From patchwork Mon Mar 17 10:13:15 2025 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Sudeep Holla X-Patchwork-Id: 874529 Received: from foss.arm.com (foss.arm.com [217.140.110.172]) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29D7D235360; Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:13:56 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=217.140.110.172 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1742206437; cv=none; b=TH4WmmtslXcfug0LEI6FJFz9ZAlsNOZyKQIHHyGZz9mAXQ30HyU7WxB38wqfndLyUKOrATI14flPEUde0Thjzxa1jblCGmf7/J+FmYCvuA1VtFPvrzP8tWt/CV11R8CMMSxcN1nQ8nXXA4Ewswin1EmFcZBrp5SX4aIyVrzQoNQ= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1742206437; c=relaxed/simple; bh=VEokSnJyXhEftEdyfwGq561rgvWcBLhUDuj1r+l6rgs=; h=From:Date:Subject:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Message-Id:References: In-Reply-To:To:Cc; b=jF7QW8qqOdSNovS5olfWlTkIwmjfRRigQ6v3sCsFjElfBrT7MHHb77SGOJiqCgvmo/IozJSrdpUrWSQdXB6YkMz4ZG5eLaXzPmEU0mXL/LodpbKqGv1QzRUjgDVx/GQfTnNdlW+K783T8FRjk4ZQdktoe3aLN1XcgnV6ojqEVuY= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=arm.com; arc=none smtp.client-ip=217.140.110.172 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=arm.com Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B67A3169E; Mon, 17 Mar 2025 03:14:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from e133711.arm.com (e133711.arm.com [10.1.196.55]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E6F0D3F673; Mon, 17 Mar 2025 03:13:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Sudeep Holla Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:13:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 3/9] efi: Remove redundant creation of the "efivars" platform device Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <20250317-plat2faux_dev-v1-3-5fe67c085ad5@arm.com> References: <20250317-plat2faux_dev-v1-0-5fe67c085ad5@arm.com> In-Reply-To: <20250317-plat2faux_dev-v1-0-5fe67c085ad5@arm.com> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Sudeep Holla , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Ard Biesheuvel , linux-efi@vger.kernel.org X-Mailer: b4 0.14.2 X-Developer-Signature: v=1; a=openpgp-sha256; l=952; i=sudeep.holla@arm.com; h=from:subject:message-id; bh=VEokSnJyXhEftEdyfwGq561rgvWcBLhUDuj1r+l6rgs=; b=owEBbQKS/ZANAwAIAQBBurwxfuKYAcsmYgBn1/Xb8mFJLpEV+BhIVgycTArbsBBiSD4DZ+jOf qb6lqCzxdyJAjMEAAEIAB0WIQS6ceUSBvMeskPdk+EAQbq8MX7imAUCZ9f12wAKCRAAQbq8MX7i mKiAD/9eS/QzJomSLZGIIvoB2Xft1eCCfIJ9MHNOGSAyiYGUUQdgMNbhKU6WSBErRXJ29MVHIm6 RKf8gKO0AmycYRuNT5OJYxDryIfGFRw72BYS8bb2PbHtWsbPKppb7Mf0zu2ELBtTvkrB+azesJo 5+WFz8caY01SVQJMDN6071RiTA0/b4GMkQcT39EMGwvnkN9oMe4lP5gPFhUkpSgHreZEdR22C6i 9SHeQlRjW3D+NTBuI+XgcIiPuI6mhxCDFEXh+CvxVmGulrSsno6kJKl28ciOqVzvXdT6kldSeMl VzulCOHD144uw7Cdd9ol4Ql3byCmcqlJAj/E4GYcT0W3gQZe+iG/kvTdLgfgOC9+btKWN7zrUKS mpaeRm25sM73daoBKSqbew++xyyOMhrzewzML0i6L07572YOelE8uLXNTmgXLCMZ8oQrM1/zwuE Ui2LYf+7suP83xYCTRT4fCGLo/8vkoDFpJq4I9JovlSv+XcBvWfSEfDmlyHjyukyUBKJm0i6ObL 4O2YBy6Zit2pG/drAFU8M0HDNSGVKAiHKggdknATOyeIKb41WU2O+/SClwRVBKsGW1vbclzmoa/ BlJ11U48D5wrEtXGMIgiQBYDQGjRaovJWZRFo7O9hNhraC6/RO24VZF7Xc6FXiZ3vzoVQLA6iTi 4YwqYKJMxNzvk1g== X-Developer-Key: i=sudeep.holla@arm.com; a=openpgp; fpr=7360A21742ADF5A11767C1C139CFD4755FE2D5B4 The "efivars" platform device is created but never tracked or used, as there is no driver associated with it. Since this device serves no functional purpose, removing its creation without affecting any functionality. Cc: Ard Biesheuvel Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla --- drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c index 7309394b8fc98cf7a3424af209b752f0251c8c89..eec173cb1f398d3b4f28b42c917e50e1728dc277 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi.c @@ -446,7 +446,6 @@ static int __init efisubsys_init(void) error = efivar_ssdt_load(); if (error) pr_err("efi: failed to load SSDT, error %d.\n", error); - platform_device_register_simple("efivars", 0, NULL, 0); } BLOCKING_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&efivar_ops_nh);