[PATCH 2/2] efi: payload: refactor to use the external barebox state driver.

Ahmad Fatoum a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Sun Nov 2 22:40:13 PST 2025


Hi,

On 03.11.25 05:38, chalianis1 at gmail.com wrote:
> From: Chali Anis <chalianis1 at gmail.com>
> 
> use the external state config to pass the barebox state.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chali Anis <chalianis1 at gmail.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/configs/efi_v8_defconfig |  2 ++
>  efi/payload/init.c                | 50 -------------------------------

This breaks state for x86-efi, the original user of efi_late_init().

>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/efi_v8_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/efi_v8_defconfig
> index 5f946dd51d4a..26682aab304a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/configs/efi_v8_defconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/configs/efi_v8_defconfig
> @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ CONFIG_CONSOLE_RATP=y
>  CONFIG_PARTITION_DISK_EFI=y
>  CONFIG_DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_GENERIC_NEW=y
>  CONFIG_STATE=y
> +CONFIG_EXTERNAL_STATE=y
> +CONFIG_EXTERNAL_STATE_DTB_PATH="/boot/EFI/barebox/state.dtb"
>  CONFIG_BOOTCHOOSER=y
>  CONFIG_RESET_SOURCE=y
>  CONFIG_MACHINE_ID=y
> diff --git a/efi/payload/init.c b/efi/payload/init.c
> index 5b827c57ed1f..63d62395cf3f 100644
> --- a/efi/payload/init.c
> +++ b/efi/payload/init.c
> @@ -376,56 +376,6 @@ static int efi_postcore_init(void)
>  }
>  postcore_efi_initcall(efi_postcore_init);
>  
> -static int efi_late_init(void)
> -{
> -	const char *state_desc = "/boot/EFI/barebox/state.dtb";
> -	struct device_node *state_root = NULL;
> -	size_t size;
> -	void *fdt;
> -	int ret;
> -
> -	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STATE))
> -		return 0;
> -
> -	if (!get_mounted_path("/boot")) {
> -		pr_warn("boot device couldn't be determined%s\n",
> -			IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FS_EFI) ? "" : " without CONFIG_FS_EFI");
> -		return 0;
> -	}
> -
> -	fdt = read_file(state_desc, &size);
> -	if (!fdt) {
> -		pr_info("unable to read %s: %m\n", state_desc);
> -		return 0;
> -	}
> -
> -	state_root = of_unflatten_dtb(fdt, size);
> -	if (!IS_ERR(state_root)) {
> -		struct device_node *np = NULL;
> -		struct state *state;
> -
> -		ret = barebox_register_of(state_root);
> -		if (ret)
> -			pr_warn("Failed to register device-tree: %pe\n", ERR_PTR(ret));
> -
> -		np = of_find_node_by_alias(state_root, "state");
> -
> -		state = state_new_from_node(np, false);
> -		if (IS_ERR(state))
> -			return PTR_ERR(state);
> -
> -		ret = state_load(state);
> -		if (ret != -ENOMEDIUM)
> -			pr_warn("Failed to load persistent state, continuing with defaults, %d\n",
> -				ret);
> -
> -		return 0;
> -	}
> -
> -	return 0;
> -}
> -late_efi_initcall(efi_late_init);
> -
>  static int do_efiexit(int argc, char *argv[])
>  {
>  	if (!BS)


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