On 24/04/13 00:55, Seiji Aguchi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I tested a current tip tree to check if the new API works.
> But pstore_erase() doesn't work...
> I'm checking the source code right now.
> 
> Seiji

[...]

> Call Trace:
>  [<ffffffff8143001f>] efi_pstore_erase+0xdf/0x130
>  [<ffffffff81200038>] ? cap_socket_create+0x8/0x10
>  [<ffffffff811ea491>] pstore_unlink+0x41/0x60
>  [<ffffffff811741ff>] vfs_unlink+0x9f/0x110
>  [<ffffffff8117813b>] do_unlinkat+0x18b/0x280
>  [<ffffffff81178472>] sys_unlinkat+0x22/0x40
>  [<ffffffff81542402>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b

Does this patch fix things?

---

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c 
b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c
index 47ae712..b820593 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static int efi_pstore_erase(enum pstore_type_id type, u64 
id, int count,
                            struct timespec time, struct pstore_info *psi)
 {
        struct pstore_erase_data edata;
-       struct efivar_entry *entry;
+       struct efivar_entry *entry = NULL;
        char name[DUMP_NAME_LEN];
        efi_char16_t efi_name[DUMP_NAME_LEN];
        int found, i;
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