efi: Add nonblocking option to efi_query_variable_store()

The function efi_query_variable_store() may be invoked by
efivar_entry_set_nonblocking(), which itself takes care to only
call a non-blocking version of the SetVariable() runtime
wrapper. However, efi_query_variable_store() may call the
SetVariable() wrapper directly, as well as the wrapper for
QueryVariableInfo(), both of which could deadlock in the same
way we are trying to prevent by calling
efivar_entry_set_nonblocking() in the first place.

So instead, modify efi_query_variable_store() to use the
non-blocking variants of QueryVariableInfo() (and give up rather
than free up space if the available space is below
EFI_MIN_RESERVE) if invoked with the 'nonblocking' argument set
to true.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1454364428-494-5-git-send-email-matt@codeblueprint.co.uk
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 32 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
index 453504662a33..2326bf51978f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
@@ -57,13 +57,41 @@ void efi_delete_dummy_variable(void)
 }
 
 /*
+ * In the nonblocking case we do not attempt to perform garbage
+ * collection if we do not have enough free space. Rather, we do the
+ * bare minimum check and give up immediately if the available space
+ * is below EFI_MIN_RESERVE.
+ *
+ * This function is intended to be small and simple because it is
+ * invoked from crash handler paths.
+ */
+static efi_status_t
+query_variable_store_nonblocking(u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
+{
+	efi_status_t status;
+	u64 storage_size, remaining_size, max_size;
+
+	status = efi.query_variable_info_nonblocking(attributes, &storage_size,
+						     &remaining_size,
+						     &max_size);
+	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
+		return status;
+
+	if (remaining_size - size < EFI_MIN_RESERVE)
+		return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
+
+	return EFI_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+/*
  * Some firmware implementations refuse to boot if there's insufficient space
  * in the variable store. Ensure that we never use more than a safe limit.
  *
  * Return EFI_SUCCESS if it is safe to write 'size' bytes to the variable
  * store.
  */
-efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
+efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes, unsigned long size,
+				      bool nonblocking)
 {
 	efi_status_t status;
 	u64 storage_size, remaining_size, max_size;
@@ -71,6 +99,9 @@ efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
 	if (!(attributes & EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE))
 		return 0;
 
+	if (nonblocking)
+		return query_variable_store_nonblocking(attributes, size);
+
 	status = efi.query_variable_info(attributes, &storage_size,
 					 &remaining_size, &max_size);
 	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)