Commit-ID: ed9dc8ce7a1c8115dba9483a9b51df8b63a2e0ef Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/ed9dc8ce7a1c8115dba9483a9b51df8b63a2e0ef Author: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 11:40:17 -0600 Committer: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:43:46 +0000 efivars: Allow disabling use as a pstore backend Add a new option, CONFIG_EFI_VARS_PSTORE, which can be set to N to avoid using efivars as a backend to pstore, as some users may want to compile out the code completely. Set the default to Y to maintain backwards compatability, since this feature has always been enabled until now. Signed-off-by: Seth Forshee <seth.forshee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Garrett <mjg59@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@xxxxxxx> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/firmware/Kconfig | 9 +++++++ drivers/firmware/efivars.c | 64 +++++++++++++++------------------------------- 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 44 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig index 9b00072..898023d 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig @@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ config EFI_VARS Subsequent efibootmgr releases may be found at: <http://linux.dell.com/efibootmgr> +config EFI_VARS_PSTORE + bool "Register efivars backend for pstore" + depends on EFI_VARS && PSTORE + default y + help + Say Y here to enable use efivars as a backend to pstore. This + will allow writing console messages, crash dumps, or anything + else supported by pstore to EFI variables. + config EFI_PCDP bool "Console device selection via EFI PCDP or HCDP table" depends on ACPI && EFI && IA64 diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c index fe62aa3..37b6f24 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c @@ -1309,9 +1309,7 @@ static const struct inode_operations efivarfs_dir_inode_operations = { .create = efivarfs_create, }; -static struct pstore_info efi_pstore_info; - -#ifdef CONFIG_PSTORE +#ifdef CONFIG_EFI_VARS_PSTORE static int efi_pstore_open(struct pstore_info *psi) { @@ -1514,38 +1512,6 @@ static int efi_pstore_erase(enum pstore_type_id type, u64 id, int count, return 0; } -#else -static int efi_pstore_open(struct pstore_info *psi) -{ - return 0; -} - -static int efi_pstore_close(struct pstore_info *psi) -{ - return 0; -} - -static ssize_t efi_pstore_read(u64 *id, enum pstore_type_id *type, int *count, - struct timespec *timespec, - char **buf, struct pstore_info *psi) -{ - return -1; -} - -static int efi_pstore_write(enum pstore_type_id type, - enum kmsg_dump_reason reason, u64 *id, - unsigned int part, int count, size_t size, - struct pstore_info *psi) -{ - return 0; -} - -static int efi_pstore_erase(enum pstore_type_id type, u64 id, int count, - struct timespec time, struct pstore_info *psi) -{ - return 0; -} -#endif static struct pstore_info efi_pstore_info = { .owner = THIS_MODULE, @@ -1557,6 +1523,24 @@ static struct pstore_info efi_pstore_info = { .erase = efi_pstore_erase, }; +static void efivar_pstore_register(struct efivars *efivars) +{ + efivars->efi_pstore_info = efi_pstore_info; + efivars->efi_pstore_info.buf = kmalloc(4096, GFP_KERNEL); + if (efivars->efi_pstore_info.buf) { + efivars->efi_pstore_info.bufsize = 1024; + efivars->efi_pstore_info.data = efivars; + spin_lock_init(&efivars->efi_pstore_info.buf_lock); + pstore_register(&efivars->efi_pstore_info); + } +} +#else +static void efivar_pstore_register(struct efivars *efivars) +{ + return; +} +#endif + static ssize_t efivar_create(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj, struct bin_attribute *bin_attr, char *buf, loff_t pos, size_t count) @@ -2025,15 +2009,7 @@ int register_efivars(struct efivars *efivars, if (error) unregister_efivars(efivars); - efivars->efi_pstore_info = efi_pstore_info; - - efivars->efi_pstore_info.buf = kmalloc(4096, GFP_KERNEL); - if (efivars->efi_pstore_info.buf) { - efivars->efi_pstore_info.bufsize = 1024; - efivars->efi_pstore_info.data = efivars; - spin_lock_init(&efivars->efi_pstore_info.buf_lock); - pstore_register(&efivars->efi_pstore_info); - } + efivar_pstore_register(efivars); register_filesystem(&efivarfs_type); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html