Re: [PATCH v2] efivarfs: expose used and total size

From: Ard Biesheuvel
Date: Wed May 17 2023 - 13:17:52 EST

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On Wed, 17 May 2023 at 17:38, Anisse Astier <anisse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Anisse Astier <an.astier@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> When writing EFI variables, one might get errors with no other message
> on why it fails. Being able to see how much is used by EFI variables
> helps analyzing such issues.
>
> Since this is not a conventionnal filesystem, block size is
> intentionnally set to 1 instead of PAGE_SIZE.
>
> x86 quirks of reserved size are taken into account; so that available
> and free size can be different, further helping debugging space issues.
>
> With this patch, one can see the remaining space in EFI variable storage
> via efivarfs, like this:
>
> $ df -h /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/
> Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> efivarfs 176K 106K 66K 62% /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
>
> Signed-off-by: Anisse Astier <an.astier@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks - I've queued this up now for v6.5

> ---
> Notes:
>
> Patch isn't split per subsystem intentionally, for better understanding
> of intent; I don't think it's necessary, but split could be trivial in
> an another version.
>
> Changes since v1:
> - update commit message to show how it can be used in userspace
> - add comments to explain the values put in f_bsize, f_blocks, f_bfree
> and f_bavail
> - rebase on top v6.4-rc2
>
> Thanks to Christan Brauner for the review.
>
> Regards,
>
> Anisse
>
> ---
> arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c | 8 ++++++++
> drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c | 1 +
> drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c | 12 ++++++++++++
> fs/efivarfs/super.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> include/linux/efi.h | 10 ++++++++++
> 5 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
> index b0b848d6933a..587fa51230e2 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c
> @@ -114,6 +114,14 @@ void efi_delete_dummy_variable(void)
> EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS, 0, NULL);
> }
>
> +u64 efi_reserved_space(void)
> +{
> + if (efi_no_storage_paranoia)
> + return 0;
> + return EFI_MIN_RESERVE;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efi_reserved_space);
> +
> /*
> * In the nonblocking case we do not attempt to perform garbage
> * collection if we do not have enough free space. Rather, we do the
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
> index abeff7dc0b58..d0dfa007bffc 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c
> @@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ static int generic_ops_register(void)
> generic_ops.get_variable = efi.get_variable;
> generic_ops.get_next_variable = efi.get_next_variable;
> generic_ops.query_variable_store = efi_query_variable_store;
> + generic_ops.query_variable_info = efi.query_variable_info;
>
> if (efi_rt_services_supported(EFI_RT_SUPPORTED_SET_VARIABLE)) {
> generic_ops.set_variable = efi.set_variable;
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
> index bfc5fa6aa47b..e9dc7116daf1 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/vars.c
> @@ -245,3 +245,15 @@ efi_status_t efivar_set_variable(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t *vendor,
> return status;
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(efivar_set_variable, EFIVAR);
> +
> +efi_status_t efivar_query_variable_info(u32 attr,
> + u64 *storage_space,
> + u64 *remaining_space,
> + u64 *max_variable_size)
> +{
> + if (!__efivars->ops->query_variable_info)
> + return EFI_UNSUPPORTED;
> + return __efivars->ops->query_variable_info(attr, storage_space,
> + remaining_space, max_variable_size);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_NS_GPL(efivar_query_variable_info, EFIVAR);
> diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/super.c b/fs/efivarfs/super.c
> index 482d612b716b..c27de959cb5b 100644
> --- a/fs/efivarfs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/efivarfs/super.c
> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
> #include <linux/ucs2_string.h>
> #include <linux/slab.h>
> #include <linux/magic.h>
> +#include <linux/statfs.h>
>
> #include "internal.h"
>
> @@ -23,8 +24,41 @@ static void efivarfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
> clear_inode(inode);
> }
>
> +static int efivarfs_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
> +{
> + u64 storage_space, remaining_space, max_variable_size;
> + efi_status_t status;
> + const u32 attr = (EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE | EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS |
> + EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS);
> +
> + buf->f_type = dentry->d_sb->s_magic;
> + /*
> + * This is not a normal filesystem, so no point in pretending it has a block
> + * size; we declare f_bsize to 1, so that we can then report the exact value
> + * sent by EFI QueryVariableInfo in f_blocks and f_bfree
> + */
> + buf->f_bsize = 1;
> + buf->f_namelen = NAME_MAX;
> +
> + status = efivar_query_variable_info(attr, &storage_space, &remaining_space,
> + &max_variable_size);
> + if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
> + return efi_status_to_err(status);
> + buf->f_blocks = storage_space;
> + buf->f_bfree = remaining_space;
> + /*
> + * In f_bavail we declare the free space that the kernel will allow writing
> + * when the storage_paranoia x86 quirk is active. To use more, users
> + * should boot the kernel with efi_no_storage_paranoia.
> + */
> + if (remaining_space > efi_reserved_space())
> + buf->f_bavail = remaining_space - efi_reserved_space();
> + else
> + buf->f_bavail = 0;
> + return 0;
> +}
> static const struct super_operations efivarfs_ops = {
> - .statfs = simple_statfs,
> + .statfs = efivarfs_statfs,
> .drop_inode = generic_delete_inode,
> .evict_inode = efivarfs_evict_inode,
> };
> diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
> index 7aa62c92185f..d2b686191870 100644
> --- a/include/linux/efi.h
> +++ b/include/linux/efi.h
> @@ -703,6 +703,7 @@ static inline void efi_enter_virtual_mode (void) {}
> extern efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes,
> unsigned long size,
> bool nonblocking);
> +extern u64 efi_reserved_space(void);
> #else
>
> static inline efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes,
> @@ -711,6 +712,10 @@ static inline efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes,
> {
> return EFI_SUCCESS;
> }
> +static inline u64 efi_reserved_space(void)
> +{
> + return 0;
> +}
> #endif
> extern void __iomem *efi_lookup_mapped_addr(u64 phys_addr);
>
> @@ -1042,6 +1047,7 @@ struct efivar_operations {
> efi_set_variable_t *set_variable;
> efi_set_variable_t *set_variable_nonblocking;
> efi_query_variable_store_t *query_variable_store;
> + efi_query_variable_info_t *query_variable_info;
> };
>
> struct efivars {
> @@ -1087,6 +1093,10 @@ efi_status_t efivar_set_variable_locked(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t *vendor,
> efi_status_t efivar_set_variable(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t *vendor,
> u32 attr, unsigned long data_size, void *data);
>
> +efi_status_t efivar_query_variable_info(u32 attr, u64 *storage_space,
> + u64 *remaining_space,
> + u64 *max_variable_size);
> +
> #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_LOADER)
> extern bool efi_capsule_pending(int *reset_type);
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>

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