[U-Boot] [U-Boot, 1/2] efi_loader: run CreateEvent() notify function based on flags

Heinrich Schuchardt xypron.glpk at gmx.de
Thu Jun 29 20:48:20 UTC 2017


On 03/12/2017 09:26 AM, Jonathan Gray wrote:
> The UEFI specification states that the tpl, function and context
> arguments are to be ignored if neither EVT_NOTIFY_WAIT or
> EVT_NOTIFY_SIGNAL are specified.  This matches observed behaviour with
> an AMI EDK2 based UEFI implementation.
> 
> Skip calling the notify function if neither flag is present.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Gray <jsg at jsg.id.au>

In case of EVT_NOTIFY_WAIT we should also check if the event is already
in the signaled state. But this flag is not implemented yet.
Couldn't you implement that flag first?

Acked-By: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>

> ---
>  include/efi_api.h             | 3 +++
>  lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c | 4 +++-
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/efi_api.h b/include/efi_api.h
> index 5c3836a51b..f071b36b53 100644
> --- a/include/efi_api.h
> +++ b/include/efi_api.h
> @@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ enum efi_event_type {
>  	EFI_TIMER_RELATIVE = 2
>  };
>  
> +#define EVT_NOTIFY_WAIT		0x00000100
> +#define EVT_NOTIFY_SIGNAL	0x00000200
> +
>  /* EFI Boot Services table */
>  struct efi_boot_services {
>  	struct efi_table_hdr hdr;
> diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
> index 51080cbeed..eb5946a959 100644
> --- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
> +++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c
> @@ -210,7 +210,9 @@ void efi_timer_check(void)
>  		/* Triggering! */
>  		if (efi_event.trigger_type == EFI_TIMER_PERIODIC)
>  			efi_event.trigger_next += efi_event.trigger_time / 10;
> -		efi_event.notify_function(&efi_event, efi_event.notify_context);
> +		if (efi_event.type & (EVT_NOTIFY_WAIT | EVT_NOTIFY_SIGNAL))
> +			efi_event.notify_function(&efi_event,
> +			                          efi_event.notify_context);
>  	}
>  
>  	WATCHDOG_RESET();
> 



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