The intent is that if we aren't allowed to block because we're in an NMI or an emergency then we only take the lock if it is uncontended. Part of the problem is the test is reversed so we return -EBUSY if we acquire the lock. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Static checker stuff. I haven't tested this. diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c index 1d80c1c..f34d8fe 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c @@ -622,10 +622,12 @@ int efivar_entry_set_safe(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t vendor, u32 attributes, if (!ops->query_variable_store) return -ENOSYS; - if (!block && spin_trylock_irqsave(&__efivars->lock, flags)) - return -EBUSY; - else + if (!block) { + if (!spin_trylock_irqsave(&__efivars->lock, flags)) + return -EBUSY; + } else { spin_lock_irqsave(&__efivars->lock, flags); + } status = check_var_size(attributes, size + ucs2_strsize(name, 1024)); if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) { -- 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