[PATCH 04/25] efi: Do not register IPv[46] devices

Sascha Hauer s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Mon Dec 13 13:08:44 PST 2021


Some UEFI instances create IPv4 and IPv6 messaging devices as children
of the main MAC messaging device. Don't register these in
barebox as they would show up as duplicate ethernet devices.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
---
 drivers/efi/efi-device.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/efi/efi-device.c b/drivers/efi/efi-device.c
index 25c8eeaf01..6c86a8ab1a 100644
--- a/drivers/efi/efi-device.c
+++ b/drivers/efi/efi-device.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <efi.h>
 #include <efi/efi.h>
 #include <efi/efi-device.h>
+#include <efi/device-path.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 
 static int efi_locate_handle(enum efi_locate_search_type search_type,
@@ -180,13 +181,24 @@ static struct efi_device *efi_add_device(efi_handle_t *handle, efi_guid_t **guid
 	return efidev;
 }
 
-
 static int efi_register_device(struct efi_device *efidev)
 {
 	char *dev_path_str;
 	struct efi_device *parent;
 	int ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * Some UEFI instances create IPv4 and IPv6 messaging devices as children
+	 * of the main MAC messaging device. Don't register these in barebox as
+	 * they would show up as duplicate ethernet devices.
+	 */
+	if (device_path_to_type(efidev->devpath) == MESSAGING_DEVICE_PATH) {
+		u8 subtype = device_path_to_subtype(efidev->devpath);
+
+		if (subtype == MSG_IPv4_DP || subtype == MSG_IPv6_DP)
+			return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (efi_find_device(efidev->handle))
 		return -EEXIST;
 
-- 
2.30.2




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