[PATCH v2 06/11] efi_loader: move runtime variable read helpers to efi_variable.c

[Simon Glass]

On 2026-05-14T12:49:13, Harsimran Singh Tungal
<harsimransingh.tungal at arm.com> wrote:
> efi_loader: move runtime variable read helpers to efi_variable.c
>
> Relocate the generic runtime variable read helpers from
> efi_var_common.c to efi_variable.c.
>
> efi_var_common.c is always built, while efi_variable.c is only built
> when CONFIG_EFI_MM_COMM_TEE is unset. Earlier patches in this series
> add TEE/FF-A-specific runtime read helpers in efi_variable_tee.c.
> Leaving the generic definitions in efi_var_common.c would therefore
> cause a symbol clash in EFI_MM_COMM_TEE builds.
>
> Move efi_get_variable_runtime() and
> efi_get_next_variable_name_runtime() into efi_variable.c so the
> non-TEE backend keeps the generic memory-backed implementations,
> while the TEE/FF-A backend continues to provide its own runtime read
> helpers in efi_variable_tee.c.
>
> Signed-off-by: Harsimran Singh Tungal <harsimransingh.tungal at arm.com>
>
> lib/efi_loader/efi_var_common.c | 24 ------------------------
>  lib/efi_loader/efi_variable.c   | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>