By default, the efi-pstore backend hardcode the UEFI variable size as 1024 bytes. That's not a big deal, but at the same time having no way to change that in the kernel is a bit bummer for specialized users - there is not such a limit in the UEFI specification. So, add here a module parameter to enable advanced users to change the UEFI record size for efi-pstore data collection. Through empirical analysis we observed that extreme low values (like 8 bytes) could eventually cause writing issues, so we limit the low end to 1024 bytes (which is also the default). Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Guilherme G. Piccoli <gpiccoli@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c index 97a9e84840a0..78c27f6a83aa 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-pstore.c @@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ MODULE_IMPORT_NS(EFIVAR); #define DUMP_NAME_LEN 66 -#define EFIVARS_DATA_SIZE_MAX 1024 +static unsigned int record_size = 1024; +module_param(record_size, uint, 0444); +MODULE_PARM_DESC(record_size, "size of each pstore UEFI var (in bytes, min/default=1024)"); static bool efivars_pstore_disable = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI_VARS_PSTORE_DEFAULT_DISABLE); @@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ static int efi_pstore_open(struct pstore_info *psi) if (err) return err; - psi->data = kzalloc(EFIVARS_DATA_SIZE_MAX, GFP_KERNEL); + psi->data = kzalloc(record_size, GFP_KERNEL); if (!psi->data) return -ENOMEM; @@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ static inline u64 generic_id(u64 timestamp, unsigned int part, int count) static int efi_pstore_read_func(struct pstore_record *record, efi_char16_t *varname) { - unsigned long wlen, size = EFIVARS_DATA_SIZE_MAX; + unsigned long wlen, size = record_size; char name[DUMP_NAME_LEN], data_type; efi_status_t status; int cnt; @@ -133,7 +135,7 @@ static ssize_t efi_pstore_read(struct pstore_record *record) efi_status_t status; for (;;) { - varname_size = EFIVARS_DATA_SIZE_MAX; + varname_size = record_size; /* * If this is the first read() call in the pstore enumeration, @@ -224,11 +226,14 @@ static __init int efivars_pstore_init(void) if (efivars_pstore_disable) return 0; + if (record_size < 1024) + record_size = 1024; + efi_pstore_info.buf = kmalloc(4096, GFP_KERNEL); if (!efi_pstore_info.buf) return -ENOMEM; - efi_pstore_info.bufsize = 1024; + efi_pstore_info.bufsize = record_size; if (pstore_register(&efi_pstore_info)) { kfree(efi_pstore_info.buf); -- 2.38.0