> ie, can you try something like this? > > diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c > index f3e54f6616f0..01cbd4811d1e 100644 > --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c > +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/runtime-wrappers.c > @@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ > #include <linux/stringify.h> > #include <linux/workqueue.h> > #include <linux/completion.h> > +#include <linux/ucs2_string.h> > +#include <linux/slab.h> > > #include <asm/efi.h> > > @@ -203,6 +205,21 @@ static void efi_call_rts(struct work_struct *work) > (efi_time_t *)arg2); > break; > case EFI_GET_VARIABLE: > + unsigned long utf8_name_size; > + char *utf8_name; > + char guid_str[sizeof(efi_guid_t)+1]; > + > + utf8_name_size = ucs2_utf8size((efi_char16_t *)arg1); > + utf8_name = kmalloc(utf8_name_size+1, GFP_KERNEL); > + if (!utf8_name) { > + printk(KERN_INFO "failed to allocate UTF8 buffer\n"); > + break; > + } > + > + ucs2_as_utf8(utf8_name, (efi_char16_t *)arg1, utf8_name_size + 1); > + efi_guid_to_str((efi_guid_t *)arg2, guid_str); > + > + printk(KERN_INFO "Reading EFI variable %s-%s\n", utf8_name, guid_str); > status = efi_call_virt(get_variable, (efi_char16_t *)arg1, > (efi_guid_t *)arg2, (u32 *)arg3, > (unsigned long *)arg4, (void *)arg5); > Hi Matthew I haven't tested this yet (Kernel is compiling) but I have found out that this part of the code is causing a crash static __init void *get_cert_list(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t *guid, unsigned long *size, efi_status_t *status) { unsigned long lsize = 4; unsigned long tmpdb[4]; void *db; *status = efi.get_variable(name, guid, NULL, &lsize, &tmpdb); if (*status == EFI_NOT_FOUND) return NULL; if (*status != EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL) { pr_err("Couldn't get size: 0x%lx\n", *status); return NULL; } db = kmalloc(lsize, GFP_KERNEL); if (!db) return NULL; *status = efi.get_variable(name, guid, NULL, &lsize, db); if (*status != EFI_SUCCESS) { kfree(db); pr_err("Error reading db var: 0x%lx\n", *status); return NULL; } *size = lsize; return db; } If I remove the return 0 I had added from other 3 left functions, crash doesn't occur. When the kernel compiles with your patch, I’ll send whatever I get. Regards Aditya