[PATCH RESEND] Documentation: admin-guide: fix a doc for efi_no_storage_paranoia the "5KB" instead of the "50%"
Koki Iwata <[email protected]> Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:22:44 +0900
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-efi,org.kernel.vger.linux-doc,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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From: Iwata Koki <[email protected]> The documentation for 'efi_no_storage_paranoia' incorrectly states the kernel cannot use "more than 50%" of the EFI variable storage. This percentage-based explanation has been outdated since commit f8b8404337de ("Modify UEFI anti-bricking code") introduced a fixed 5KB minimum reserve threshold (EFI_MIN_RESERVE) in arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c. At that time, the documentation was not updated to reflect this change. Update the documentation to reflect the "5KB" instead of the "50%". Fixes: f8b8404337de ("Modify UEFI anti-bricking code") Signed-off-by: Koki Iwata <[email protected]> --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index b5493a7f8f22..3f75969a679b 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1614,10 +1614,17 @@ Kernel parameters on all PCI bridges while in the EFI boot stub efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI,X86,EARLY] - Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of - your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if - you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and - fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick. + The kernel reserves 5KB of EFI variable storage for + safety, because some UEFI implementation may fail to + boot if there's insufficient space in the EFI variable + storage. + + Using this parameter, you can use the 5KB reservation + in the EFI variable storage. + + However, Use this parameter only if you are really + sure that your UEFI does sane gc and fulfills the spec + otherwise your board may brick. efivar_ssdt= [EFI; X86] Name of an EFI variable that contains an SSDT that is to be dynamically loaded by Linux. If there are -- 2.52.0