The main reason is cohesiveness in the VariableParsing.c file. These are 
functions that
are commonly needed for general variable data structure parsing operations. 
Most of
them just read a member or two in a VARIABLE_STORE_HEADER or VARIABLE_HEADER
data structure,  perform a simple calculation if needed, and return some value. 
More
complex functions such as FindVariableEx (), do this in iteration across the 
variable store.
If a function is needed that performs these tasks, it is easier to have them 
grouped into a
cohesive file than search which one is in Variable.c and VariableParsing.c on a 
case-by-case
basis. UpdateVariableInfo () is the exception here, I can move this to a 
separate file
if you prefer.

Also, Variable.c is, in my opinion, far too large. It is on trend to only grow 
larger:
  * Today: ~4,600 LOC
  * ~2 years ago: ~4,200 LOC
  * ~4 years ago: ~4,100 LOC
  * ~5 years ago: ~3,440 LOC
  * ~8 years ago: ~2,600 LOC

I think moving out generic parsing services such as these better groups related
functionality in the short-term but also aids future refactoring efforts in the 
file.

Thanks,
Michael

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wu, Hao A <hao.a...@intel.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2019 1:03 AM
> To: Kubacki, Michael A <michael.a.kuba...@intel.com>;
> devel@edk2.groups.io
> Cc: Bi, Dandan <dandan...@intel.com>; Ard Biesheuvel
> <ard.biesheu...@linaro.org>; Dong, Eric <eric.d...@intel.com>; Laszlo Ersek
> <ler...@redhat.com>; Gao, Liming <liming....@intel.com>; Kinney, Michael
> D <michael.d.kin...@intel.com>; Ni, Ray <ray...@intel.com>; Wang, Jian J
> <jian.j.w...@intel.com>; Yao, Jiewen <jiewen....@intel.com>
> Subject: RE: [PATCH V2 1/9] MdeModulePkg/Variable: Consolidate common
> parsing functions
> 
> A couple of inline comments below:
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kubacki, Michael A
> > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2019 9:47 AM
> > To: devel@edk2.groups.io
> > Cc: Bi, Dandan; Ard Biesheuvel; Dong, Eric; Laszlo Ersek; Gao, Liming;
> Kinney,
> > Michael D; Ni, Ray; Wang, Jian J; Wu, Hao A; Yao, Jiewen
> > Subject: [PATCH V2 1/9] MdeModulePkg/Variable: Consolidate common
> > parsing functions
> >
> > This change moves the following functions into a dedicated file
> > so they may be used in other variable files as needed. Furthermore,
> > it reduces the overall size of the common Variable.c file.
> >
> >  * DataSizeOfVariable ()
> >  * FindVariableEx ()
> >  * GetEndPointer ()
> >  * GetNextVariablePtr ()
> >  * GetStartPointer ()
> >  * GetVariableDataOffset ()
> >  * GetVariableDataPtr ()
> >  * GetVariableHeaderSize ()
> >  * GetVariableNamePtr ()
> >  * GetVariableStoreStatus ()
> >  * GetVendorGuidPtr ()
> >  * IsValidVariableHeader ()
> >  * NameSizeOfVariable ()
> >  * SetDataSizeOfVariable ()
> >  * SetNameSizeOfVariable ()
> >  * UpdateVariableInfo ()
> >  * VariableCompareTimeStampInternal ()
> >  * VariableServiceGetNextVariableInternal ()
> 
> 
> May I know what are the criteria for the above functions being moved to a
> separate file?
> 
> At first, I think all of them will be consumed by the new codes that
> implement
> the runtime cache. But I found that, for functions like
> GetVariableDataOffset(),
> GetVariableStoreStatus() and etc., their usages are still remained within file
> Variable.c (seems not related with the runtime cache).
> 
> 
> >
> > Cc: Dandan Bi <dandan...@intel.com>
> > Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheu...@linaro.org>
> > Cc: Eric Dong <eric.d...@intel.com>
> > Cc: Laszlo Ersek <ler...@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Liming Gao <liming....@intel.com>
> > Cc: Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kin...@intel.com>
> > Cc: Ray Ni <ray...@intel.com>
> > Cc: Jian J Wang <jian.j.w...@intel.com>
> > Cc: Hao A Wu <hao.a...@intel.com>
> > Cc: Jiewen Yao <jiewen....@intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Michael Kubacki <michael.a.kuba...@intel.com>
> > ---
> >  MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableRuntimeDxe.inf
> > |   2 +
> >  MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableSmm.inf          |
> 2
> > +
> >
> >
> MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableStandaloneMm.inf
> > |   7 +
> >  MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.h               | 119 -
> ---
> >  MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableParsing.h        |
> 306
> > ++++++++
> >  MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.c               | 726
> +--
> > ----------------
> >  MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableExLib.c          |   3
> +-
> >  MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableParsing.c        |
> 731
> > ++++++++++++++++++++
> >  MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableSmm.c            |   1
> +
> >  9 files changed, 1052 insertions(+), 845 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> For the below change in VariableStandaloneMm.inf:
> 
> [Guids]
> ...
>   ## SOMETIMES_CONSUMES   ## Variable:L"db"
>   ## SOMETIMES_CONSUMES   ## Variable:L"dbx"
>   ## SOMETIMES_CONSUMES   ## Variable:L"dbt"
>   gEfiImageSecurityDatabaseGuid
> ...
> 
> I think the above GUID is not used by the module specified by the above INF.
> Could you double confirm on this?
> 
> Best Regards,
> Hao Wu
> 
> 
> >
> > diff --git
> >
> a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableRuntimeDxe.inf
> >
> b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableRuntimeDxe.inf
> > index 641376c9c5..c35e5fe787 100644
> > ---
> >
> a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableRuntimeDxe.inf
> > +++
> >
> b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableRuntimeDxe.inf
> > @@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
> >    Variable.c
> >    VariableDxe.c
> >    Variable.h
> > +  VariableParsing.c
> > +  VariableParsing.h
> >    PrivilegePolymorphic.h
> >    Measurement.c
> >    TcgMorLockDxe.c
> > diff --git
> > a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableSmm.inf
> > b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableSmm.inf
> > index 0a160d269d..626738b9c7 100644
> > --- a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableSmm.inf
> > +++ b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableSmm.inf
> > @@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
> >    Variable.c
> >    VariableTraditionalMm.c
> >    VariableSmm.c
> > +  VariableParsing.c
> > +  VariableParsing.h
> >    VarCheck.c
> >    Variable.h
> >    PrivilegePolymorphic.h
> > diff --git
> >
> a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableStandaloneMm.i
> > nf
> >
> b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableStandaloneMm.
> > inf
> > index 21bc81163b..1ba8f9ebfb 100644
> > ---
> >
> a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableStandaloneMm.i
> > nf
> > +++
> >
> b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableStandaloneMm.
> > inf
> > @@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
> >    Variable.c
> >    VariableSmm.c
> >    VariableStandaloneMm.c
> > +  VariableParsing.c
> > +  VariableParsing.h
> >    VarCheck.c
> >    Variable.h
> >    PrivilegePolymorphic.h
> > @@ -99,6 +101,11 @@
> >    ## SOMETIMES_PRODUCES   ## Variable:L"Lang"
> >    gEfiGlobalVariableGuid
> >
> > +  ## SOMETIMES_CONSUMES   ## Variable:L"db"
> > +  ## SOMETIMES_CONSUMES   ## Variable:L"dbx"
> > +  ## SOMETIMES_CONSUMES   ## Variable:L"dbt"
> > +  gEfiImageSecurityDatabaseGuid
> > +
> >    gEfiMemoryOverwriteControlDataGuid            ## SOMETIMES_CONSUMES
> > ## Variable:L"MemoryOverwriteRequestControl"
> >    gEfiMemoryOverwriteRequestControlLockGuid     ##
> > SOMETIMES_PRODUCES   ##
> > Variable:L"MemoryOverwriteRequestControlLock"
> >
> > diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.h
> > b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.h
> > index 9eac43759f..fb574b2e32 100644
> > --- a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.h
> > +++ b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.h
> > @@ -179,89 +179,6 @@ FindVariable (
> >    IN  BOOLEAN                 IgnoreRtCheck
> >    );
> >
> > -/**
> > -
> > -  Gets the pointer to the end of the variable storage area.
> > -
> > -  This function gets pointer to the end of the variable storage
> > -  area, according to the input variable store header.
> > -
> > -  @param VarStoreHeader  Pointer to the Variable Store Header.
> > -
> > -  @return Pointer to the end of the variable storage area.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -VARIABLE_HEADER *
> > -GetEndPointer (
> > -  IN VARIABLE_STORE_HEADER       *VarStoreHeader
> > -  );
> > -
> > -/**
> > -  This code gets the size of variable header.
> > -
> > -  @return Size of variable header in bytes in type UINTN.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -UINTN
> > -GetVariableHeaderSize (
> > -  VOID
> > -  );
> > -
> > -/**
> > -
> > -  This code gets the pointer to the variable name.
> > -
> > -  @param Variable        Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > -
> > -  @return Pointer to Variable Name which is Unicode encoding.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -CHAR16 *
> > -GetVariableNamePtr (
> > -  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER   *Variable
> > -  );
> > -
> > -/**
> > -  This code gets the pointer to the variable guid.
> > -
> > -  @param Variable   Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > -
> > -  @return A EFI_GUID* pointer to Vendor Guid.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -EFI_GUID *
> > -GetVendorGuidPtr (
> > -  IN VARIABLE_HEADER    *Variable
> > -  );
> > -
> > -/**
> > -
> > -  This code gets the pointer to the variable data.
> > -
> > -  @param Variable        Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > -
> > -  @return Pointer to Variable Data.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -UINT8 *
> > -GetVariableDataPtr (
> > -  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER   *Variable
> > -  );
> > -
> > -/**
> > -
> > -  This code gets the size of variable data.
> > -
> > -  @param Variable        Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > -
> > -  @return Size of variable in bytes.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -UINTN
> > -DataSizeOfVariable (
> > -  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER   *Variable
> > -  );
> > -
> >  /**
> >    This function is to check if the remaining variable space is enough to 
> > set
> >    all Variables from argument list successfully. The purpose of the check
> > @@ -450,17 +367,6 @@ ReclaimForOS(
> >    VOID
> >    );
> >
> > -/**
> > -  Get non-volatile maximum variable size.
> > -
> > -  @return Non-volatile maximum variable size.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -UINTN
> > -GetNonVolatileMaxVariableSize (
> > -  VOID
> > -  );
> > -
> >  /**
> >    Get maximum variable size, covering both non-volatile and volatile
> variables.
> >
> > @@ -546,31 +452,6 @@ VariableServiceGetVariable (
> >    OUT     VOID              *Data OPTIONAL
> >    );
> >
> > -/**
> > -  This code Finds the Next available variable.
> > -
> > -  Caution: This function may receive untrusted input.
> > -  This function may be invoked in SMM mode. This function will do basic
> > validation, before parse the data.
> > -
> > -  @param[in] VariableName   Pointer to variable name.
> > -  @param[in] VendorGuid     Variable Vendor Guid.
> > -  @param[out] VariablePtr   Pointer to variable header address.
> > -
> > -  @retval EFI_SUCCESS           The function completed successfully.
> > -  @retval EFI_NOT_FOUND         The next variable was not found.
> > -  @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER If VariableName is not an empty
> string,
> > while VendorGuid is NULL.
> > -  @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER The input values of VariableName and
> > VendorGuid are not a name and
> > -                                GUID of an existing variable.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -EFI_STATUS
> > -EFIAPI
> > -VariableServiceGetNextVariableInternal (
> > -  IN  CHAR16                *VariableName,
> > -  IN  EFI_GUID              *VendorGuid,
> > -  OUT VARIABLE_HEADER       **VariablePtr
> > -  );
> > -
> >  /**
> >
> >    This code Finds the Next available variable.
> > diff --git
> > a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableParsing.h
> > b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableParsing.h
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000000..9d77c4916c
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableParsing.h
> > @@ -0,0 +1,306 @@
> > +/** @file
> > +  Functions in this module are associated with variable parsing operations
> > and
> > +  are intended to be usable across variable driver source files.
> > +
> > +Copyright (c) 2019, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
> > +SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent
> > +
> > +**/
> > +
> > +#ifndef _VARIABLE_PARSING_H_
> > +#define _VARIABLE_PARSING_H_
> > +
> > +#include <Guid/ImageAuthentication.h>
> > +#include "Variable.h"
> > +
> > +/**
> > +
> > +  This code checks if variable header is valid or not.
> > +
> > +  @param Variable           Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > +  @param VariableStoreEnd   Pointer to the Variable Store End.
> > +
> > +  @retval TRUE              Variable header is valid.
> > +  @retval FALSE             Variable header is not valid.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +BOOLEAN
> > +IsValidVariableHeader (
> > +  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER       *Variable,
> > +  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER       *VariableStoreEnd
> > +  );
> > +
> > +/**
> > +
> > +  This code gets the current status of Variable Store.
> > +
> > +  @param VarStoreHeader  Pointer to the Variable Store Header.
> > +
> > +  @retval EfiRaw         Variable store status is raw.
> > +  @retval EfiValid       Variable store status is valid.
> > +  @retval EfiInvalid     Variable store status is invalid.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +VARIABLE_STORE_STATUS
> > +GetVariableStoreStatus (
> > +  IN VARIABLE_STORE_HEADER *VarStoreHeader
> > +  );
> > +
> > +/**
> > +  This code gets the size of variable header.
> > +
> > +  @return Size of variable header in bytes in type UINTN.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +UINTN
> > +GetVariableHeaderSize (
> > +  VOID
> > +  );
> > +
> > +/**
> > +
> > +  This code gets the size of name of variable.
> > +
> > +  @param Variable        Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > +
> > +  @return UINTN          Size of variable in bytes.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +UINTN
> > +NameSizeOfVariable (
> > +  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER   *Variable
> > +  );
> > +
> > +/**
> > +  This code sets the size of name of variable.
> > +
> > +  @param[in] Variable   Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > +  @param[in] NameSize   Name size to set.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +VOID
> > +SetNameSizeOfVariable (
> > +  IN VARIABLE_HEADER    *Variable,
> > +  IN UINTN              NameSize
> > +  );
> > +
> > +/**
> > +
> > +  This code gets the size of variable data.
> > +
> > +  @param Variable        Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > +
> > +  @return Size of variable in bytes.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +UINTN
> > +DataSizeOfVariable (
> > +  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER   *Variable
> > +  );
> > +
> > +/**
> > +  This code sets the size of variable data.
> > +
> > +  @param[in] Variable   Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > +  @param[in] DataSize   Data size to set.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +VOID
> > +SetDataSizeOfVariable (
> > +  IN VARIABLE_HEADER    *Variable,
> > +  IN UINTN              DataSize
> > +  );
> > +
> > +/**
> > +
> > +  This code gets the pointer to the variable name.
> > +
> > +  @param Variable        Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > +
> > +  @return Pointer to Variable Name which is Unicode encoding.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +CHAR16 *
> > +GetVariableNamePtr (
> > +  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER   *Variable
> > +  );
> > +
> > +/**
> > +  This code gets the pointer to the variable guid.
> > +
> > +  @param Variable   Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > +
> > +  @return A EFI_GUID* pointer to Vendor Guid.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +EFI_GUID *
> > +GetVendorGuidPtr (
> > +  IN VARIABLE_HEADER    *Variable
> > +  );
> > +
> > +/**
> > +
> > +  This code gets the pointer to the variable data.
> > +
> > +  @param Variable        Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > +
> > +  @return Pointer to Variable Data.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +UINT8 *
> > +GetVariableDataPtr (
> > +  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER   *Variable
> > +  );
> > +
> > +/**
> > +  This code gets the variable data offset related to variable header.
> > +
> > +  @param Variable        Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > +
> > +  @return Variable Data offset.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +UINTN
> > +GetVariableDataOffset (
> > +  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER   *Variable
> > +  );
> > +
> > +/**
> > +
> > +  This code gets the pointer to the next variable header.
> > +
> > +  @param Variable        Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > +
> > +  @return Pointer to next variable header.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +VARIABLE_HEADER *
> > +GetNextVariablePtr (
> > +  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER   *Variable
> > +  );
> > +
> > +/**
> > +
> > +  Gets the pointer to the first variable header in given variable store 
> > area.
> > +
> > +  @param VarStoreHeader  Pointer to the Variable Store Header.
> > +
> > +  @return Pointer to the first variable header.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +VARIABLE_HEADER *
> > +GetStartPointer (
> > +  IN VARIABLE_STORE_HEADER       *VarStoreHeader
> > +  );
> > +
> > +/**
> > +
> > +  Gets the pointer to the end of the variable storage area.
> > +
> > +  This function gets pointer to the end of the variable storage
> > +  area, according to the input variable store header.
> > +
> > +  @param VarStoreHeader  Pointer to the Variable Store Header.
> > +
> > +  @return Pointer to the end of the variable storage area.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +VARIABLE_HEADER *
> > +GetEndPointer (
> > +  IN VARIABLE_STORE_HEADER       *VarStoreHeader
> > +  );
> > +
> > +/**
> > +  Compare two EFI_TIME data.
> > +
> > +
> > +  @param FirstTime           A pointer to the first EFI_TIME data.
> > +  @param SecondTime          A pointer to the second EFI_TIME data.
> > +
> > +  @retval  TRUE              The FirstTime is not later than the 
> > SecondTime.
> > +  @retval  FALSE             The FirstTime is later than the SecondTime.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +BOOLEAN
> > +VariableCompareTimeStampInternal (
> > +  IN EFI_TIME               *FirstTime,
> > +  IN EFI_TIME               *SecondTime
> > +  );
> > +
> > +/**
> > +  Find the variable in the specified variable store.
> > +
> > +  @param[in]       VariableName        Name of the variable to be found
> > +  @param[in]       VendorGuid          Vendor GUID to be found.
> > +  @param[in]       IgnoreRtCheck       Ignore
> EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS
> > attribute
> > +                                       check at runtime when searching 
> > variable.
> > +  @param[in, out]  PtrTrack            Variable Track Pointer structure 
> > that
> > contains Variable Information.
> > +
> > +  @retval          EFI_SUCCESS         Variable found successfully
> > +  @retval          EFI_NOT_FOUND       Variable not found
> > +**/
> > +EFI_STATUS
> > +FindVariableEx (
> > +  IN     CHAR16                  *VariableName,
> > +  IN     EFI_GUID                *VendorGuid,
> > +  IN     BOOLEAN                 IgnoreRtCheck,
> > +  IN OUT VARIABLE_POINTER_TRACK  *PtrTrack
> > +  );
> > +
> > +/**
> > +  This code Finds the Next available variable.
> > +
> > +  Caution: This function may receive untrusted input.
> > +  This function may be invoked in SMM mode. This function will do basic
> > validation, before parse the data.
> > +
> > +  @param[in]  VariableName  Pointer to variable name.
> > +  @param[in]  VendorGuid    Variable Vendor Guid.
> > +  @param[out] VariablePtr   Pointer to variable header address.
> > +
> > +  @retval EFI_SUCCESS           The function completed successfully.
> > +  @retval EFI_NOT_FOUND         The next variable was not found.
> > +  @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER If VariableName is not an empty
> string,
> > while VendorGuid is NULL.
> > +  @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER The input values of VariableName
> and
> > VendorGuid are not a name and
> > +                                GUID of an existing variable.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +EFI_STATUS
> > +EFIAPI
> > +VariableServiceGetNextVariableInternal (
> > +  IN  CHAR16                *VariableName,
> > +  IN  EFI_GUID              *VendorGuid,
> > +  OUT VARIABLE_HEADER       **VariablePtr
> > +  );
> > +
> > +/**
> > +  Routine used to track statistical information about variable usage.
> > +  The data is stored in the EFI system table so it can be accessed later.
> > +  VariableInfo.efi can dump out the table. Only Boot Services variable
> > +  accesses are tracked by this code. The PcdVariableCollectStatistics
> > +  build flag controls if this feature is enabled.
> > +
> > +  A read that hits in the cache will have Read and Cache true for
> > +  the transaction. Data is allocated by this routine, but never
> > +  freed.
> > +
> > +  @param[in] VariableName   Name of the Variable to track.
> > +  @param[in] VendorGuid     Guid of the Variable to track.
> > +  @param[in] Volatile       TRUE if volatile FALSE if non-volatile.
> > +  @param[in] Read           TRUE if GetVariable() was called.
> > +  @param[in] Write          TRUE if SetVariable() was called.
> > +  @param[in] Delete         TRUE if deleted via SetVariable().
> > +  @param[in] Cache          TRUE for a cache hit.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +VOID
> > +UpdateVariableInfo (
> > +  IN  CHAR16                  *VariableName,
> > +  IN  EFI_GUID                *VendorGuid,
> > +  IN  BOOLEAN                 Volatile,
> > +  IN  BOOLEAN                 Read,
> > +  IN  BOOLEAN                 Write,
> > +  IN  BOOLEAN                 Delete,
> > +  IN  BOOLEAN                 Cache
> > +  );
> > +
> > +#endif
> > diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.c
> > b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.c
> > index f32c9c2808..76536308e6 100644
> > --- a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.c
> > +++ b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.c
> > @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent
> >  **/
> >
> >  #include "Variable.h"
> > +#include "VariableParsing.h"
> >
> >  VARIABLE_MODULE_GLOBAL  *mVariableModuleGlobal;
> >
> > @@ -92,131 +93,6 @@ AUTH_VAR_LIB_CONTEXT_IN mAuthContextIn = {
> >
> >  AUTH_VAR_LIB_CONTEXT_OUT mAuthContextOut;
> >
> > -/**
> > -  Routine used to track statistical information about variable usage.
> > -  The data is stored in the EFI system table so it can be accessed later.
> > -  VariableInfo.efi can dump out the table. Only Boot Services variable
> > -  accesses are tracked by this code. The PcdVariableCollectStatistics
> > -  build flag controls if this feature is enabled.
> > -
> > -  A read that hits in the cache will have Read and Cache true for
> > -  the transaction. Data is allocated by this routine, but never
> > -  freed.
> > -
> > -  @param[in] VariableName   Name of the Variable to track.
> > -  @param[in] VendorGuid     Guid of the Variable to track.
> > -  @param[in] Volatile       TRUE if volatile FALSE if non-volatile.
> > -  @param[in] Read           TRUE if GetVariable() was called.
> > -  @param[in] Write          TRUE if SetVariable() was called.
> > -  @param[in] Delete         TRUE if deleted via SetVariable().
> > -  @param[in] Cache          TRUE for a cache hit.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -VOID
> > -UpdateVariableInfo (
> > -  IN  CHAR16                  *VariableName,
> > -  IN  EFI_GUID                *VendorGuid,
> > -  IN  BOOLEAN                 Volatile,
> > -  IN  BOOLEAN                 Read,
> > -  IN  BOOLEAN                 Write,
> > -  IN  BOOLEAN                 Delete,
> > -  IN  BOOLEAN                 Cache
> > -  )
> > -{
> > -  VARIABLE_INFO_ENTRY   *Entry;
> > -
> > -  if (FeaturePcdGet (PcdVariableCollectStatistics)) {
> > -
> > -    if (AtRuntime ()) {
> > -      // Don't collect statistics at runtime.
> > -      return;
> > -    }
> > -
> > -    if (gVariableInfo == NULL) {
> > -      //
> > -      // On the first call allocate a entry and place a pointer to it in
> > -      // the EFI System Table.
> > -      //
> > -      gVariableInfo = AllocateZeroPool (sizeof (VARIABLE_INFO_ENTRY));
> > -      ASSERT (gVariableInfo != NULL);
> > -
> > -      CopyGuid (&gVariableInfo->VendorGuid, VendorGuid);
> > -      gVariableInfo->Name = AllocateZeroPool (StrSize (VariableName));
> > -      ASSERT (gVariableInfo->Name != NULL);
> > -      StrCpyS (gVariableInfo->Name, StrSize(VariableName)/sizeof(CHAR16),
> > VariableName);
> > -      gVariableInfo->Volatile = Volatile;
> > -    }
> > -
> > -
> > -    for (Entry = gVariableInfo; Entry != NULL; Entry = Entry->Next) {
> > -      if (CompareGuid (VendorGuid, &Entry->VendorGuid)) {
> > -        if (StrCmp (VariableName, Entry->Name) == 0) {
> > -          if (Read) {
> > -            Entry->ReadCount++;
> > -          }
> > -          if (Write) {
> > -            Entry->WriteCount++;
> > -          }
> > -          if (Delete) {
> > -            Entry->DeleteCount++;
> > -          }
> > -          if (Cache) {
> > -            Entry->CacheCount++;
> > -          }
> > -
> > -          return;
> > -        }
> > -      }
> > -
> > -      if (Entry->Next == NULL) {
> > -        //
> > -        // If the entry is not in the table add it.
> > -        // Next iteration of the loop will fill in the data.
> > -        //
> > -        Entry->Next = AllocateZeroPool (sizeof (VARIABLE_INFO_ENTRY));
> > -        ASSERT (Entry->Next != NULL);
> > -
> > -        CopyGuid (&Entry->Next->VendorGuid, VendorGuid);
> > -        Entry->Next->Name = AllocateZeroPool (StrSize (VariableName));
> > -        ASSERT (Entry->Next->Name != NULL);
> > -        StrCpyS (Entry->Next->Name, StrSize(VariableName)/sizeof(CHAR16),
> > VariableName);
> > -        Entry->Next->Volatile = Volatile;
> > -      }
> > -
> > -    }
> > -  }
> > -}
> > -
> > -
> > -/**
> > -
> > -  This code checks if variable header is valid or not.
> > -
> > -  @param Variable           Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > -  @param VariableStoreEnd   Pointer to the Variable Store End.
> > -
> > -  @retval TRUE              Variable header is valid.
> > -  @retval FALSE             Variable header is not valid.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -BOOLEAN
> > -IsValidVariableHeader (
> > -  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER       *Variable,
> > -  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER       *VariableStoreEnd
> > -  )
> > -{
> > -  if ((Variable == NULL) || (Variable >= VariableStoreEnd) || (Variable-
> > >StartId != VARIABLE_DATA)) {
> > -    //
> > -    // Variable is NULL or has reached the end of variable store,
> > -    // or the StartId is not correct.
> > -    //
> > -    return FALSE;
> > -  }
> > -
> > -  return TRUE;
> > -}
> > -
> > -
> >  /**
> >
> >    This function writes data to the FWH at the correct LBA even if the LBAs
> > @@ -376,345 +252,6 @@ UpdateVariableStore (
> >    return EFI_SUCCESS;
> >  }
> >
> > -
> > -/**
> > -
> > -  This code gets the current status of Variable Store.
> > -
> > -  @param VarStoreHeader  Pointer to the Variable Store Header.
> > -
> > -  @retval EfiRaw         Variable store status is raw.
> > -  @retval EfiValid       Variable store status is valid.
> > -  @retval EfiInvalid     Variable store status is invalid.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -VARIABLE_STORE_STATUS
> > -GetVariableStoreStatus (
> > -  IN VARIABLE_STORE_HEADER *VarStoreHeader
> > -  )
> > -{
> > -  if ((CompareGuid (&VarStoreHeader->Signature,
> > &gEfiAuthenticatedVariableGuid) ||
> > -       CompareGuid (&VarStoreHeader->Signature, &gEfiVariableGuid)) &&
> > -      VarStoreHeader->Format == VARIABLE_STORE_FORMATTED &&
> > -      VarStoreHeader->State == VARIABLE_STORE_HEALTHY
> > -      ) {
> > -
> > -    return EfiValid;
> > -  } else if (((UINT32 *)(&VarStoreHeader->Signature))[0] == 0xffffffff &&
> > -             ((UINT32 *)(&VarStoreHeader->Signature))[1] == 0xffffffff &&
> > -             ((UINT32 *)(&VarStoreHeader->Signature))[2] == 0xffffffff &&
> > -             ((UINT32 *)(&VarStoreHeader->Signature))[3] == 0xffffffff &&
> > -             VarStoreHeader->Size == 0xffffffff &&
> > -             VarStoreHeader->Format == 0xff &&
> > -             VarStoreHeader->State == 0xff
> > -          ) {
> > -
> > -    return EfiRaw;
> > -  } else {
> > -    return EfiInvalid;
> > -  }
> > -}
> > -
> > -/**
> > -  This code gets the size of variable header.
> > -
> > -  @return Size of variable header in bytes in type UINTN.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -UINTN
> > -GetVariableHeaderSize (
> > -  VOID
> > -  )
> > -{
> > -  UINTN Value;
> > -
> > -  if (mVariableModuleGlobal->VariableGlobal.AuthFormat) {
> > -    Value = sizeof (AUTHENTICATED_VARIABLE_HEADER);
> > -  } else {
> > -    Value = sizeof (VARIABLE_HEADER);
> > -  }
> > -
> > -  return Value;
> > -}
> > -
> > -/**
> > -
> > -  This code gets the size of name of variable.
> > -
> > -  @param Variable        Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > -
> > -  @return UINTN          Size of variable in bytes.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -UINTN
> > -NameSizeOfVariable (
> > -  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER   *Variable
> > -  )
> > -{
> > -  AUTHENTICATED_VARIABLE_HEADER *AuthVariable;
> > -
> > -  AuthVariable = (AUTHENTICATED_VARIABLE_HEADER *) Variable;
> > -  if (mVariableModuleGlobal->VariableGlobal.AuthFormat) {
> > -    if (AuthVariable->State == (UINT8) (-1) ||
> > -       AuthVariable->DataSize == (UINT32) (-1) ||
> > -       AuthVariable->NameSize == (UINT32) (-1) ||
> > -       AuthVariable->Attributes == (UINT32) (-1)) {
> > -      return 0;
> > -    }
> > -    return (UINTN) AuthVariable->NameSize;
> > -  } else {
> > -    if (Variable->State == (UINT8) (-1) ||
> > -        Variable->DataSize == (UINT32) (-1) ||
> > -        Variable->NameSize == (UINT32) (-1) ||
> > -        Variable->Attributes == (UINT32) (-1)) {
> > -      return 0;
> > -    }
> > -    return (UINTN) Variable->NameSize;
> > -  }
> > -}
> > -
> > -/**
> > -  This code sets the size of name of variable.
> > -
> > -  @param[in] Variable   Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > -  @param[in] NameSize   Name size to set.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -VOID
> > -SetNameSizeOfVariable (
> > -  IN VARIABLE_HEADER    *Variable,
> > -  IN UINTN              NameSize
> > -  )
> > -{
> > -  AUTHENTICATED_VARIABLE_HEADER *AuthVariable;
> > -
> > -  AuthVariable = (AUTHENTICATED_VARIABLE_HEADER *) Variable;
> > -  if (mVariableModuleGlobal->VariableGlobal.AuthFormat) {
> > -    AuthVariable->NameSize = (UINT32) NameSize;
> > -  } else {
> > -    Variable->NameSize = (UINT32) NameSize;
> > -  }
> > -}
> > -
> > -/**
> > -
> > -  This code gets the size of variable data.
> > -
> > -  @param Variable        Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > -
> > -  @return Size of variable in bytes.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -UINTN
> > -DataSizeOfVariable (
> > -  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER   *Variable
> > -  )
> > -{
> > -  AUTHENTICATED_VARIABLE_HEADER *AuthVariable;
> > -
> > -  AuthVariable = (AUTHENTICATED_VARIABLE_HEADER *) Variable;
> > -  if (mVariableModuleGlobal->VariableGlobal.AuthFormat) {
> > -    if (AuthVariable->State == (UINT8) (-1) ||
> > -       AuthVariable->DataSize == (UINT32) (-1) ||
> > -       AuthVariable->NameSize == (UINT32) (-1) ||
> > -       AuthVariable->Attributes == (UINT32) (-1)) {
> > -      return 0;
> > -    }
> > -    return (UINTN) AuthVariable->DataSize;
> > -  } else {
> > -    if (Variable->State == (UINT8) (-1) ||
> > -        Variable->DataSize == (UINT32) (-1) ||
> > -        Variable->NameSize == (UINT32) (-1) ||
> > -        Variable->Attributes == (UINT32) (-1)) {
> > -      return 0;
> > -    }
> > -    return (UINTN) Variable->DataSize;
> > -  }
> > -}
> > -
> > -/**
> > -  This code sets the size of variable data.
> > -
> > -  @param[in] Variable   Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > -  @param[in] DataSize   Data size to set.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -VOID
> > -SetDataSizeOfVariable (
> > -  IN VARIABLE_HEADER    *Variable,
> > -  IN UINTN              DataSize
> > -  )
> > -{
> > -  AUTHENTICATED_VARIABLE_HEADER *AuthVariable;
> > -
> > -  AuthVariable = (AUTHENTICATED_VARIABLE_HEADER *) Variable;
> > -  if (mVariableModuleGlobal->VariableGlobal.AuthFormat) {
> > -    AuthVariable->DataSize = (UINT32) DataSize;
> > -  } else {
> > -    Variable->DataSize = (UINT32) DataSize;
> > -  }
> > -}
> > -
> > -/**
> > -
> > -  This code gets the pointer to the variable name.
> > -
> > -  @param Variable        Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > -
> > -  @return Pointer to Variable Name which is Unicode encoding.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -CHAR16 *
> > -GetVariableNamePtr (
> > -  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER   *Variable
> > -  )
> > -{
> > -  return (CHAR16 *) ((UINTN) Variable + GetVariableHeaderSize ());
> > -}
> > -
> > -/**
> > -  This code gets the pointer to the variable guid.
> > -
> > -  @param Variable   Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > -
> > -  @return A EFI_GUID* pointer to Vendor Guid.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -EFI_GUID *
> > -GetVendorGuidPtr (
> > -  IN VARIABLE_HEADER    *Variable
> > -  )
> > -{
> > -  AUTHENTICATED_VARIABLE_HEADER *AuthVariable;
> > -
> > -  AuthVariable = (AUTHENTICATED_VARIABLE_HEADER *) Variable;
> > -  if (mVariableModuleGlobal->VariableGlobal.AuthFormat) {
> > -    return &AuthVariable->VendorGuid;
> > -  } else {
> > -    return &Variable->VendorGuid;
> > -  }
> > -}
> > -
> > -/**
> > -
> > -  This code gets the pointer to the variable data.
> > -
> > -  @param Variable        Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > -
> > -  @return Pointer to Variable Data.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -UINT8 *
> > -GetVariableDataPtr (
> > -  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER   *Variable
> > -  )
> > -{
> > -  UINTN Value;
> > -
> > -  //
> > -  // Be careful about pad size for alignment.
> > -  //
> > -  Value =  (UINTN) GetVariableNamePtr (Variable);
> > -  Value += NameSizeOfVariable (Variable);
> > -  Value += GET_PAD_SIZE (NameSizeOfVariable (Variable));
> > -
> > -  return (UINT8 *) Value;
> > -}
> > -
> > -/**
> > -  This code gets the variable data offset related to variable header.
> > -
> > -  @param Variable        Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > -
> > -  @return Variable Data offset.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -UINTN
> > -GetVariableDataOffset (
> > -  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER   *Variable
> > -  )
> > -{
> > -  UINTN Value;
> > -
> > -  //
> > -  // Be careful about pad size for alignment
> > -  //
> > -  Value = GetVariableHeaderSize ();
> > -  Value += NameSizeOfVariable (Variable);
> > -  Value += GET_PAD_SIZE (NameSizeOfVariable (Variable));
> > -
> > -  return Value;
> > -}
> > -
> > -/**
> > -
> > -  This code gets the pointer to the next variable header.
> > -
> > -  @param Variable        Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > -
> > -  @return Pointer to next variable header.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -VARIABLE_HEADER *
> > -GetNextVariablePtr (
> > -  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER   *Variable
> > -  )
> > -{
> > -  UINTN Value;
> > -
> > -  Value =  (UINTN) GetVariableDataPtr (Variable);
> > -  Value += DataSizeOfVariable (Variable);
> > -  Value += GET_PAD_SIZE (DataSizeOfVariable (Variable));
> > -
> > -  //
> > -  // Be careful about pad size for alignment.
> > -  //
> > -  return (VARIABLE_HEADER *) HEADER_ALIGN (Value);
> > -}
> > -
> > -/**
> > -
> > -  Gets the pointer to the first variable header in given variable store 
> > area.
> > -
> > -  @param VarStoreHeader  Pointer to the Variable Store Header.
> > -
> > -  @return Pointer to the first variable header.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -VARIABLE_HEADER *
> > -GetStartPointer (
> > -  IN VARIABLE_STORE_HEADER       *VarStoreHeader
> > -  )
> > -{
> > -  //
> > -  // The start of variable store.
> > -  //
> > -  return (VARIABLE_HEADER *) HEADER_ALIGN (VarStoreHeader + 1);
> > -}
> > -
> > -/**
> > -
> > -  Gets the pointer to the end of the variable storage area.
> > -
> > -  This function gets pointer to the end of the variable storage
> > -  area, according to the input variable store header.
> > -
> > -  @param VarStoreHeader  Pointer to the Variable Store Header.
> > -
> > -  @return Pointer to the end of the variable storage area.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -VARIABLE_HEADER *
> > -GetEndPointer (
> > -  IN VARIABLE_STORE_HEADER       *VarStoreHeader
> > -  )
> > -{
> > -  //
> > -  // The end of variable store
> > -  //
> > -  return (VARIABLE_HEADER *) HEADER_ALIGN ((UINTN) VarStoreHeader
> +
> > VarStoreHeader->Size);
> > -}
> > -
> >  /**
> >    Record variable error flag.
> >
> > @@ -1228,75 +765,6 @@ Done:
> >    return Status;
> >  }
> >
> > -/**
> > -  Find the variable in the specified variable store.
> > -
> > -  @param[in]       VariableName        Name of the variable to be found
> > -  @param[in]       VendorGuid          Vendor GUID to be found.
> > -  @param[in]       IgnoreRtCheck       Ignore
> EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS
> > attribute
> > -                                       check at runtime when searching 
> > variable.
> > -  @param[in, out]  PtrTrack            Variable Track Pointer structure 
> > that
> > contains Variable Information.
> > -
> > -  @retval          EFI_SUCCESS         Variable found successfully
> > -  @retval          EFI_NOT_FOUND       Variable not found
> > -**/
> > -EFI_STATUS
> > -FindVariableEx (
> > -  IN     CHAR16                  *VariableName,
> > -  IN     EFI_GUID                *VendorGuid,
> > -  IN     BOOLEAN                 IgnoreRtCheck,
> > -  IN OUT VARIABLE_POINTER_TRACK  *PtrTrack
> > -  )
> > -{
> > -  VARIABLE_HEADER                *InDeletedVariable;
> > -  VOID                           *Point;
> > -
> > -  PtrTrack->InDeletedTransitionPtr = NULL;
> > -
> > -  //
> > -  // Find the variable by walk through HOB, volatile and non-volatile
> variable
> > store.
> > -  //
> > -  InDeletedVariable  = NULL;
> > -
> > -  for ( PtrTrack->CurrPtr = PtrTrack->StartPtr
> > -      ; IsValidVariableHeader (PtrTrack->CurrPtr, PtrTrack->EndPtr)
> > -      ; PtrTrack->CurrPtr = GetNextVariablePtr (PtrTrack->CurrPtr)
> > -      ) {
> > -    if (PtrTrack->CurrPtr->State == VAR_ADDED ||
> > -        PtrTrack->CurrPtr->State == (VAR_IN_DELETED_TRANSITION &
> > VAR_ADDED)
> > -       ) {
> > -      if (IgnoreRtCheck || !AtRuntime () || 
> > ((PtrTrack->CurrPtr->Attributes &
> > EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS) != 0)) {
> > -        if (VariableName[0] == 0) {
> > -          if (PtrTrack->CurrPtr->State == (VAR_IN_DELETED_TRANSITION &
> > VAR_ADDED)) {
> > -            InDeletedVariable   = PtrTrack->CurrPtr;
> > -          } else {
> > -            PtrTrack->InDeletedTransitionPtr = InDeletedVariable;
> > -            return EFI_SUCCESS;
> > -          }
> > -        } else {
> > -          if (CompareGuid (VendorGuid, GetVendorGuidPtr (PtrTrack-
> >CurrPtr)))
> > {
> > -            Point = (VOID *) GetVariableNamePtr (PtrTrack->CurrPtr);
> > -
> > -            ASSERT (NameSizeOfVariable (PtrTrack->CurrPtr) != 0);
> > -            if (CompareMem (VariableName, Point, NameSizeOfVariable
> > (PtrTrack->CurrPtr)) == 0) {
> > -              if (PtrTrack->CurrPtr->State == (VAR_IN_DELETED_TRANSITION &
> > VAR_ADDED)) {
> > -                InDeletedVariable     = PtrTrack->CurrPtr;
> > -              } else {
> > -                PtrTrack->InDeletedTransitionPtr = InDeletedVariable;
> > -                return EFI_SUCCESS;
> > -              }
> > -            }
> > -          }
> > -        }
> > -      }
> > -    }
> > -  }
> > -
> > -  PtrTrack->CurrPtr = InDeletedVariable;
> > -  return (PtrTrack->CurrPtr  == NULL) ? EFI_NOT_FOUND : EFI_SUCCESS;
> > -}
> > -
> > -
> >  /**
> >    Finds variable in storage blocks of volatile and non-volatile storage 
> > areas.
> >
> > @@ -2078,38 +1546,6 @@ AutoUpdateLangVariable (
> >    }
> >  }
> >
> > -/**
> > -  Compare two EFI_TIME data.
> > -
> > -
> > -  @param FirstTime           A pointer to the first EFI_TIME data.
> > -  @param SecondTime          A pointer to the second EFI_TIME data.
> > -
> > -  @retval  TRUE              The FirstTime is not later than the 
> > SecondTime.
> > -  @retval  FALSE             The FirstTime is later than the SecondTime.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -BOOLEAN
> > -VariableCompareTimeStampInternal (
> > -  IN EFI_TIME               *FirstTime,
> > -  IN EFI_TIME               *SecondTime
> > -  )
> > -{
> > -  if (FirstTime->Year != SecondTime->Year) {
> > -    return (BOOLEAN) (FirstTime->Year < SecondTime->Year);
> > -  } else if (FirstTime->Month != SecondTime->Month) {
> > -    return (BOOLEAN) (FirstTime->Month < SecondTime->Month);
> > -  } else if (FirstTime->Day != SecondTime->Day) {
> > -    return (BOOLEAN) (FirstTime->Day < SecondTime->Day);
> > -  } else if (FirstTime->Hour != SecondTime->Hour) {
> > -    return (BOOLEAN) (FirstTime->Hour < SecondTime->Hour);
> > -  } else if (FirstTime->Minute != SecondTime->Minute) {
> > -    return (BOOLEAN) (FirstTime->Minute < SecondTime->Minute);
> > -  }
> > -
> > -  return (BOOLEAN) (FirstTime->Second <= SecondTime->Second);
> > -}
> > -
> >  /**
> >    Update the variable region with Variable information. If
> > EFI_VARIABLE_AUTHENTICATED_WRITE_ACCESS is set,
> >    index of associated public key is needed.
> > @@ -2885,166 +2321,6 @@ Done:
> >    return Status;
> >  }
> >
> > -/**
> > -  This code Finds the Next available variable.
> > -
> > -  Caution: This function may receive untrusted input.
> > -  This function may be invoked in SMM mode. This function will do basic
> > validation, before parse the data.
> > -
> > -  @param[in]  VariableName  Pointer to variable name.
> > -  @param[in]  VendorGuid    Variable Vendor Guid.
> > -  @param[out] VariablePtr   Pointer to variable header address.
> > -
> > -  @retval EFI_SUCCESS           The function completed successfully.
> > -  @retval EFI_NOT_FOUND         The next variable was not found.
> > -  @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER If VariableName is not an empty
> string,
> > while VendorGuid is NULL.
> > -  @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER The input values of VariableName and
> > VendorGuid are not a name and
> > -                                GUID of an existing variable.
> > -
> > -**/
> > -EFI_STATUS
> > -EFIAPI
> > -VariableServiceGetNextVariableInternal (
> > -  IN  CHAR16                *VariableName,
> > -  IN  EFI_GUID              *VendorGuid,
> > -  OUT VARIABLE_HEADER       **VariablePtr
> > -  )
> > -{
> > -  VARIABLE_STORE_TYPE     Type;
> > -  VARIABLE_POINTER_TRACK  Variable;
> > -  VARIABLE_POINTER_TRACK  VariableInHob;
> > -  VARIABLE_POINTER_TRACK  VariablePtrTrack;
> > -  EFI_STATUS              Status;
> > -  VARIABLE_STORE_HEADER
> *VariableStoreHeader[VariableStoreTypeMax];
> > -
> > -  Status = FindVariable (VariableName, VendorGuid, &Variable,
> > &mVariableModuleGlobal->VariableGlobal, FALSE);
> > -  if (Variable.CurrPtr == NULL || EFI_ERROR (Status)) {
> > -    //
> > -    // For VariableName is an empty string, FindVariable() will try to 
> > find and
> > return
> > -    // the first qualified variable, and if FindVariable() returns error
> > (EFI_NOT_FOUND)
> > -    // as no any variable is found, still go to return the error
> > (EFI_NOT_FOUND).
> > -    //
> > -    if (VariableName[0] != 0) {
> > -      //
> > -      // For VariableName is not an empty string, and FindVariable() 
> > returns
> > error as
> > -      // VariableName and VendorGuid are not a name and GUID of an
> existing
> > variable,
> > -      // there is no way to get next variable, follow spec to return
> > EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER.
> > -      //
> > -      Status = EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;
> > -    }
> > -    goto Done;
> > -  }
> > -
> > -  if (VariableName[0] != 0) {
> > -    //
> > -    // If variable name is not NULL, get next variable.
> > -    //
> > -    Variable.CurrPtr = GetNextVariablePtr (Variable.CurrPtr);
> > -  }
> > -
> > -  //
> > -  // 0: Volatile, 1: HOB, 2: Non-Volatile.
> > -  // The index and attributes mapping must be kept in this order as
> > FindVariable
> > -  // makes use of this mapping to implement search algorithm.
> > -  //
> > -  VariableStoreHeader[VariableStoreTypeVolatile] =
> > (VARIABLE_STORE_HEADER *) (UINTN) mVariableModuleGlobal-
> > >VariableGlobal.VolatileVariableBase;
> > -  VariableStoreHeader[VariableStoreTypeHob]      =
> > (VARIABLE_STORE_HEADER *) (UINTN) mVariableModuleGlobal-
> > >VariableGlobal.HobVariableBase;
> > -  VariableStoreHeader[VariableStoreTypeNv]       = mNvVariableCache;
> > -
> > -  while (TRUE) {
> > -    //
> > -    // Switch from Volatile to HOB, to Non-Volatile.
> > -    //
> > -    while (!IsValidVariableHeader (Variable.CurrPtr, Variable.EndPtr)) {
> > -      //
> > -      // Find current storage index
> > -      //
> > -      for (Type = (VARIABLE_STORE_TYPE) 0; Type < VariableStoreTypeMax;
> > Type++) {
> > -        if ((VariableStoreHeader[Type] != NULL) && (Variable.StartPtr ==
> > GetStartPointer (VariableStoreHeader[Type]))) {
> > -          break;
> > -        }
> > -      }
> > -      ASSERT (Type < VariableStoreTypeMax);
> > -      //
> > -      // Switch to next storage
> > -      //
> > -      for (Type++; Type < VariableStoreTypeMax; Type++) {
> > -        if (VariableStoreHeader[Type] != NULL) {
> > -          break;
> > -        }
> > -      }
> > -      //
> > -      // Capture the case that
> > -      // 1. current storage is the last one, or
> > -      // 2. no further storage
> > -      //
> > -      if (Type == VariableStoreTypeMax) {
> > -        Status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
> > -        goto Done;
> > -      }
> > -      Variable.StartPtr = GetStartPointer (VariableStoreHeader[Type]);
> > -      Variable.EndPtr   = GetEndPointer   (VariableStoreHeader[Type]);
> > -      Variable.CurrPtr  = Variable.StartPtr;
> > -    }
> > -
> > -    //
> > -    // Variable is found
> > -    //
> > -    if (Variable.CurrPtr->State == VAR_ADDED || Variable.CurrPtr->State ==
> > (VAR_IN_DELETED_TRANSITION & VAR_ADDED)) {
> > -      if (!AtRuntime () || ((Variable.CurrPtr->Attributes &
> > EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS) != 0)) {
> > -        if (Variable.CurrPtr->State == (VAR_IN_DELETED_TRANSITION &
> > VAR_ADDED)) {
> > -          //
> > -          // If it is a IN_DELETED_TRANSITION variable,
> > -          // and there is also a same ADDED one at the same time,
> > -          // don't return it.
> > -          //
> > -          VariablePtrTrack.StartPtr = Variable.StartPtr;
> > -          VariablePtrTrack.EndPtr = Variable.EndPtr;
> > -          Status = FindVariableEx (
> > -                     GetVariableNamePtr (Variable.CurrPtr),
> > -                     GetVendorGuidPtr (Variable.CurrPtr),
> > -                     FALSE,
> > -                     &VariablePtrTrack
> > -                     );
> > -          if (!EFI_ERROR (Status) && VariablePtrTrack.CurrPtr->State ==
> > VAR_ADDED) {
> > -            Variable.CurrPtr = GetNextVariablePtr (Variable.CurrPtr);
> > -            continue;
> > -          }
> > -        }
> > -
> > -        //
> > -        // Don't return NV variable when HOB overrides it
> > -        //
> > -        if ((VariableStoreHeader[VariableStoreTypeHob] != NULL) &&
> > (VariableStoreHeader[VariableStoreTypeNv] != NULL) &&
> > -            (Variable.StartPtr == GetStartPointer
> > (VariableStoreHeader[VariableStoreTypeNv]))
> > -           ) {
> > -          VariableInHob.StartPtr = GetStartPointer
> > (VariableStoreHeader[VariableStoreTypeHob]);
> > -          VariableInHob.EndPtr   = GetEndPointer
> > (VariableStoreHeader[VariableStoreTypeHob]);
> > -          Status = FindVariableEx (
> > -                     GetVariableNamePtr (Variable.CurrPtr),
> > -                     GetVendorGuidPtr (Variable.CurrPtr),
> > -                     FALSE,
> > -                     &VariableInHob
> > -                     );
> > -          if (!EFI_ERROR (Status)) {
> > -            Variable.CurrPtr = GetNextVariablePtr (Variable.CurrPtr);
> > -            continue;
> > -          }
> > -        }
> > -
> > -        *VariablePtr = Variable.CurrPtr;
> > -        Status = EFI_SUCCESS;
> > -        goto Done;
> > -      }
> > -    }
> > -
> > -    Variable.CurrPtr = GetNextVariablePtr (Variable.CurrPtr);
> > -  }
> > -
> > -Done:
> > -  return Status;
> > -}
> > -
> >  /**
> >
> >    This code Finds the Next available variable.
> > diff --git
> a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableExLib.c
> > b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableExLib.c
> > index cb6fcebe2d..dc78f68fa9 100644
> > --- a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableExLib.c
> > +++ b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableExLib.c
> > @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
> >  /** @file
> >    Provides variable driver extended services.
> >
> > -Copyright (c) 2015, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
> > +Copyright (c) 2015 - 2019, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
> >  SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent
> >
> >  **/
> >
> >  #include "Variable.h"
> > +#include "VariableParsing.h"
> >
> >  /**
> >    Finds variable in storage blocks of volatile and non-volatile storage 
> > areas.
> > diff --git
> > a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableParsing.c
> > b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableParsing.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000000..7de0a90772
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableParsing.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,731 @@
> > +/** @file
> > +  Functions in this module are associated with variable parsing operations
> > and
> > +  are intended to be usable across variable driver source files.
> > +
> > +Copyright (c) 2019, Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.<BR>
> > +SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent
> > +
> > +**/
> > +
> > +#include "VariableParsing.h"
> > +
> > +/**
> > +
> > +  This code checks if variable header is valid or not.
> > +
> > +  @param Variable           Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > +  @param VariableStoreEnd   Pointer to the Variable Store End.
> > +
> > +  @retval TRUE              Variable header is valid.
> > +  @retval FALSE             Variable header is not valid.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +BOOLEAN
> > +IsValidVariableHeader (
> > +  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER       *Variable,
> > +  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER       *VariableStoreEnd
> > +  )
> > +{
> > +  if ((Variable == NULL) || (Variable >= VariableStoreEnd) || (Variable-
> > >StartId != VARIABLE_DATA)) {
> > +    //
> > +    // Variable is NULL or has reached the end of variable store,
> > +    // or the StartId is not correct.
> > +    //
> > +    return FALSE;
> > +  }
> > +
> > +  return TRUE;
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > +
> > +  This code gets the current status of Variable Store.
> > +
> > +  @param VarStoreHeader  Pointer to the Variable Store Header.
> > +
> > +  @retval EfiRaw         Variable store status is raw.
> > +  @retval EfiValid       Variable store status is valid.
> > +  @retval EfiInvalid     Variable store status is invalid.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +VARIABLE_STORE_STATUS
> > +GetVariableStoreStatus (
> > +  IN VARIABLE_STORE_HEADER *VarStoreHeader
> > +  )
> > +{
> > +  if ((CompareGuid (&VarStoreHeader->Signature,
> > &gEfiAuthenticatedVariableGuid) ||
> > +       CompareGuid (&VarStoreHeader->Signature, &gEfiVariableGuid)) &&
> > +      VarStoreHeader->Format == VARIABLE_STORE_FORMATTED &&
> > +      VarStoreHeader->State == VARIABLE_STORE_HEALTHY
> > +      ) {
> > +
> > +    return EfiValid;
> > +  } else if (((UINT32 *)(&VarStoreHeader->Signature))[0] == 0xffffffff &&
> > +             ((UINT32 *)(&VarStoreHeader->Signature))[1] == 0xffffffff &&
> > +             ((UINT32 *)(&VarStoreHeader->Signature))[2] == 0xffffffff &&
> > +             ((UINT32 *)(&VarStoreHeader->Signature))[3] == 0xffffffff &&
> > +             VarStoreHeader->Size == 0xffffffff &&
> > +             VarStoreHeader->Format == 0xff &&
> > +             VarStoreHeader->State == 0xff
> > +          ) {
> > +
> > +    return EfiRaw;
> > +  } else {
> > +    return EfiInvalid;
> > +  }
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > +  This code gets the size of variable header.
> > +
> > +  @return Size of variable header in bytes in type UINTN.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +UINTN
> > +GetVariableHeaderSize (
> > +  VOID
> > +  )
> > +{
> > +  UINTN Value;
> > +
> > +  if (mVariableModuleGlobal->VariableGlobal.AuthFormat) {
> > +    Value = sizeof (AUTHENTICATED_VARIABLE_HEADER);
> > +  } else {
> > +    Value = sizeof (VARIABLE_HEADER);
> > +  }
> > +
> > +  return Value;
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > +
> > +  This code gets the size of name of variable.
> > +
> > +  @param Variable        Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > +
> > +  @return UINTN          Size of variable in bytes.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +UINTN
> > +NameSizeOfVariable (
> > +  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER   *Variable
> > +  )
> > +{
> > +  AUTHENTICATED_VARIABLE_HEADER *AuthVariable;
> > +
> > +  AuthVariable = (AUTHENTICATED_VARIABLE_HEADER *) Variable;
> > +  if (mVariableModuleGlobal->VariableGlobal.AuthFormat) {
> > +    if (AuthVariable->State == (UINT8) (-1) ||
> > +       AuthVariable->DataSize == (UINT32) (-1) ||
> > +       AuthVariable->NameSize == (UINT32) (-1) ||
> > +       AuthVariable->Attributes == (UINT32) (-1)) {
> > +      return 0;
> > +    }
> > +    return (UINTN) AuthVariable->NameSize;
> > +  } else {
> > +    if (Variable->State == (UINT8) (-1) ||
> > +        Variable->DataSize == (UINT32) (-1) ||
> > +        Variable->NameSize == (UINT32) (-1) ||
> > +        Variable->Attributes == (UINT32) (-1)) {
> > +      return 0;
> > +    }
> > +    return (UINTN) Variable->NameSize;
> > +  }
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > +  This code sets the size of name of variable.
> > +
> > +  @param[in] Variable   Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > +  @param[in] NameSize   Name size to set.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +VOID
> > +SetNameSizeOfVariable (
> > +  IN VARIABLE_HEADER    *Variable,
> > +  IN UINTN              NameSize
> > +  )
> > +{
> > +  AUTHENTICATED_VARIABLE_HEADER *AuthVariable;
> > +
> > +  AuthVariable = (AUTHENTICATED_VARIABLE_HEADER *) Variable;
> > +  if (mVariableModuleGlobal->VariableGlobal.AuthFormat) {
> > +    AuthVariable->NameSize = (UINT32) NameSize;
> > +  } else {
> > +    Variable->NameSize = (UINT32) NameSize;
> > +  }
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > +
> > +  This code gets the size of variable data.
> > +
> > +  @param Variable        Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > +
> > +  @return Size of variable in bytes.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +UINTN
> > +DataSizeOfVariable (
> > +  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER   *Variable
> > +  )
> > +{
> > +  AUTHENTICATED_VARIABLE_HEADER *AuthVariable;
> > +
> > +  AuthVariable = (AUTHENTICATED_VARIABLE_HEADER *) Variable;
> > +  if (mVariableModuleGlobal->VariableGlobal.AuthFormat) {
> > +    if (AuthVariable->State == (UINT8) (-1) ||
> > +       AuthVariable->DataSize == (UINT32) (-1) ||
> > +       AuthVariable->NameSize == (UINT32) (-1) ||
> > +       AuthVariable->Attributes == (UINT32) (-1)) {
> > +      return 0;
> > +    }
> > +    return (UINTN) AuthVariable->DataSize;
> > +  } else {
> > +    if (Variable->State == (UINT8) (-1) ||
> > +        Variable->DataSize == (UINT32) (-1) ||
> > +        Variable->NameSize == (UINT32) (-1) ||
> > +        Variable->Attributes == (UINT32) (-1)) {
> > +      return 0;
> > +    }
> > +    return (UINTN) Variable->DataSize;
> > +  }
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > +  This code sets the size of variable data.
> > +
> > +  @param[in] Variable   Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > +  @param[in] DataSize   Data size to set.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +VOID
> > +SetDataSizeOfVariable (
> > +  IN VARIABLE_HEADER    *Variable,
> > +  IN UINTN              DataSize
> > +  )
> > +{
> > +  AUTHENTICATED_VARIABLE_HEADER *AuthVariable;
> > +
> > +  AuthVariable = (AUTHENTICATED_VARIABLE_HEADER *) Variable;
> > +  if (mVariableModuleGlobal->VariableGlobal.AuthFormat) {
> > +    AuthVariable->DataSize = (UINT32) DataSize;
> > +  } else {
> > +    Variable->DataSize = (UINT32) DataSize;
> > +  }
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > +
> > +  This code gets the pointer to the variable name.
> > +
> > +  @param Variable        Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > +
> > +  @return Pointer to Variable Name which is Unicode encoding.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +CHAR16 *
> > +GetVariableNamePtr (
> > +  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER   *Variable
> > +  )
> > +{
> > +  return (CHAR16 *) ((UINTN) Variable + GetVariableHeaderSize ());
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > +  This code gets the pointer to the variable guid.
> > +
> > +  @param Variable   Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > +
> > +  @return A EFI_GUID* pointer to Vendor Guid.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +EFI_GUID *
> > +GetVendorGuidPtr (
> > +  IN VARIABLE_HEADER    *Variable
> > +  )
> > +{
> > +  AUTHENTICATED_VARIABLE_HEADER *AuthVariable;
> > +
> > +  AuthVariable = (AUTHENTICATED_VARIABLE_HEADER *) Variable;
> > +  if (mVariableModuleGlobal->VariableGlobal.AuthFormat) {
> > +    return &AuthVariable->VendorGuid;
> > +  } else {
> > +    return &Variable->VendorGuid;
> > +  }
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > +
> > +  This code gets the pointer to the variable data.
> > +
> > +  @param Variable        Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > +
> > +  @return Pointer to Variable Data.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +UINT8 *
> > +GetVariableDataPtr (
> > +  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER   *Variable
> > +  )
> > +{
> > +  UINTN Value;
> > +
> > +  //
> > +  // Be careful about pad size for alignment.
> > +  //
> > +  Value =  (UINTN) GetVariableNamePtr (Variable);
> > +  Value += NameSizeOfVariable (Variable);
> > +  Value += GET_PAD_SIZE (NameSizeOfVariable (Variable));
> > +
> > +  return (UINT8 *) Value;
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > +  This code gets the variable data offset related to variable header.
> > +
> > +  @param Variable        Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > +
> > +  @return Variable Data offset.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +UINTN
> > +GetVariableDataOffset (
> > +  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER   *Variable
> > +  )
> > +{
> > +  UINTN Value;
> > +
> > +  //
> > +  // Be careful about pad size for alignment
> > +  //
> > +  Value = GetVariableHeaderSize ();
> > +  Value += NameSizeOfVariable (Variable);
> > +  Value += GET_PAD_SIZE (NameSizeOfVariable (Variable));
> > +
> > +  return Value;
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > +
> > +  This code gets the pointer to the next variable header.
> > +
> > +  @param Variable        Pointer to the Variable Header.
> > +
> > +  @return Pointer to next variable header.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +VARIABLE_HEADER *
> > +GetNextVariablePtr (
> > +  IN  VARIABLE_HEADER   *Variable
> > +  )
> > +{
> > +  UINTN Value;
> > +
> > +  Value =  (UINTN) GetVariableDataPtr (Variable);
> > +  Value += DataSizeOfVariable (Variable);
> > +  Value += GET_PAD_SIZE (DataSizeOfVariable (Variable));
> > +
> > +  //
> > +  // Be careful about pad size for alignment.
> > +  //
> > +  return (VARIABLE_HEADER *) HEADER_ALIGN (Value);
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > +
> > +  Gets the pointer to the first variable header in given variable store 
> > area.
> > +
> > +  @param VarStoreHeader  Pointer to the Variable Store Header.
> > +
> > +  @return Pointer to the first variable header.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +VARIABLE_HEADER *
> > +GetStartPointer (
> > +  IN VARIABLE_STORE_HEADER       *VarStoreHeader
> > +  )
> > +{
> > +  //
> > +  // The start of variable store.
> > +  //
> > +  return (VARIABLE_HEADER *) HEADER_ALIGN (VarStoreHeader + 1);
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > +
> > +  Gets the pointer to the end of the variable storage area.
> > +
> > +  This function gets pointer to the end of the variable storage
> > +  area, according to the input variable store header.
> > +
> > +  @param VarStoreHeader  Pointer to the Variable Store Header.
> > +
> > +  @return Pointer to the end of the variable storage area.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +VARIABLE_HEADER *
> > +GetEndPointer (
> > +  IN VARIABLE_STORE_HEADER       *VarStoreHeader
> > +  )
> > +{
> > +  //
> > +  // The end of variable store
> > +  //
> > +  return (VARIABLE_HEADER *) HEADER_ALIGN ((UINTN) VarStoreHeader
> +
> > VarStoreHeader->Size);
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > +  Compare two EFI_TIME data.
> > +
> > +
> > +  @param FirstTime           A pointer to the first EFI_TIME data.
> > +  @param SecondTime          A pointer to the second EFI_TIME data.
> > +
> > +  @retval  TRUE              The FirstTime is not later than the 
> > SecondTime.
> > +  @retval  FALSE             The FirstTime is later than the SecondTime.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +BOOLEAN
> > +VariableCompareTimeStampInternal (
> > +  IN EFI_TIME               *FirstTime,
> > +  IN EFI_TIME               *SecondTime
> > +  )
> > +{
> > +  if (FirstTime->Year != SecondTime->Year) {
> > +    return (BOOLEAN) (FirstTime->Year < SecondTime->Year);
> > +  } else if (FirstTime->Month != SecondTime->Month) {
> > +    return (BOOLEAN) (FirstTime->Month < SecondTime->Month);
> > +  } else if (FirstTime->Day != SecondTime->Day) {
> > +    return (BOOLEAN) (FirstTime->Day < SecondTime->Day);
> > +  } else if (FirstTime->Hour != SecondTime->Hour) {
> > +    return (BOOLEAN) (FirstTime->Hour < SecondTime->Hour);
> > +  } else if (FirstTime->Minute != SecondTime->Minute) {
> > +    return (BOOLEAN) (FirstTime->Minute < SecondTime->Minute);
> > +  }
> > +
> > +  return (BOOLEAN) (FirstTime->Second <= SecondTime->Second);
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > +  Find the variable in the specified variable store.
> > +
> > +  @param[in]       VariableName        Name of the variable to be found
> > +  @param[in]       VendorGuid          Vendor GUID to be found.
> > +  @param[in]       IgnoreRtCheck       Ignore
> EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS
> > attribute
> > +                                       check at runtime when searching 
> > variable.
> > +  @param[in, out]  PtrTrack            Variable Track Pointer structure 
> > that
> > contains Variable Information.
> > +
> > +  @retval          EFI_SUCCESS         Variable found successfully
> > +  @retval          EFI_NOT_FOUND       Variable not found
> > +**/
> > +EFI_STATUS
> > +FindVariableEx (
> > +  IN     CHAR16                  *VariableName,
> > +  IN     EFI_GUID                *VendorGuid,
> > +  IN     BOOLEAN                 IgnoreRtCheck,
> > +  IN OUT VARIABLE_POINTER_TRACK  *PtrTrack
> > +  )
> > +{
> > +  VARIABLE_HEADER                *InDeletedVariable;
> > +  VOID                           *Point;
> > +
> > +  PtrTrack->InDeletedTransitionPtr = NULL;
> > +
> > +  //
> > +  // Find the variable by walk through HOB, volatile and non-volatile
> variable
> > store.
> > +  //
> > +  InDeletedVariable  = NULL;
> > +
> > +  for ( PtrTrack->CurrPtr = PtrTrack->StartPtr
> > +      ; IsValidVariableHeader (PtrTrack->CurrPtr, PtrTrack->EndPtr)
> > +      ; PtrTrack->CurrPtr = GetNextVariablePtr (PtrTrack->CurrPtr)
> > +      ) {
> > +    if (PtrTrack->CurrPtr->State == VAR_ADDED ||
> > +        PtrTrack->CurrPtr->State == (VAR_IN_DELETED_TRANSITION &
> > VAR_ADDED)
> > +       ) {
> > +      if (IgnoreRtCheck || !AtRuntime () || ((PtrTrack->CurrPtr->Attributes
> &
> > EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS) != 0)) {
> > +        if (VariableName[0] == 0) {
> > +          if (PtrTrack->CurrPtr->State == (VAR_IN_DELETED_TRANSITION &
> > VAR_ADDED)) {
> > +            InDeletedVariable   = PtrTrack->CurrPtr;
> > +          } else {
> > +            PtrTrack->InDeletedTransitionPtr = InDeletedVariable;
> > +            return EFI_SUCCESS;
> > +          }
> > +        } else {
> > +          if (CompareGuid (VendorGuid, GetVendorGuidPtr (PtrTrack-
> >CurrPtr)))
> > {
> > +            Point = (VOID *) GetVariableNamePtr (PtrTrack->CurrPtr);
> > +
> > +            ASSERT (NameSizeOfVariable (PtrTrack->CurrPtr) != 0);
> > +            if (CompareMem (VariableName, Point, NameSizeOfVariable
> > (PtrTrack->CurrPtr)) == 0) {
> > +              if (PtrTrack->CurrPtr->State == (VAR_IN_DELETED_TRANSITION &
> > VAR_ADDED)) {
> > +                InDeletedVariable     = PtrTrack->CurrPtr;
> > +              } else {
> > +                PtrTrack->InDeletedTransitionPtr = InDeletedVariable;
> > +                return EFI_SUCCESS;
> > +              }
> > +            }
> > +          }
> > +        }
> > +      }
> > +    }
> > +  }
> > +
> > +  PtrTrack->CurrPtr = InDeletedVariable;
> > +  return (PtrTrack->CurrPtr  == NULL) ? EFI_NOT_FOUND : EFI_SUCCESS;
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > +  This code Finds the Next available variable.
> > +
> > +  Caution: This function may receive untrusted input.
> > +  This function may be invoked in SMM mode. This function will do basic
> > validation, before parse the data.
> > +
> > +  @param[in]  VariableName  Pointer to variable name.
> > +  @param[in]  VendorGuid    Variable Vendor Guid.
> > +  @param[out] VariablePtr   Pointer to variable header address.
> > +
> > +  @retval EFI_SUCCESS           The function completed successfully.
> > +  @retval EFI_NOT_FOUND         The next variable was not found.
> > +  @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER If VariableName is not an empty
> string,
> > while VendorGuid is NULL.
> > +  @retval EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER The input values of VariableName
> and
> > VendorGuid are not a name and
> > +                                GUID of an existing variable.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +EFI_STATUS
> > +EFIAPI
> > +VariableServiceGetNextVariableInternal (
> > +  IN  CHAR16                *VariableName,
> > +  IN  EFI_GUID              *VendorGuid,
> > +  OUT VARIABLE_HEADER       **VariablePtr
> > +  )
> > +{
> > +  VARIABLE_STORE_TYPE     Type;
> > +  VARIABLE_POINTER_TRACK  Variable;
> > +  VARIABLE_POINTER_TRACK  VariableInHob;
> > +  VARIABLE_POINTER_TRACK  VariablePtrTrack;
> > +  EFI_STATUS              Status;
> > +  VARIABLE_STORE_HEADER
> > *VariableStoreHeader[VariableStoreTypeMax];
> > +
> > +  Status = FindVariable (VariableName, VendorGuid, &Variable,
> > &mVariableModuleGlobal->VariableGlobal, FALSE);
> > +  if (Variable.CurrPtr == NULL || EFI_ERROR (Status)) {
> > +    //
> > +    // For VariableName is an empty string, FindVariable() will try to find
> and
> > return
> > +    // the first qualified variable, and if FindVariable() returns error
> > (EFI_NOT_FOUND)
> > +    // as no any variable is found, still go to return the error
> > (EFI_NOT_FOUND).
> > +    //
> > +    if (VariableName[0] != 0) {
> > +      //
> > +      // For VariableName is not an empty string, and FindVariable() 
> > returns
> > error as
> > +      // VariableName and VendorGuid are not a name and GUID of an
> > existing variable,
> > +      // there is no way to get next variable, follow spec to return
> > EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER.
> > +      //
> > +      Status = EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER;
> > +    }
> > +    goto Done;
> > +  }
> > +
> > +  if (VariableName[0] != 0) {
> > +    //
> > +    // If variable name is not NULL, get next variable.
> > +    //
> > +    Variable.CurrPtr = GetNextVariablePtr (Variable.CurrPtr);
> > +  }
> > +
> > +  //
> > +  // 0: Volatile, 1: HOB, 2: Non-Volatile.
> > +  // The index and attributes mapping must be kept in this order as
> > FindVariable
> > +  // makes use of this mapping to implement search algorithm.
> > +  //
> > +  VariableStoreHeader[VariableStoreTypeVolatile] =
> > (VARIABLE_STORE_HEADER *) (UINTN) mVariableModuleGlobal-
> > >VariableGlobal.VolatileVariableBase;
> > +  VariableStoreHeader[VariableStoreTypeHob]      =
> > (VARIABLE_STORE_HEADER *) (UINTN) mVariableModuleGlobal-
> > >VariableGlobal.HobVariableBase;
> > +  VariableStoreHeader[VariableStoreTypeNv]       = mNvVariableCache;
> > +
> > +  while (TRUE) {
> > +    //
> > +    // Switch from Volatile to HOB, to Non-Volatile.
> > +    //
> > +    while (!IsValidVariableHeader (Variable.CurrPtr, Variable.EndPtr)) {
> > +      //
> > +      // Find current storage index
> > +      //
> > +      for (Type = (VARIABLE_STORE_TYPE) 0; Type < VariableStoreTypeMax;
> > Type++) {
> > +        if ((VariableStoreHeader[Type] != NULL) && (Variable.StartPtr ==
> > GetStartPointer (VariableStoreHeader[Type]))) {
> > +          break;
> > +        }
> > +      }
> > +      ASSERT (Type < VariableStoreTypeMax);
> > +      //
> > +      // Switch to next storage
> > +      //
> > +      for (Type++; Type < VariableStoreTypeMax; Type++) {
> > +        if (VariableStoreHeader[Type] != NULL) {
> > +          break;
> > +        }
> > +      }
> > +      //
> > +      // Capture the case that
> > +      // 1. current storage is the last one, or
> > +      // 2. no further storage
> > +      //
> > +      if (Type == VariableStoreTypeMax) {
> > +        Status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
> > +        goto Done;
> > +      }
> > +      Variable.StartPtr = GetStartPointer (VariableStoreHeader[Type]);
> > +      Variable.EndPtr   = GetEndPointer   (VariableStoreHeader[Type]);
> > +      Variable.CurrPtr  = Variable.StartPtr;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    //
> > +    // Variable is found
> > +    //
> > +    if (Variable.CurrPtr->State == VAR_ADDED || Variable.CurrPtr->State
> ==
> > (VAR_IN_DELETED_TRANSITION & VAR_ADDED)) {
> > +      if (!AtRuntime () || ((Variable.CurrPtr->Attributes &
> > EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS) != 0)) {
> > +        if (Variable.CurrPtr->State == (VAR_IN_DELETED_TRANSITION &
> > VAR_ADDED)) {
> > +          //
> > +          // If it is a IN_DELETED_TRANSITION variable,
> > +          // and there is also a same ADDED one at the same time,
> > +          // don't return it.
> > +          //
> > +          VariablePtrTrack.StartPtr = Variable.StartPtr;
> > +          VariablePtrTrack.EndPtr = Variable.EndPtr;
> > +          Status = FindVariableEx (
> > +                     GetVariableNamePtr (Variable.CurrPtr),
> > +                     GetVendorGuidPtr (Variable.CurrPtr),
> > +                     FALSE,
> > +                     &VariablePtrTrack
> > +                     );
> > +          if (!EFI_ERROR (Status) && VariablePtrTrack.CurrPtr->State ==
> > VAR_ADDED) {
> > +            Variable.CurrPtr = GetNextVariablePtr (Variable.CurrPtr);
> > +            continue;
> > +          }
> > +        }
> > +
> > +        //
> > +        // Don't return NV variable when HOB overrides it
> > +        //
> > +        if ((VariableStoreHeader[VariableStoreTypeHob] != NULL) &&
> > (VariableStoreHeader[VariableStoreTypeNv] != NULL) &&
> > +            (Variable.StartPtr == GetStartPointer
> > (VariableStoreHeader[VariableStoreTypeNv]))
> > +           ) {
> > +          VariableInHob.StartPtr = GetStartPointer
> > (VariableStoreHeader[VariableStoreTypeHob]);
> > +          VariableInHob.EndPtr   = GetEndPointer
> > (VariableStoreHeader[VariableStoreTypeHob]);
> > +          Status = FindVariableEx (
> > +                     GetVariableNamePtr (Variable.CurrPtr),
> > +                     GetVendorGuidPtr (Variable.CurrPtr),
> > +                     FALSE,
> > +                     &VariableInHob
> > +                     );
> > +          if (!EFI_ERROR (Status)) {
> > +            Variable.CurrPtr = GetNextVariablePtr (Variable.CurrPtr);
> > +            continue;
> > +          }
> > +        }
> > +
> > +        *VariablePtr = Variable.CurrPtr;
> > +        Status = EFI_SUCCESS;
> > +        goto Done;
> > +      }
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    Variable.CurrPtr = GetNextVariablePtr (Variable.CurrPtr);
> > +  }
> > +
> > +Done:
> > +  return Status;
> > +}
> > +
> > +/**
> > +  Routine used to track statistical information about variable usage.
> > +  The data is stored in the EFI system table so it can be accessed later.
> > +  VariableInfo.efi can dump out the table. Only Boot Services variable
> > +  accesses are tracked by this code. The PcdVariableCollectStatistics
> > +  build flag controls if this feature is enabled.
> > +
> > +  A read that hits in the cache will have Read and Cache true for
> > +  the transaction. Data is allocated by this routine, but never
> > +  freed.
> > +
> > +  @param[in] VariableName   Name of the Variable to track.
> > +  @param[in] VendorGuid     Guid of the Variable to track.
> > +  @param[in] Volatile       TRUE if volatile FALSE if non-volatile.
> > +  @param[in] Read           TRUE if GetVariable() was called.
> > +  @param[in] Write          TRUE if SetVariable() was called.
> > +  @param[in] Delete         TRUE if deleted via SetVariable().
> > +  @param[in] Cache          TRUE for a cache hit.
> > +
> > +**/
> > +VOID
> > +UpdateVariableInfo (
> > +  IN  CHAR16                  *VariableName,
> > +  IN  EFI_GUID                *VendorGuid,
> > +  IN  BOOLEAN                 Volatile,
> > +  IN  BOOLEAN                 Read,
> > +  IN  BOOLEAN                 Write,
> > +  IN  BOOLEAN                 Delete,
> > +  IN  BOOLEAN                 Cache
> > +  )
> > +{
> > +  VARIABLE_INFO_ENTRY   *Entry;
> > +
> > +  if (FeaturePcdGet (PcdVariableCollectStatistics)) {
> > +
> > +    if (AtRuntime ()) {
> > +      // Don't collect statistics at runtime.
> > +      return;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +    if (gVariableInfo == NULL) {
> > +      //
> > +      // On the first call allocate a entry and place a pointer to it in
> > +      // the EFI System Table.
> > +      //
> > +      gVariableInfo = AllocateZeroPool (sizeof (VARIABLE_INFO_ENTRY));
> > +      ASSERT (gVariableInfo != NULL);
> > +
> > +      CopyGuid (&gVariableInfo->VendorGuid, VendorGuid);
> > +      gVariableInfo->Name = AllocateZeroPool (StrSize (VariableName));
> > +      ASSERT (gVariableInfo->Name != NULL);
> > +      StrCpyS (gVariableInfo->Name,
> StrSize(VariableName)/sizeof(CHAR16),
> > VariableName);
> > +      gVariableInfo->Volatile = Volatile;
> > +    }
> > +
> > +
> > +    for (Entry = gVariableInfo; Entry != NULL; Entry = Entry->Next) {
> > +      if (CompareGuid (VendorGuid, &Entry->VendorGuid)) {
> > +        if (StrCmp (VariableName, Entry->Name) == 0) {
> > +          if (Read) {
> > +            Entry->ReadCount++;
> > +          }
> > +          if (Write) {
> > +            Entry->WriteCount++;
> > +          }
> > +          if (Delete) {
> > +            Entry->DeleteCount++;
> > +          }
> > +          if (Cache) {
> > +            Entry->CacheCount++;
> > +          }
> > +
> > +          return;
> > +        }
> > +      }
> > +
> > +      if (Entry->Next == NULL) {
> > +        //
> > +        // If the entry is not in the table add it.
> > +        // Next iteration of the loop will fill in the data.
> > +        //
> > +        Entry->Next = AllocateZeroPool (sizeof (VARIABLE_INFO_ENTRY));
> > +        ASSERT (Entry->Next != NULL);
> > +
> > +        CopyGuid (&Entry->Next->VendorGuid, VendorGuid);
> > +        Entry->Next->Name = AllocateZeroPool (StrSize (VariableName));
> > +        ASSERT (Entry->Next->Name != NULL);
> > +        StrCpyS (Entry->Next->Name,
> StrSize(VariableName)/sizeof(CHAR16),
> > VariableName);
> > +        Entry->Next->Volatile = Volatile;
> > +      }
> > +
> > +    }
> > +  }
> > +}
> > diff --git
> a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableSmm.c
> > b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableSmm.c
> > index ec463d063e..ce409f22a3 100644
> > --- a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableSmm.c
> > +++ b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/VariableSmm.c
> > @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent
> >
> >  #include <Guid/SmmVariableCommon.h>
> >  #include "Variable.h"
> > +#include "VariableParsing.h"
> >
> >  BOOLEAN                                              mAtRuntime            
> >   = FALSE;
> >  UINT8                                                
> > *mVariableBufferPayload = NULL;
> > --
> > 2.16.2.windows.1
> 


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