linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 186/218] efi: Expose non-blocking set

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Date:	Thu, 31 Mar 2016 13:16:39 -0700
From:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 186/218] efi: Expose non-blocking set_variable() wrapper to efivars

4.2.8-ckt7 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>

commit 9c6672ac9c91f7eb1ec436be1442b8c26d098e55 upstream.

Commit 6d80dba1c9fe ("efi: Provide a non-blocking SetVariable()
operation") implemented a non-blocking alternative for the UEFI
SetVariable() invocation performed by efivars, since it may
occur in atomic context. However, this version of the function
was never exposed via the efivars struct, so the non-blocking
versions was not actually callable. Fix that.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: linux-efi@...r.kernel.org
Fixes: 6d80dba1c9fe ("efi: Provide a non-blocking SetVariable() operation")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1454364428-494-2-git-send-email-matt@codeblueprint.co.uk
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
index d6144e3..2eb2f57 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ static int generic_ops_register(void)
 {
 	generic_ops.get_variable = efi.get_variable;
 	generic_ops.set_variable = efi.set_variable;
+	generic_ops.set_variable_nonblocking = efi.set_variable_nonblocking;
 	generic_ops.get_next_variable = efi.get_next_variable;
 	generic_ops.query_variable_store = efi_query_variable_store;
 
-- 
2.7.4