[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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