Hi Matt, 

First, thanks for your review!

於 四,2013-09-05 於 09:53 +0100,Matt Fleming 提到:
> On Thu, 22 Aug, at 07:01:50PM, Lee, Chun-Yi wrote:
> > +static int efi_status_to_err(efi_status_t status)
> > +{
> > +   int err;
> > +
> > +   switch (status) {
> > +   case EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER:
> > +           err = -EINVAL;
> > +           break;
> > +   case EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES:
> > +           err = -ENOSPC;
> > +           break;
> > +   case EFI_DEVICE_ERROR:
> > +           err = -EIO;
> > +           break;
> > +   case EFI_WRITE_PROTECTED:
> > +           err = -EROFS;
> > +           break;
> > +   case EFI_SECURITY_VIOLATION:
> > +           err = -EACCES;
> > +           break;
> > +   case EFI_NOT_FOUND:
> > +           err = -ENODATA;
> > +           break;
> > +   default:
> > +           err = -EINVAL;
> > +   }
> > +
> > +   return err;
> > +}
> 
> Please don't reimplement this. Instead make the existing function
> global.
> 

OK, I will make the function to global.

> [...]
> 
> > +static void *load_wake_key_data(unsigned long *datasize)
> > +{
> > +   u32 attr;
> > +   void *wkey_data;
> > +   efi_status_t status;
> > +
> > +   if (!efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES))
> > +           return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
> > +
> > +   /* obtain the size */
> > +   *datasize = 0;
> > +   status = efi.get_variable(EFI_S4_WAKE_KEY_NAME, &EFI_HIBERNATE_GUID,
> > +                             NULL, datasize, NULL);
> > +   if (status != EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL) {
> > +           wkey_data = ERR_PTR(efi_status_to_err(status));
> > +           pr_err("PM: Couldn't get wake key data size: 0x%lx\n", status);
> > +           goto error;
> > +   }
> 
> Is it safe to completely bypass the efivars interface and access
> efi.get_variable() directly? I wouldn't have thought so, unless you can
> guarantee that the kernel isn't going to access any of the EFI runtime
> services while you execute this function.
> 

This S4WakeKey is a VOLATILE variable that could not modify by
SetVariable() at runtime. So, it's read only even through efivars. 

Does it what your concern?


Thanks a lot!
Joey Lee

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