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authorMarius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>2018-08-28 00:18:34 +0200
committerMarius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>2018-08-28 01:19:28 +0200
commit526ce419303ac511be8d51b41471022bed472e6b (patch)
tree1d8475bc359713d6fa405116e556e901862563d7
parent2987b2e0d2dba6569799452353890ce5e967898d (diff)
gnu: GRUB: Check for errors from efibootmgr.
* gnu/packages/patches/grub-check-error-efibootmgr.patch: New file. * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Register it. * gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm (grub)[source](patches): New field.
-rw-r--r--gnu/local.mk1
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm3
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/patches/grub-check-error-efibootmgr.patch176
3 files changed, 179 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index d0e84c5972..a2e538570b 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -769,6 +769,7 @@ dist_patch_DATA = \
%D%/packages/patches/grep-timing-sensitive-test.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/groff-source-date-epoch.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/groovy-add-exceptionutilsgenerator.patch \
+ %D%/packages/patches/grub-check-error-efibootmgr.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/gsl-test-i686.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/gspell-dash-test.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/guile-1.8-cpp-4.5.patch \
diff --git a/gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm b/gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm
index 727789a96e..e9abf399ab 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/bootloaders.scm
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@
(uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/grub/grub-" version ".tar.xz"))
(sha256
(base32
- "03vvdfhdmf16121v7xs8is2krwnv15wpkhkf16a4yf8nsfc3f2w1"))))
+ "03vvdfhdmf16121v7xs8is2krwnv15wpkhkf16a4yf8nsfc3f2w1"))
+ (patches (search-patches "grub-check-error-efibootmgr.patch"))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(arguments
`(#:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/grub-check-error-efibootmgr.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/grub-check-error-efibootmgr.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2fd160c9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/grub-check-error-efibootmgr.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+Without this patch, GRUB may proceed to wipe all firmware boot entries
+and report a successful installation, even if efibootmgr hit an error.
+
+Origin URL:
+https://git.sv.gnu.org/cgit/grub.git/commit/?id=6400613ad0b463abc93362086a491cd2a5e99b0d
+
+From 6400613ad0b463abc93362086a491cd2a5e99b0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>
+Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 21:49:36 +0000
+Subject: Make grub-install check for errors from efibootmgr
+
+Code is currently ignoring errors from efibootmgr, giving users
+clearly bogus output like:
+
+ Setting up grub-efi-amd64 (2.02~beta3-4) ...
+ Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
+ Could not delete variable: No space left on device
+ Could not prepare Boot variable: No space left on device
+ Installation finished. No error reported.
+
+and then potentially unbootable systems. If efibootmgr fails, grub-install
+should know that and report it!
+
+We've been using similar patch in Debian now for some time, with no ill effects.
+
+diff --git a/grub-core/osdep/unix/platform.c b/grub-core/osdep/unix/platform.c
+index a3fcfca..ca448bc 100644
+--- a/grub-core/osdep/unix/platform.c
++++ b/grub-core/osdep/unix/platform.c
+@@ -78,19 +78,20 @@ get_ofpathname (const char *dev)
+ dev);
+ }
+
+-static void
++static int
+ grub_install_remove_efi_entries_by_distributor (const char *efi_distributor)
+ {
+ int fd;
+ pid_t pid = grub_util_exec_pipe ((const char * []){ "efibootmgr", NULL }, &fd);
+ char *line = NULL;
+ size_t len = 0;
++ int rc;
+
+ if (!pid)
+ {
+ grub_util_warn (_("Unable to open stream from %s: %s"),
+ "efibootmgr", strerror (errno));
+- return;
++ return errno;
+ }
+
+ FILE *fp = fdopen (fd, "r");
+@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ grub_install_remove_efi_entries_by_distributor (const char *efi_distributor)
+ {
+ grub_util_warn (_("Unable to open stream from %s: %s"),
+ "efibootmgr", strerror (errno));
+- return;
++ return errno;
+ }
+
+ line = xmalloc (80);
+@@ -119,23 +120,25 @@ grub_install_remove_efi_entries_by_distributor (const char *efi_distributor)
+ bootnum = line + sizeof ("Boot") - 1;
+ bootnum[4] = '\0';
+ if (!verbosity)
+- grub_util_exec ((const char * []){ "efibootmgr", "-q",
++ rc = grub_util_exec ((const char * []){ "efibootmgr", "-q",
+ "-b", bootnum, "-B", NULL });
+ else
+- grub_util_exec ((const char * []){ "efibootmgr",
++ rc = grub_util_exec ((const char * []){ "efibootmgr",
+ "-b", bootnum, "-B", NULL });
+ }
+
+ free (line);
++ return rc;
+ }
+
+-void
++int
+ grub_install_register_efi (grub_device_t efidir_grub_dev,
+ const char *efifile_path,
+ const char *efi_distributor)
+ {
+ const char * efidir_disk;
+ int efidir_part;
++ int ret;
+ efidir_disk = grub_util_biosdisk_get_osdev (efidir_grub_dev->disk);
+ efidir_part = efidir_grub_dev->disk->partition ? efidir_grub_dev->disk->partition->number + 1 : 1;
+
+@@ -151,23 +154,26 @@ grub_install_register_efi (grub_device_t efidir_grub_dev,
+ grub_util_exec ((const char * []){ "modprobe", "-q", "efivars", NULL });
+ #endif
+ /* Delete old entries from the same distributor. */
+- grub_install_remove_efi_entries_by_distributor (efi_distributor);
++ ret = grub_install_remove_efi_entries_by_distributor (efi_distributor);
++ if (ret)
++ return ret;
+
+ char *efidir_part_str = xasprintf ("%d", efidir_part);
+
+ if (!verbosity)
+- grub_util_exec ((const char * []){ "efibootmgr", "-q",
++ ret = grub_util_exec ((const char * []){ "efibootmgr", "-q",
+ "-c", "-d", efidir_disk,
+ "-p", efidir_part_str, "-w",
+ "-L", efi_distributor, "-l",
+ efifile_path, NULL });
+ else
+- grub_util_exec ((const char * []){ "efibootmgr",
++ ret = grub_util_exec ((const char * []){ "efibootmgr",
+ "-c", "-d", efidir_disk,
+ "-p", efidir_part_str, "-w",
+ "-L", efi_distributor, "-l",
+ efifile_path, NULL });
+ free (efidir_part_str);
++ return ret;
+ }
+
+ void
+diff --git a/include/grub/util/install.h b/include/grub/util/install.h
+index 5910b0c..0dba8b6 100644
+--- a/include/grub/util/install.h
++++ b/include/grub/util/install.h
+@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ grub_install_create_envblk_file (const char *name);
+ const char *
+ grub_install_get_default_x86_platform (void);
+
+-void
++int
+ grub_install_register_efi (grub_device_t efidir_grub_dev,
+ const char *efifile_path,
+ const char *efi_distributor);
+diff --git a/util/grub-install.c b/util/grub-install.c
+index 5e4cdfd..690f180 100644
+--- a/util/grub-install.c
++++ b/util/grub-install.c
+@@ -1848,9 +1848,13 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
+ if (!removable && update_nvram)
+ {
+ /* Try to make this image bootable using the EFI Boot Manager, if available. */
+- grub_install_register_efi (efidir_grub_dev,
+- "\\System\\Library\\CoreServices",
+- efi_distributor);
++ int ret;
++ ret = grub_install_register_efi (efidir_grub_dev,
++ "\\System\\Library\\CoreServices",
++ efi_distributor);
++ if (ret)
++ grub_util_error (_("efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: %s"),
++ strerror (ret));
+ }
+
+ grub_device_close (ins_dev);
+@@ -1871,6 +1875,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
+ {
+ char * efifile_path;
+ char * part;
++ int ret;
+
+ /* Try to make this image bootable using the EFI Boot Manager, if available. */
+ if (!efi_distributor || efi_distributor[0] == '\0')
+@@ -1887,8 +1892,11 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
+ efidir_grub_dev->disk->name,
+ (part ? ",": ""), (part ? : ""));
+ grub_free (part);
+- grub_install_register_efi (efidir_grub_dev,
+- efifile_path, efi_distributor);
++ ret = grub_install_register_efi (efidir_grub_dev,
++ efifile_path, efi_distributor);
++ if (ret)
++ grub_util_error (_("efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: %s"),
++ strerror (ret));
+ }
+ break;
+