linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] efi: Get the secure boot status

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Date:   Tue, 22 Nov 2016 14:57:28 +0000
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>,
        Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@...ula.com>,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, keyrings@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] efi: Get the secure boot status

David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com> wrote:

> That makes it less clear.  I think something like this makes it much more
> obvious:
> 
>     static efi_status_t get_efi_var(const efi_char16_t *name,
> 				const efi_guid_t *vendor,
> 				u32 *attr,
> 				unsigned long *data_size, void *data)
>     {
> 	return efi_call_runtime(get_variable,
> 				(efi_char16_t *)name, (efi_guid_t *)vendor,
> 				attr, data_size, data);
>     }
> 
> And then doing:
> 
> 	status = get_efi_var(efi_SecureBoot_name, &efi_variable_guid,
> 			     NULL, &size, &val);
> 
> which the compiler will inline.

Of course, it has to be a macro because efi_call_runtime() has an undeclared
argument on ARM...

David