Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] efi: Add 'nr_config_table' variable in efi structure

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On Thu, 12 Mar 2020 at 02:12, Qiuxu Zhuo <qiuxu.zhuo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The 'nr_config_table' and 'config_table' (already in efi structure)
> in efi structure provide a way for some driver(e.g. capsule-pstore
> goes through the configuration table to extract crash capsules to
> aid in debugging) to iterate over the EFI configuration table array.
>
> Signed-off-by: Qiuxu Zhuo <qiuxu.zhuo@xxxxxxxxx>

As indicated in my reply to your cover letter, I don't think we need
this patch. Please drop it.

> ---
>  arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c     | 1 +
>  drivers/firmware/efi/arm-init.c | 4 +++-
>  drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c      | 1 +
>  include/linux/efi.h             | 1 +
>  4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
> index ae923ee8e2b4..2f3065905e8a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
> @@ -456,6 +456,7 @@ void __init efi_init(void)
>                 return;
>
>         efi.config_table = (unsigned long)efi.systab->tables;
> +       efi.nr_config_table = (unsigned long)efi.systab->nr_tables;
>         efi.fw_vendor    = (unsigned long)efi.systab->fw_vendor;
>         efi.runtime      = (unsigned long)efi.systab->runtime;
>
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/arm-init.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/arm-init.c
> index d99f5b0c8a09..f2e2e1c1624b 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/arm-init.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/arm-init.c
> @@ -143,8 +143,10 @@ static int __init uefi_init(void)
>                                          sizeof(efi_config_table_t),
>                                          arch_tables);
>
> -       if (!retval)
> +       if (!retval) {
>                 efi.config_table = (unsigned long)efi.systab->tables;
> +               efi.nr_config_table = (unsigned long)efi.systab->nr_tables;
> +       }
>
>         early_memunmap(config_tables, table_size);
>  out:
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
> index 621220ab3d0e..1b599941bad3 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
> @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ struct efi __read_mostly efi = {
>         .fw_vendor              = EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR,
>         .runtime                = EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR,
>         .config_table           = EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR,
> +       .nr_config_table        = 0,
>         .esrt                   = EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR,
>         .properties_table       = EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR,
>         .mem_attr_table         = EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR,
> diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
> index 7efd7072cca5..13b3fe069f1f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/efi.h
> +++ b/include/linux/efi.h
> @@ -913,6 +913,7 @@ extern struct efi {
>         unsigned long fw_vendor;        /* fw_vendor */
>         unsigned long runtime;          /* runtime table */
>         unsigned long config_table;     /* config tables */
> +       unsigned long nr_config_table; /* the number of config tables */
>         unsigned long esrt;             /* ESRT table */
>         unsigned long properties_table; /* properties table */
>         unsigned long mem_attr_table;   /* memory attributes table */
> --
> 2.17.1
>



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