Re: [PATCH 2/2] efi: be more paranoid about available space when creating variables

2013-03-18 Thread Matt Fleming
On Sun, 2013-03-17 at 05:04 +, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Mon, 2013-03-11 at 17:48 -0400, Josh Boyer wrote: > > Upstream commit commit 68d929862e29a8b52a7f2f2f86a0600423b093cd > [...] > > It appears that earlier kernel versions will also need commit > d80a361d779a ('efi_pstore: Check remaining

Re: [PATCH 2/2] efi: be more paranoid about available space when creating variables

2013-03-16 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2013-03-11 at 17:48 -0400, Josh Boyer wrote: > Upstream commit commit 68d929862e29a8b52a7f2f2f86a0600423b093cd [...] It appears that earlier kernel versions will also need commit d80a361d779a ('efi_pstore: Check remaining space with QueryVariableInfo() before writing data') and then a furt

[PATCH 2/2] efi: be more paranoid about available space when creating variables

2013-03-11 Thread Josh Boyer
Upstream commit commit 68d929862e29a8b52a7f2f2f86a0600423b093cd UEFI variables are typically stored in flash. For various reasons, avaiable space is typically not reclaimed immediately upon the deletion of a variable - instead, the system will garbage collect during initialisation after a reboot.