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efi: efibc: check for efivars write capability
authorArd Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Tue, 15 Sep 2020 15:12:09 +0000 (18:12 +0300)
committerArd Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Tue, 15 Sep 2020 15:22:47 +0000 (18:22 +0300)
commit1db69fcbcde71769593d741fe665e5043d9cb4e9
tree188c86a4a9813c587dcc28c75f829def4fe2004c
parent2a176951cbe7f0769ddd226e3939a92f3ef43851
efi: efibc: check for efivars write capability

Branden reports that commit

  6f3d9aa771ea6d ("efi/efivars: Expose RT service availability via efivars abstraction")

regresses UEFI platforms that implement GetVariable but not SetVariable
when booting kernels that have EFIBC (bootloader control) enabled.

The reason is that EFIBC is a user of the efivars abstraction, which was
updated to permit users that rely only on the read capability, but not on
the write capability. EFIBC is in the latter category, so it has to check
explicitly whether efivars supports writes.

Fixes: 6f3d9aa771ea6d ("efi/efivars: Expose RT service availability via efivars abstraction")
Tested-by: Branden Sherrell <sherrellbc@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-efi/AE217103-C96F-4AFC-8417-83EC11962004@gmail.com/
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
drivers/firmware/efi/efibc.c