linux-kernel - Re: [tip:x86/efi2] efivars: efivar

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Date:	Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:27:31 +0100
From:	Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@...el.com>
To:	Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@....com>
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Subject: Re: [tip:x86/efi2] efivars: efivar_entry API

On 26/04/13 16:43, Seiji Aguchi wrote:
> I tested pstore_read() as well.
> And /dev/pstore/dmesg-efi-X was empty....
> 
> This must be __efivar_entry_get() instead of __efivar_entry_size().
> (We may have to introduce _efivar_entry_get_locked() to avoid deadlock.)
> 
> I think it is a final bug report related to this new API patch.

Can you try the 'efi-for-tip-fixes' branch at,

  git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mfleming/efi.git

and see if your problems are solved?
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