[PATCH v3 2/3] efi_firmware: set EFI capsule dfu_alt_info env explicitly

[Mattijs Korpershoek]

Hi Jon,

Thank you for the patch.

On jeu., févr. 13, 2025 at 13:53, Jonathan Humphreys <j-humphreys at ti.com> wrote:

> The current implementation of EFI capsule update uses set_dfu_alt_info() to
> set the dfu_alt_info environment variable with the settings it requires.
> However, set_dfu_alt_info() is doing this for all DFU operations, even
> those unrelated to capsule update.
>
> Thus other uses of DFU, such as DFU boot which sets its own value for the
> dfu_alt_info environment variable, will have that setting overwritten with
> the capsule update setting. Similarly, any user defined value for the
> dfu_alt_info environment variable would get overwritten when any DFU
> operation was performed, including simply performing a "dfu 0 list"
> command.
>
> The solution is stop using the set_dfu_alt_info() mechanism to set the
> dfu_alt_info environment variable and instead explicitly set it to the
> capsule update's setting just before performing the capsule update's DFU
> operation, and then restore the environment variable back to its original
> value.
>
> This patch implements the explicit setting and restoring of the
> dfu_alt_info environment variable as part of the EFI capsule update
> operation.
>
> The fix is fully implemented in a subsequent patch that removes the capsule
> update dfu_alt_info support in set_dfu_alt_info().
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Humphreys <j-humphreys at ti.com>

Reviewed-by: Mattijs Korpershoek <mkorpershoek at baylibre.com>

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