1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_common.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_common.c
index 1c7459266a..b11ed91a74 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_common.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_common.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <common.h>
 #include <efi_loader.h>
 #include <efi_variable.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 enum efi_secure_mode {
 	EFI_MODE_SETUP,
@@ -343,3 +344,35 @@ enum efi_auth_var_type efi_auth_var_get_type(u16 *name, const efi_guid_t *guid)
 	}
 	return EFI_AUTH_VAR_NONE;
 }
+
+/**
+ * efi_get_var() - read value of an EFI variable
+ *
+ * @name:	variable name
+ * @start:	vendor GUID
+ * @size:	size of allocated buffer
+ *
+ * Return:	buffer with variable data or NULL
+ */
+void *efi_get_var(u16 *name, const efi_guid_t *vendor, efi_uintn_t *size)
+{
+	efi_status_t ret;
+	void *buf = NULL;
+
+	*size = 0;
+	ret = efi_get_variable_int(name, vendor, NULL, size, buf, NULL);
+	if (ret == EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL) {
+		buf = malloc(*size);
+		if (!buf)
+			return NULL;
+		ret = efi_get_variable_int(name, vendor, NULL, size, buf, NULL);
+	}
+
+	if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS) {
+		free(buf);
+		*size = 0;
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return buf;
+}