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Date:   Wed, 6 Dec 2017 12:30:44 -0800
From:   tip-bot for Dave Young <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     tglx@...utronix.de, ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        matt@...eblueprint.co.uk, hpa@...or.com, dyoung@...hat.com
Subject: [tip:efi/urgent] efi: Add comment to avoid future expanding of
 sysfs systab

Commit-ID:  0b02e448a2ebb46eb9be4f1bdfc87112bd420cbf
Gitweb:     https://git.kernel.org/tip/0b02e448a2ebb46eb9be4f1bdfc87112bd420cbf
Author:     Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 09:50:10 +0000
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 19:32:23 +0100

efi: Add comment to avoid future expanding of sysfs systab

/sys/firmware/efi/systab shows several different values, it breaks sysfs
one file one value design.  But since there are already userspace tools
depend on it eg. kexec-tools so add code comment to alert future expanding
of this file.

Signed-off-by: Dave Young <dyoung@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: linux-efi@...r.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171206095010.24170-4-ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
index c3eefa1..557a478 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ struct kobject *efi_kobj;
 /*
  * Let's not leave out systab information that snuck into
  * the efivars driver
+ * Note, do not add more fields in systab sysfs file as it breaks sysfs
+ * one value per file rule!
  */
 static ssize_t systab_show(struct kobject *kobj,
 			   struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)