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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)
commit726475a140e7cff7bdc354800556ea49f2160833
tree188c86a4a9813c587dcc28c75f829def4fe2004c
parent6027db437bb736456381831119827d4cb9a6919e
efi: efibc: check for efivars write capability

Branden reports that commit

  e0d5de6a820506 ("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: e0d5de6a820506 ("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