[PATCH v2 3/3] efi: payload: export resolved state as a BareboxState UEFI variable

chalianis1 at gmail.com chalianis1 at gmail.com
Mon Aug 24 16:52:50 PDT 2026


From: Chali Anis <chalianis1 at gmail.com>

When a "barebox,state" node is already reachable via barebox's live
devicetree (statically compiled in, or injected by
CONFIG_STATE_OVERLAY), render its fully resolved description - backend
phandle included - with of_state_fixup() and publish it as a
"BareboxState" UEFI variable, so an OS-side consumer can locate the
state layout without needing a separate state.dtb file on the ESP.

Since a state node reachable this way makes the standalone
/boot/EFI/barebox/state.dtb loading path redundant, skip it whenever
a "state" alias is already present in the live devicetree.

Assisted-by: Claude Sonnet 5
Signed-off-by: Chali Anis <chalianis1 at gmail.com>
---
 efi/payload/init.c | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/efi/payload/init.c b/efi/payload/init.c
index f0ce2a82cefc..eabebafb3774 100644
--- a/efi/payload/init.c
+++ b/efi/payload/init.c
@@ -287,6 +287,50 @@ core_efi_initcall(efi_register_firmware_nodes_fixup);
 #define EFI_LOADER_FEATURE_SECUREBOOT_ENROLL       (1LL << 11)
 #define EFI_LOADER_FEATURE_RETAIN_SHIM             (1LL << 12)
 
+static int state_to_efivars_export(void)
+{
+	struct device_node *np, *state_root;
+	struct state *state;
+	void *fdt;
+	size_t size;
+	int ret;
+
+	state_root = of_find_node_by_alias(NULL, "state");
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STATE) || !state_root)
+		return 0;
+
+	state = state_by_node(state_root);
+	if (!state)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	np = of_new_node(NULL, NULL);
+	if (!np)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	ret = of_state_fixup(np, state);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	fdt = of_flatten_dtb(np);
+	if (!fdt) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	size = fdt_totalsize(fdt);
+
+	efi_set_variable("BareboxState", &efi_systemd_vendor_guid,
+			  EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS |
+			  EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS,
+			  fdt, size);
+
+	free(fdt);
+	ret = 0;
+out:
+	of_delete_node(np);
+	return ret;
+}
+late_efi_initcall(state_to_efivars_export);
 
 static int efi_postcore_init(void)
 {
@@ -356,7 +400,7 @@ static int efi_late_init(void)
 	void *fdt;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STATE))
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STATE) || of_find_node_by_alias(NULL, "state"))
 		return 0;
 
 	if (!get_mounted_path("/boot")) {



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