From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
To: barebox@lists.infradead.org, Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] efi: loader: don't let VarToFile stop the variable file from being written
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:07:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <178792246421.464894.3840094544401539146.b4-ty@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260826094800.2564299-1-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
On Wed, 26 Aug 2026 11:47:57 +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> efi_var_collect() walks the variable store with GetNextVariableName() and
> reads every variable it finds into a buffer the size of the store, then
> keeps only those matching the attribute mask. Reading a variable whose
> value does not fit aborts the collection, and with it the write of the
> variable file:
>
> efi-loader: var-file: Failed to persist EFI variables Out of memory
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[1/2] efi: loader: don't let VarToFile stop the variable file from being written
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=655c59531037 (link may not be stable)
[2/2] efi: loader: keep booting when the runtime variable store is unavailable
https://git.pengutronix.de/cgit/barebox/commit/?id=b6ce84a22fe5 (link may not be stable)
Best regards,
--
Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-26 9:47 Ahmad Fatoum
2026-08-26 9:47 ` [PATCH 2/2] efi: loader: keep booting when the runtime variable store is unavailable Ahmad Fatoum
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