On Fri, 2013-02-08 at 23:22 +0000, Seiji Aguchi wrote: > When I talked about query_variable_info() with Tony, > Matthew commented as follows. > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=134305325801789&w=2 > > <snip> > Running out of space in EFI isn't a well-tested scenario, and I wouldn't > expect all firmware to handle it gracefully. This is made worse by EFI 1 > not providing any information about available storage. > <snip> > > I'm just concerned that set_variable() may run in the out of space situation > if query_variable_info() and set_variable() are not atomic. Hmm... OK, I see your point. I'll add a new function that performs the query_variable_info() and set_variable() atomically. -- Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-efi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
