Public bug reported:
See this bug for where this issue appears:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-call/+bug/1953261/+login
I am seeing in the Arch UEFI documentation:
UEFI Runtime Variables Support (efivarfs filesystem -
/sys/firmware/efi/efivars). This option is important as this is required
to manipulate UEFI runtime variables using tools like
/usr/bin/efibootmgr. The configuration option below has been added in
kernel 3.10 and later.
CONFIG_EFIVAR_FS=y
UEFI Runtime Variables Support (old efivars sysfs interface -
/sys/firmware/efi/vars). This option should be disabled to prevent any
potential issues with both efivarfs and sysfs-efivars enabled.
CONFIG_EFI_VARS=n
In Ubuntu 20.04, both of these are set =y. This appears to be the cause
of my inability to delete /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/dump* variables.
These variables are mirrored as directories of the same name in
/sys/firmware/efi/vars/dump*. If I delete the files ../efivars/dump*,
they reappear on reboot.
Systems have been bricked this way, when people thought they had cleared out
the variable storage, but had not, and then found it full on the next boot.
Some Thinkpads of the W530 vintage do not have a way to clear out that storage
at post time.
---
ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.21
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-02-05 (389 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210204)
MachineType: LENOVO 2436CTO
Package: linux (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.13.0-30-generic
root=UUID=5d036090-3f9e-4adf-a198-e0db3da45582 ro rootflags=subvol=@
luks.crypttab=no intel_iommu=on quiet
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-30.33~20.04.1-generic 5.13.19
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-5.13.0-30-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-5.13.0-30-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.187.26
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: yes
Tags: focal
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-30-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm btrbk cdrom debian-tor dip libvirt lpadmin lxd plugdev
sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 06/11/2018
dmi.bios.release: 2.72
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: G5ETB2WW (2.72 )
dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
dmi.board.name: 2436CTO
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: Not Defined
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
dmi.ec.firmware.release: 1.13
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrG5ETB2WW(2.72):bd06/11/2018:br2.72:efr1.13:svnLENOVO:pn2436CTO:pvrThinkPadW530:rvnLENOVO:rn2436CTO:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:skuLENOVO_MT_2436:
dmi.product.family: ThinkPad W530
dmi.product.name: 2436CTO
dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_2436
dmi.product.version: ThinkPad W530
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-collected focal
** Summary changed:
- CONFIG_EFIVAR_FS & CONFIG_EFI_VARS both =y - Impossible to Delete UEFI Dump
Files
+ Impossible to Delete UEFI Dump Files - CONFIG_EFIVAR_FS & CONFIG_EFI_VARS
both =y
** Tags added: apport-collected focal
** Description changed:
See this bug for where this issue appears:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-call/+bug/1953261/+login
I am seeing in the Arch UEFI documentation:
UEFI Runtime Variables Support (efivarfs filesystem -
/sys/firmware/efi/efivars). This option is important as this is required
to manipulate UEFI runtime variables using tools like
/usr/bin/efibootmgr. The configuration option below has been added in
kernel 3.10 and later.
CONFIG_EFIVAR_FS=y
UEFI Runtime Variables Support (old efivars sysfs interface -
/sys/firmware/efi/vars). This option should be disabled to prevent any
potential issues with both efivarfs and sysfs-efivars enabled.
CONFIG_EFI_VARS=n
In Ubuntu 20.04, both of these are set =y. This appears to be the cause
of my inability to delete /sys/firmware/efi/efivars/dump* variables.
These variables are mirrored as directories of the same name in
/sys/firmware/efi/vars/dump*. If I delete the files ../efivars/dump*,
they reappear on reboot.
- Systems have been bricked this way, when people thought they had cleared
- out the variable storage, but had not, and then found it full on the
- next boot. Some Thinkpads of the W530 vintage do not have a way to
- clear out that storage at post time.
+ Systems have been bricked this way, when people thought they had cleared out
the variable storage, but had not, and then found it full on the next boot.
Some Thinkpads of the W530 vintage do not have a way to clear out that storage
at post time.
+ ---
+ ProblemType: Bug
+ ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.21
+ Architecture: amd64
+ CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
+ CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
+ DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
+ InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-02-05 (389 days ago)
+ InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20210204)
+ MachineType: LENOVO 2436CTO
+ Package: linux (not installed)
+ ProcEnviron:
+ TERM=xterm-256color
+ PATH=(custom, no user)
+ XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
+ LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+ SHELL=/bin/bash
+ ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
+ ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.13.0-30-generic
root=UUID=5d036090-3f9e-4adf-a198-e0db3da45582 ro rootflags=subvol=@
luks.crypttab=no intel_iommu=on quiet
+ ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-30.33~20.04.1-generic 5.13.19
+ RelatedPackageVersions:
+ linux-restricted-modules-5.13.0-30-generic N/A
+ linux-backports-modules-5.13.0-30-generic N/A
+ linux-firmware 1.187.26
+ RfKill:
+ 0: phy0: Wireless LAN
+ Soft blocked: no
+ Hard blocked: yes
+ Tags: focal
+ Uname: Linux 5.13.0-30-generic x86_64
+ UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
+ UserGroups: adm btrbk cdrom debian-tor dip libvirt lpadmin lxd plugdev
sambashare sudo
+ _MarkForUpload: True
+ dmi.bios.date: 06/11/2018
+ dmi.bios.release: 2.72
+ dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
+ dmi.bios.version: G5ETB2WW (2.72 )
+ dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
+ dmi.board.name: 2436CTO
+ dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
+ dmi.board.version: Not Defined
+ dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
+ dmi.chassis.type: 10
+ dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
+ dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
+ dmi.ec.firmware.release: 1.13
+ dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvrG5ETB2WW(2.72):bd06/11/2018:br2.72:efr1.13:svnLENOVO:pn2436CTO:pvrThinkPadW530:rvnLENOVO:rn2436CTO:rvrNotDefined:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:skuLENOVO_MT_2436:
+ dmi.product.family: ThinkPad W530
+ dmi.product.name: 2436CTO
+ dmi.product.sku: LENOVO_MT_2436
+ dmi.product.version: ThinkPad W530
+ dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
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