributes, datasize,

+					    data);

+

+	switch (status) {

+	case EFI_SUCCESS:

+		mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);

+		i_size_write(inode, count);

+		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);

+		break;

+	case EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER:

+		count = -EINVAL;

+		break;

+	case EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES:

+		count = -ENOSPC;

+		break;

+	case EFI_DEVICE_ERROR:

+		count = -EIO;

+		break;

+	case EFI_WRITE_PROTECTED:

+		count = -EROFS;

+		break;

+	case EFI_SECURITY_VIOLATION:

+		count = -EACCES;

+		break;

+	case EFI_NOT_FOUND:

+		count = -ENOENT;

+		break;

+	default:

+		count = -EINVAL;

+		break;

+	}

+out:

+	kfree(data);

+

+	return count;

+}

+

+static ssize_t efivarfs_file_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,

+		size_t count, loff_t *ppos)

+{

+	struct efivar_entry *var = file->private_data;

+	struct efivars *efivars = var->efivars;

+	efi_status_t status;

+	unsigned long datasize = 0;

+	u32 attributes;

+	void *data;

+	ssize_t size;

+

+	status = efivars->ops->get_variable(var->var.VariableName,

+					    &var->var.VendorGuid,

+					    &attributes, &datasize, NULL);

+

+	if (status != EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL)

+		return 0;

+

+	data = kmalloc(datasize + 4, GFP_KERNEL);

+

+	if (!data)

+		return 0;

+

+	status = efivars->ops->get_variable(var->var.VariableName,

+					    &var->var.VendorGuid,

+					    &attributes, &datasize,

+					    (data + 4));

+

+	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)

+		return 0;

+

+	memcpy(data, &attributes, 4);

+	size = simple_read_from_buffer(userbuf, count, ppos,

+					data, datasize + 4);

+	kfree(data);

+

+	return size;

+}

+

+static void efivarfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)

+{

+	clear_inode(inode);

+}

+

+static const struct super_operations efivarfs_ops = {

+	.statfs = simple_statfs,

+	.drop_inode = generic_delete_inode,

+	.evict_inode = efivarfs_evict_inode,

+	.show_options = generic_show_options,

+};

+

+static struct super_block *efivarfs_sb;

+

+static const struct inode_operations efivarfs_dir_inode_operations;

+

+static const struct file_operations efivarfs_file_operations = {

+	.open	= efivarfs_file_open,

+	.read	= efivarfs_file_read,

+	.write	= efivarfs_file_write,

+	.llseek	= no_llseek,

+};

+

+static struct inode *efivarfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,

+				const struct inode *dir, int mode, dev_t dev)

+{

+	struct inode *inode = new_inode(sb);

+

+	if (inode) {

+		inode->i_ino = get_next_ino();

+		inode->i_uid = inode->i_gid = 0;

+		inode->i_mode = mode;

+		inode->i_atime = inode->i_mtime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;

+		switch (mode & S_IFMT) {

+		case S_IFREG:

+			inode->i_fop = &efivarfs_file_operations;

+			break;

+		case S_IFDIR:

+			inode->i_op = &efivarfs_dir_inode_operations;

+			inode->i_fop = &simple_dir_operations;

+			inc_nlink(inode);

+			break;

+		}

+	}

+	return inode;

+}

+

+static void efivarfs_hex_to_guid(const char *str, efi_guid_t *guid)

+{

+	guid->b[0] = hex_to_bin(str[6]) << 4 | hex_to_bin(str[7]);

+	guid->b[1] = hex_to_bin(str[4]) << 4 | hex_to_bin(str[5]);

+	guid->b[2] = hex_to_bin(str[2]) << 4 | hex_to_bin(str[3]);

+	guid->b[3] = hex_to_bin(str[0]) << 4 | hex_to_bin(str[1]);

+	guid->b[4] = hex_to_bin(str[11]) << 4 | hex_to_bin(str[12]);

+	guid->b[5] = hex_to_bin(str[9]) << 4 | hex_to_bin(str[10]);

+	guid->b[6] = hex_to_bin(str[16]) << 4 | hex_to_bin(str[17]);

+	guid->b[7] = hex_to_bin(str[14]) << 4 | hex_to_bin(str[15]);

+	guid->b[8] = hex_to_bin(str[19]) << 4 | hex_to_bin(str[20]);

+	guid->b[9] = hex_to_bin(str[21]) << 4 | hex_to_bin(str[22]);

+	guid->b[10] = hex_to_bin(str[24]) << 4 | hex_to_bin(str[25]);

+	guid->b[11] = hex_to_bin(str[26]) << 4 | hex_to_bin(str[27]);

+	guid->b[12] = hex_to_bin(str[28]) << 4 | hex_to_bin(str[29]);

+	guid->b[13] = hex_to_bin(str[30]) << 4 | hex_to_bin(str[31]);

+	guid->b[14] = hex_to_bin(str[32]) << 4 | hex_to_bin(str[33]);

+	guid->b[15] = hex_to_bin(str[34]) << 4 | hex_to_bin(str[35]);

+}

+

+static int efivarfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,

+			  umode_t mode, bool excl)

+{

+	struct inode *inode = efivarfs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, dir, mode, 0);

+	struct efivars *efivars = &__efivars;

+	struct efivar_entry *var;

+	int namelen, i = 0, err = 0;

+

+	if (dentry->d_name.len < 38)

+		return -EINVAL;

+

+	if (!inode)

+		return -ENOSPC;

+

+	var = kzalloc(sizeof(struct efivar_entry), GFP_KERNEL);

+

+	if (!var)

+		return -ENOMEM;

+

+	namelen = dentry->d_name.len - GUID_LEN;

+

+	efivarfs_hex_to_guid(dentry->d_name.name + namelen + 1,

+			&var->var.VendorGuid);

+

+	for (i = 0; i < namelen; i++)

+		var->var.VariableName[i] = dentry->d_name.name[i];

+

+	var->var.VariableName[i] = '\0';

+

+	inode->i_private = var;

+	var->efivars = efivars;

+	var->kobj.kset = efivars->kset;

+

+	err = kobject_init_and_add(&var->kobj, &efivar_ktype, NULL, "%s",

+			     dentry->d_name.name);

+	if (err)

+		goto out;

+

+	kobject_uevent(&var->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);

+	spin_lock(&efivars->lock);

+	list_add(&var->list, &efivars->list);

+	spin_unlock(&efivars->lock);

+	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);

+	dget(dentry);

+out:

+	if (err)

+		kfree(var);

+	return err;

+}

+

+static int efivarfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)

+{

+	struct efivar_entry *var = dentry->d_inode->i_private;

+	struct efivars *efivars = var->efivars;

+	efi_status_t status;

+

+	spin_lock(&efivars->lock);

+

+	status = efivars->ops->set_variable(var->var.VariableName,

+					    &var->var.VendorGuid,

+					    0, 0, NULL);

+

+	if (status == EFI_SUCCESS || status == EFI_NOT_FOUND) {

+		list_del(&var->list);

+		spin_unlock(&efivars->lock);

+		efivar_unregister(var);

+		drop_nlink(dir);

+		dput(dentry);

+		return 0;

+	}

+

+	spin_unlock(&efivars->lock);

+	return -EINVAL;

+};

+

+int efivarfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)

+{

+	struct inode *inode = NULL;

+	struct dentry *root;

+	struct efivar_entry *entry, *n;

+	struct efivars *efivars = &__efivars;

+	int err;

+

+	efivarfs_sb = sb;

+

+	sb->s_maxbytes          = MAX_LFS_FILESIZE;

+	sb->s_blocksize         = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;

+	sb->s_blocksize_bits    = PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;

+	sb->s_magic             = PSTOREFS_MAGIC;

+	sb->s_op                = &efivarfs_ops;

+	sb->s_time_gran         = 1;

+

+	inode = efivarfs_get_inode(sb, NULL, S_IFDIR | 0755, 0);

+	if (!inode) {

+		err = -ENOMEM;

+		goto fail;

+	}

+	inode->i_op = &efivarfs_dir_inode_operations;

+

+	root = d_make_root(inode);

+	sb->s_root = root;

+	if (!root) {

+		err = -ENOMEM;

+		goto fail;

+	}

+

+	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, n, &efivars->list, list) {

+		struct inode *inode;

+		struct dentry *dentry, *root = efivarfs_sb->s_root;

+		char *name;

+		unsigned long size = 0;

+		int len, i;

+

+		len = utf16_strlen(entry->var.VariableName);

+

+		/* GUID plus trailing NULL */

+		name = kmalloc(len + 38, GFP_ATOMIC);

+

+		for (i = 0; i < len; i++)

+			name[i] = entry->var.VariableName[i] & 0xFF;

+

+		name[len] = '-';

+

+		efi_guid_unparse(&entry->var.VendorGuid, name + len + 1);

+

+		name[len+GUID_LEN] = '\0';

+

+		inode = efivarfs_get_inode(efivarfs_sb, root->d_inode,

+					  S_IFREG | 0644, 0);

+		dentry = d_alloc_name(root, name);

+

+		efivars->ops->get_variable(entry->var.VariableName,

+					   &entry->var.VendorGuid,

+					   &entry->var.Attributes,

+					   &size,

+					   NULL);

+

+		mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);

+		inode->i_private = entry;

+		i_size_write(inode, size+4);

+		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);

+		d_add(dentry, inode);

+	}

+

+	return 0;

+fail:

+	iput(inode);

+	return err;

+}

+

+static struct dentry *efivarfs_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type,

+				    int flags, const char *dev_name, void *data)

+{

+	return mount_single(fs_type, flags, data, efivarfs_fill_super);

+}

+

+static void efivarfs_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)

+{

+	kill_litter_super(sb);

+	efivarfs_sb = NULL;

+}

+

+static struct file_system_type efivarfs_type = {

+	.name    = "efivarfs",

+	.mount   = efivarfs_mount,

+	.kill_sb = efivarfs_kill_sb,

+};

+

+static const struct inode_operations efivarfs_dir_inode_operations = {

+	.lookup = simple_lookup,

+	.unlink = efivarfs_unlink,

+	.create = efivarfs_create,

+};

+

+static struct pstore_info efi_pstore_info;

+

 #ifdef CONFIG_PSTORE

 static int efi_pstore_open(struct pstore_info *psi)

@@ -1198,6 +1571,8 @@ int register_efivars(struct efivars *efivars,

 		pstore_register(&efivars->efi_pstore_info);

 	}

+	register_filesystem(&efivarfs_type);

+

 out:

 	kfree(variable_name);

@@ -1205,9 +1580,6 @@ out:

 }

 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_efivars);

-static struct efivars __efivars;

-static struct efivar_operations ops;

-

 /*

  * For now we register the efi subsystem with the firmware subsystem

  * and the vars subsystem with the efi subsystem.  In the future, it

diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h

index 8670eb1..b2af157 100644

--- a/include/linux/efi.h

+++ b/include/linux/efi.h

@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@

 #define EFI_UNSUPPORTED		( 3 | (1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG-1)))

 #define EFI_BAD_BUFFER_SIZE     ( 4 | (1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG-1)))

 #define EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL	( 5 | (1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG-1)))

+#define EFI_NOT_READY		( 6 | (1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG-1)))

+#define EFI_DEVICE_ERROR	( 7 | (1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG-1)))

+#define EFI_WRITE_PROTECTED	( 8 | (1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG-1)))

+#define EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES	( 9 | (1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG-1)))

 #define EFI_NOT_FOUND		(14 | (1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG-1)))

+#define EFI_SECURITY_VIOLATION	(26 | (1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG-1)))

 typedef unsigned long efi_status_t;

 typedef u8 efi_bool_t;

-- 

1.7.12.1

From 2fc1dc88e97665c70f203f0132232ea55e8dd7eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Jeremy Kerr <jeremy.kerr@canonical.com>

Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 13:54:56 +0800

Subject: [PATCH 02/17] efi: Handle deletions and size changes in

 efivarfs_write_file

A write to an efivarfs file will not always result in a variable of

'count' size after the EFI SetVariable() call. We may have appended to

the existing data (ie, with the EFI_VARIABLE_APPEND_WRITE attribute), or

even have deleted the variable (with an authenticated variable update,

with a zero datasize).

This change re-reads the updated variable from firmware, to check for

size changes and deletions. In the latter case, we need to drop the

dentry.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr <jeremy.kerr@canonical.com>

Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>

---

 drivers/firmware/efivars.c | 49 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------

 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c

index b605c48..d7658b4 100644

--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c

+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c

@@ -658,6 +658,7 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_write(struct file *file,

 	u32 attributes;

 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;

 	int datasize = count - sizeof(attributes);

+	unsigned long newdatasize;

 	if (count < sizeof(attributes))

 		return -EINVAL;

@@ -696,32 +697,60 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_write(struct file *file,

 	switch (status) {

 	case EFI_SUCCESS:

-		mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);

-		i_size_write(inode, count);

-		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);

 		break;

 	case EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER:

 		count = -EINVAL;

-		break;

+		goto out;

 	case EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES:

 		count = -ENOSPC;

-		break;

+		goto out;

 	case EFI_DEVICE_ERROR:

 		count = -EIO;

-		break;

+		goto out;

 	case EFI_WRITE_PROTECTED:

 		count = -EROFS;

-		break;

+		goto out;

 	case EFI_SECURITY_VIOLATION:

 		count = -EACCES;

-		break;

+		goto out;

 	case EFI_NOT_FOUND:

 		count = -ENOENT;

-		break;

+		goto out;

 	default:

 		count = -EINVAL;

-		break;

+		goto out;

 	}

+

+	/*

+	 * Writing to the variable may have caused a change in size (which

+	 * could either be an append or an overwrite), or the variable to be

+	 * deleted. Perform a GetVariable() so we can tell what actually

+	 * happened.

+	 */

+	newdatasize = 0;

+	status = efivars->ops->get_variable(var->var.VariableName,

+					    &var->var.VendorGuid,

+					    NULL, &newdatasize,

+					    NULL);

+

+	if (status == EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL) {

+		mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);

+		i_size_write(inode, newdatasize + sizeof(attributes));

+		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);

+

+	} else if (status == EFI_NOT_FOUND) {

+		spin_lock(&efivars->lock);

+		list_del(&var->list);

+		spin_unlock(&efivars->lock);

+		efivar_unregister(var);

+		drop_nlink(inode);

+		dput(file->f_dentry);

+

+	} else {

+		pr_warn("efivarfs: inconsistent EFI variable implementation? "

+				"status = %lx\n", status);

+	}

+

 out:

 	kfree(data);

-- 

1.7.12.1

From c98611fc95672862950c9bc4d6a3a4c4453a3c3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: "Lee, Chun-Yi" <joeyli.kernel@gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 13:54:56 +0800

Subject: [PATCH 03/17] efi: add efivars kobject to efi sysfs folder

UEFI variable filesystem need a new mount point, so this patch add

efivars kobject to efi_kobj for create a /sys/firmware/efi/efivars

folder.

Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>

Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>

Signed-off-by: Lee, Chun-Yi <jlee@suse.com>

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Kerr <jeremy.kerr@canonical.com>

Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>

---

 drivers/firmware/efivars.c | 9 +++++++++

 include/linux/efi.h        | 1 +

 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c

index d7658b4..6793965 100644

--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c

+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c

@@ -1527,6 +1527,7 @@ void unregister_efivars(struct efivars *efivars)

 		sysfs_remove_bin_file(&efivars->kset->kobj, efivars->del_var);

 	kfree(efivars->new_var);

 	kfree(efivars->del_var);

+	kobject_put(efivars->kobject);

 	kset_unregister(efivars->kset);

 }

 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_efivars);

@@ -1558,6 +1559,14 @@ int register_efivars(struct efivars *efivars,

 		goto out;

 	}

+	efivars->kobject = kobject_create_and_add("efivars", parent_kobj);

+	if (!efivars->kobject) {

+		pr_err("efivars: Subsystem registration failed.\n");

+		error = -ENOMEM;

+		kset_unregister(efivars->kset);

+		goto out;

+	}

+

 	/*

 	 * Per EFI spec, the maximum storage allocated for both

 	 * the variable name and variable data is 1024 bytes.

diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h

index b2af157..337aefb 100644

--- a/include/linux/efi.h

+++ b/include/linux/efi.h

@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@ struct efivars {

 	spinlock_t lock;

 	struct list_head list;

 	struct kset *kset;

+	struct kobject *kobject;

 	struct bin_attribute *new_var, *del_var;

 	const struct efivar_operations *ops;

 	struct efivar_entry *walk_entry;

-- 

1.7.12.1

From 8ef5f49da57087022f2031820ceb3b1c6101d76c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>

Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2012 09:57:31 +0100

Subject: [PATCH 04/17] efivarfs: Add documentation for the EFI variable

 filesystem

Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>

---

 Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX     |  2 ++

 Documentation/filesystems/efivarfs.txt | 16 ++++++++++++++++

 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

 create mode 100644 Documentation/filesystems/efivarfs.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX b/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX

index 8c624a1..7b52ba7 100644

--- a/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX

+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/00-INDEX

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ dnotify_test.c

 	- example program for dnotify

 ecryptfs.txt

 	- docs on eCryptfs: stacked cryptographic filesystem for Linux.

+efivarfs.txt

+	- info for the efivarfs filesystem.

 exofs.txt

 	- info, usage, mount options, design about EXOFS.

 ext2.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/efivarfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/efivarfs.txt

new file mode 100644

index 0000000..c477af0

--- /dev/null

+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/efivarfs.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@

+

+efivarfs - a (U)EFI variable filesystem

+

+The efivarfs filesystem was created to address the shortcomings of

+using entries in sysfs to maintain EFI variables. The old sysfs EFI

+variables code only supported variables of up to 1024 bytes. This

+limitation existed in version 0.99 of the EFI specification, but was

+removed before any full releases. Since variables can now be larger

+than a single page, sysfs isn't the best interface for this.

+

+Variables can be created, deleted and modified with the efivarfs

+filesystem.

+

+efivarfs is typically mounted like this,

+

+	mount -t efivarfs none /sys/firmware/efi/efivars

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1.7.12.1

From f69c39248e2f1eebf24f5ee55139602c56d15aec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>

Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 11:32:17 +0100

Subject: [PATCH 05/17] efivarfs: efivarfs_file_read ensure we free data in