* Compostella, Jeremy <jeremy.composte...@intel.com> wrote:

> -static void efibc_set_variable(const char *name, const char *value)
> +static int efibc_set_variable(const char *name, const char *value)
>  {
>       int ret;
>       efi_guid_t guid = LINUX_EFI_LOADER_ENTRY_GUID;
> -     struct efivar_entry entry;
> +     struct efivar_entry *entry;
>       size_t size = (strlen(value) + 1) * sizeof(efi_char16_t);
>  
> -     if (size > sizeof(entry.var.Data))
> +     if (size > sizeof(entry->var.Data)) {
>               pr_err("value is too large");
> +             return -1;
> +     }
>  
> -     efibc_str_to_str16(name, entry.var.VariableName);
> -     efibc_str_to_str16(value, (efi_char16_t *)entry.var.Data);
> -     memcpy(&entry.var.VendorGuid, &guid, sizeof(guid));
> +     entry = kmalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
> +     if (!entry) {
> +             pr_err("failed to allocate efivar entry");
> +             return -1;
> +     }
>  
> -     ret = efivar_entry_set(&entry,
> +     efibc_str_to_str16(name, entry->var.VariableName);
> +     efibc_str_to_str16(value, (efi_char16_t *)entry->var.Data);
> +     memcpy(&entry->var.VendorGuid, &guid, sizeof(guid));
> +
> +     ret = efivar_entry_set(entry,
>                              EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE
>                              | EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS
>                              | EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS,
> -                            size, entry.var.Data, NULL);
> +                            size, entry->var.Data, NULL);
>       if (ret)
>               pr_err("failed to set %s EFI variable: 0x%x\n",
>                      name, ret);
> +
> +     kfree(entry);
> +     return ret;
>  }
>  
>  static int efibc_reboot_notifier_call(struct notifier_block *notifier,
>                                     unsigned long event, void *data)
>  {
>       const char *reason = "shutdown";
> +     int ret;
>  
>       if (event == SYS_RESTART)
>               reason = "reboot";
>  
> -     efibc_set_variable("LoaderEntryRebootReason", reason);
> -
> -     if (!data)
> -             return NOTIFY_DONE;
> +     ret = efibc_set_variable("LoaderEntryRebootReason", reason);
> +     if (ret || !data)
> +             return NOTIFY_DONE;
>  
>       efibc_set_variable("LoaderEntryOneShot", (char *)data);

Hm, can reboot notifiers do non-atomic allocations?

Why is efivar_entry so huge?

Thanks,

        Ingo

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