linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] efi: pstore: Allow dynamic initialization based on module parameter

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Date: Thu,  1 Feb 2024 10:01:46 -0800
From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To: ardb@...nel.org,
	linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
	"Guilherme G. Piccoli" <gpiccoli@...lia.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	tony.luck@...el.com,
	linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel@...ccoli.net,
	kernel-dev@...lia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] efi: pstore: Allow dynamic initialization based on module parameter

On Wed, 03 Jan 2024 15:40:32 -0300, Guilherme G. Piccoli wrote:
> The efi-pstore module parameter "pstore_disable" warrants that users
> are able to deactivate such backend. There is also a Kconfig option
> for the default value of this parameter. It was originally added due
> to some bad UEFI FW implementations that could break with many variables
> written.
> 
> Some distros (such as Arch Linux) set this in their config file still
> nowadays. And once it is set, even being a writable module parameter,
> there is effectively no way to make use of efi-pstore anymore.
> If "pstore_disable" is set to true, the init function of the module exits
> early and is never called again after the initcall processing.
> 
> [...]

Applied to for-next/pstore, thanks!

[1/1] efi: pstore: Allow dynamic initialization based on module parameter
      https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/c3f849caf81b

Take care,

-- 
Kees Cook