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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/efi.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/efi.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h index d59b0947fba0..418e555459da 100644 --- a/include/linux/efi.h +++ b/include/linux/efi.h @@ -1072,12 +1072,11 @@ static inline u64 efivar_reserved_space(void) { return 0; } #endif /* - * The maximum size of VariableName + Data = 1024 - * Therefore, it's reasonable to save that much - * space in each part of the structure, - * and we use a page for reading/writing. + * There is no actual upper limit specified for the variable name size. + * + * This limit exists only for practical purposes, since name conversions + * are bounds-checked and name data is occasionally stored in-line. */ - #define EFI_VAR_NAME_LEN 1024 int efivars_register(struct efivars *efivars, |