Re: [PATCH v3 3/7] efi: runtime-wrappers: add a nonblocking version of QueryVariableInfo

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On Mon, 14 Dec, at 11:40:27AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> From: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> This introduces a new runtime wrapper for the QueryVariableInfo() UEFI
> Runtime Service, which gives up immediately rather than spins on failure
> to grab the efi_runtime spinlock.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/efi.h                     |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)

Thanks Ard, applied with this additional piece in the commit log, 

  This is required in the non-blocking path of the efi-pstore code.

so that we don't have to wonder in 6 months why we introduced this
wrapper.
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