diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
index eab4ec41c523..82fd145ead3b 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -97,39 +97,14 @@ MODULE_VERSION(EFIVARS_VERSION);
 
 #define DUMP_NAME_LEN 52
 
-/*
- * Length of a GUID string (strlen("aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee"))
- * not including trailing NUL
- */
-#define GUID_LEN 36
+static LIST_HEAD(efivarfs_list);
+static LIST_HEAD(efivar_sysfs_list);
 
 static bool efivars_pstore_disable =
 	IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI_VARS_PSTORE_DEFAULT_DISABLE);
 
 module_param_named(pstore_disable, efivars_pstore_disable, bool, 0644);
 
-/*
- * The maximum size of VariableName + Data = 1024
- * Therefore, it's reasonable to save that much
- * space in each part of the structure,
- * and we use a page for reading/writing.
- */
-
-struct efi_variable {
-	efi_char16_t  VariableName[1024/sizeof(efi_char16_t)];
-	efi_guid_t    VendorGuid;
-	unsigned long DataSize;
-	__u8          Data[1024];
-	efi_status_t  Status;
-	__u32         Attributes;
-} __attribute__((packed));
-
-struct efivar_entry {
-	struct efi_variable var;
-	struct list_head list;
-	struct kobject kobj;
-};
-
 struct efivar_attribute {
 	struct attribute attr;
 	ssize_t (*show) (struct efivar_entry *entry, char *buf);
@@ -144,6 +119,11 @@ static struct efivars *__efivars;
 	 EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS | \
 	 EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS)
 
+static struct kset *efivars_kset;
+
+static struct bin_attribute *efivars_new_var;
+static struct bin_attribute *efivars_del_var;
+
 #define EFIVAR_ATTR(_name, _mode, _show, _store) \
 struct efivar_attribute efivar_attr_##_name = { \
 	.attr = {.name = __stringify(_name), .mode = _mode}, \
@@ -158,10 +138,7 @@ struct efivar_attribute efivar_attr_##_name = { \
  * Prototype for sysfs creation function
  */
 static int
-efivar_create_sysfs_entry(struct efivars *efivars,
-			  unsigned long variable_name_size,
-			  efi_char16_t *variable_name,
-			  efi_guid_t *vendor_guid);
+efivar_create_sysfs_entry(struct efivar_entry *new_var);
 
 /*
  * Prototype for workqueue functions updating sysfs entry
@@ -346,8 +323,8 @@ static const struct variable_validate variable_validate[] = {
 	{ "", NULL },
 };
 
-static bool
-validate_var(struct efi_variable *var, u8 *data, unsigned long len)
+bool
+efivar_validate(struct efi_variable *var, u8 *data, unsigned long len)
 {
 	int i;
 	u16 *unicode_name = var->VariableName;
@@ -382,47 +359,16 @@ validate_var(struct efi_variable *var, u8 *data, unsigned long len)
 
 	return true;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efivar_validate);
 
 static efi_status_t
-get_var_data_locked(struct efivars *efivars, struct efi_variable *var)
-{
-	efi_status_t status;
-
-	var->DataSize = 1024;
-	status = efivars->ops->get_variable(var->VariableName,
-					    &var->VendorGuid,
-					    &var->Attributes,
-					    &var->DataSize,
-					    var->Data);
-	return status;
-}
-
-static efi_status_t
-get_var_data(struct efivars *efivars, struct efi_variable *var)
-{
-	efi_status_t status;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&efivars->lock, flags);
-	status = get_var_data_locked(efivars, var);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&efivars->lock, flags);
-
-	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "efivars: get_variable() failed 0x%lx!\n",
-			status);
-	}
-	return status;
-}
-
-static efi_status_t
-check_var_size_locked(struct efivars *efivars, u32 attributes,
-			unsigned long size)
+check_var_size(u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
 {
 	u64 storage_size, remaining_size, max_size;
 	efi_status_t status;
-	const struct efivar_operations *fops = efivars->ops;
+	const struct efivar_operations *fops = __efivars->ops;
 
-	if (!efivars->ops->query_variable_info)
+	if (!fops->query_variable_info)
 		return EFI_UNSUPPORTED;
 
 	status = fops->query_variable_info(attributes, &storage_size,
@@ -438,20 +384,6 @@ check_var_size_locked(struct efivars *efivars, u32 attributes,
 	return status;
 }
 
-
-static efi_status_t
-check_var_size(struct efivars *efivars, u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
-{
-	efi_status_t status;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&efivars->lock, flags);
-	status = check_var_size_locked(efivars, attributes, size);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&efivars->lock, flags);
-
-	return status;
-}
-
 static ssize_t
 efivar_guid_read(struct efivar_entry *entry, char *buf)
 {
@@ -473,13 +405,12 @@ efivar_attr_read(struct efivar_entry *entry, char *buf)
 {
 	struct efi_variable *var = &entry->var;
 	char *str = buf;
-	efi_status_t status;
 
 	if (!entry || !buf)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	status = get_var_data(__efivars, var);
-	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
+	var->DataSize = 1024;
+	if (efivar_entry_get(entry, &var->Attributes, &var->DataSize, var->Data))
 		return -EIO;
 
 	if (var->Attributes & EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE)
@@ -507,13 +438,12 @@ efivar_size_read(struct efivar_entry *entry, char *buf)
 {
 	struct efi_variable *var = &entry->var;
 	char *str = buf;
-	efi_status_t status;
 
 	if (!entry || !buf)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	status = get_var_data(__efivars, var);
-	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
+	var->DataSize = 1024;
+	if (efivar_entry_get(entry, &var->Attributes, &var->DataSize, var->Data))
 		return -EIO;
 
 	str += sprintf(str, "0x%lx\n", var->DataSize);
@@ -524,13 +454,12 @@ static ssize_t
 efivar_data_read(struct efivar_entry *entry, char *buf)
 {
 	struct efi_variable *var = &entry->var;
-	efi_status_t status;
 
 	if (!entry || !buf)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	status = get_var_data(__efivars, var);
-	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
+	var->DataSize = 1024;
+	if (efivar_entry_get(entry, &var->Attributes, &var->DataSize, var->Data))
 		return -EIO;
 
 	memcpy(buf, var->Data, var->DataSize);
@@ -544,8 +473,7 @@ static ssize_t
 efivar_store_raw(struct efivar_entry *entry, const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	struct efi_variable *new_var, *var = &entry->var;
-	struct efivars *efivars = __efivars;
-	efi_status_t status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
+	int err;
 
 	if (count != sizeof(struct efi_variable))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -567,32 +495,20 @@ efivar_store_raw(struct efivar_entry *entry, const char *buf, size_t count)
 	}
 
 	if ((new_var->Attributes & ~EFI_VARIABLE_MASK) != 0 ||
-	    validate_var(new_var, new_var->Data, new_var->DataSize) == false) {
+	    efivar_validate(new_var, new_var->Data, new_var->DataSize) == false) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "efivars: Malformed variable content\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&efivars->lock);
+	memcpy(&entry->var, new_var, count);
 
-	status = check_var_size_locked(efivars, new_var->Attributes,
-	       new_var->DataSize + utf16_strsize(new_var->VariableName, 1024));
-
-	if (status == EFI_SUCCESS || status == EFI_UNSUPPORTED)
-		status = efivars->ops->set_variable(new_var->VariableName,
-						    &new_var->VendorGuid,
-						    new_var->Attributes,
-						    new_var->DataSize,
-						    new_var->Data);
-
-	spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-
-	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "efivars: set_variable() failed: status=%lx\n",
-			status);
+	err = efivar_entry_set(entry, new_var->Attributes,
+			       new_var->DataSize, new_var->Data, false);
+	if (err) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "efivars: set_variable() failed: status=%d\n", err);
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-	memcpy(&entry->var, new_var, count);
 	return count;
 }
 
@@ -600,16 +516,17 @@ static ssize_t
 efivar_show_raw(struct efivar_entry *entry, char *buf)
 {
 	struct efi_variable *var = &entry->var;
-	efi_status_t status;
 
 	if (!entry || !buf)
 		return 0;
 
-	status = get_var_data(__efivars, var);
-	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
+	var->DataSize = 1024;
+	if (efivar_entry_get(entry, &entry->var.Attributes,
+			     &entry->var.DataSize, entry->var.Data))
 		return -EIO;
 
 	memcpy(buf, var, sizeof(*var));
+
 	return sizeof(*var);
 }
 
@@ -698,6 +615,9 @@ static int efi_status_to_err(efi_status_t status)
 	int err;
 
 	switch (status) {
+	case EFI_SUCCESS:
+		err = 0;
+		break;
 	case EFI_INVALID_PARAMETER:
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		break;
@@ -714,7 +634,7 @@ static int efi_status_to_err(efi_status_t status)
 		err = -EACCES;
 		break;
 	case EFI_NOT_FOUND:
-		err = -EIO;
+		err = -ENOENT;
 		break;
 	default:
 		err = -EINVAL;
@@ -727,14 +647,12 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_write(struct file *file,
 		const char __user *userbuf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct efivar_entry *var = file->private_data;
-	struct efivars *efivars = __efivars;
-	efi_status_t status;
 	void *data;
 	u32 attributes;
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
 	unsigned long datasize = count - sizeof(attributes);
-	unsigned long newdatasize, varsize;
 	ssize_t bytes = 0;
+	bool set = false;
 
 	if (count < sizeof(attributes))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -745,23 +663,6 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_write(struct file *file,
 	if (attributes & ~(EFI_VARIABLE_MASK))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	/*
-	 * Ensure that the user can't allocate arbitrarily large
-	 * amounts of memory. Pick a default size of 64K if
-	 * QueryVariableInfo() isn't supported by the firmware.
-	 */
-
-	varsize = datasize + utf16_strsize(var->var.VariableName, 1024);
-	status = check_var_size(efivars, attributes, varsize);
-
-	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
-		if (status != EFI_UNSUPPORTED)
-			return efi_status_to_err(status);
-
-		if (datasize > 65536)
-			return -ENOSPC;
-	}
-
 	data = kmalloc(datasize, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -771,76 +672,24 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_write(struct file *file,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (validate_var(&var->var, data, datasize) == false) {
-		bytes = -EINVAL;
+	bytes = efivar_entry_set_get_size(var, attributes, &datasize,
+					  data, &set);
+	if (!set && bytes)
 		goto out;
-	}
 
-	/*
-	 * The lock here protects the get_variable call, the conditional
-	 * set_variable call, and removal of the variable from the efivars
-	 * list (in the case of an authenticated delete).
-	 */
-	spin_lock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-
-	/*
-	 * Ensure that the available space hasn't shrunk below the safe level
-	 */
-
-	status = check_var_size_locked(efivars, attributes, varsize);
-
-	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS && status != EFI_UNSUPPORTED) {
-		spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-		kfree(data);
-
-		return efi_status_to_err(status);
-	}
-
-	status = efivars->ops->set_variable(var->var.VariableName,
-					    &var->var.VendorGuid,
-					    attributes, datasize,
-					    data);
-
-	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
-		spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-		kfree(data);
-
-		return efi_status_to_err(status);
-	}
-
-	bytes = count;
-
-	/*
-	 * Writing to the variable may have caused a change in size (which
-	 * could either be an append or an overwrite), or the variable to be
-	 * deleted. Perform a GetVariable() so we can tell what actually
-	 * happened.
-	 */
-	newdatasize = 0;
-	status = efivars->ops->get_variable(var->var.VariableName,
-					    &var->var.VendorGuid,
-					    NULL, &newdatasize,
-					    NULL);
-
-	if (status == EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL) {
-		spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
+	if (!bytes) {
 		mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-		i_size_write(inode, newdatasize + sizeof(attributes));
+		i_size_write(inode, datasize + sizeof(attributes));
 		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-
-	} else if (status == EFI_NOT_FOUND) {
-		list_del(&var->list);
-		spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-		efivar_unregister(var);
+	} else if (bytes == -ENOENT) {
 		drop_nlink(inode);
 		d_delete(file->f_dentry);
 		dput(file->f_dentry);
-
-	} else {
-		spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
+	} else
 		pr_warn("efivarfs: inconsistent EFI variable implementation? "
-				"status = %lx\n", status);
-	}
+				"status=%zu\n", bytes);
+
+	bytes = count;
 
 out:
 	kfree(data);
@@ -852,38 +701,25 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
 		size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct efivar_entry *var = file->private_data;
-	struct efivars *efivars = __efivars;
-	efi_status_t status;
 	unsigned long datasize = 0;
 	u32 attributes;
 	void *data;
 	ssize_t size = 0;
+	int err;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-	status = efivars->ops->get_variable(var->var.VariableName,
-					    &var->var.VendorGuid,
-					    &attributes, &datasize, NULL);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-
-	if (status != EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL)
-		return efi_status_to_err(status);
+	err = efivar_entry_size(var, &datasize);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 	data = kmalloc(datasize + sizeof(attributes), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-	status = efivars->ops->get_variable(var->var.VariableName,
-					    &var->var.VendorGuid,
-					    &attributes, &datasize,
-					    (data + sizeof(attributes)));
-	spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-
-	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
-		size = efi_status_to_err(status);
+	size = efivar_entry_get(var, &attributes, &datasize,
+				data + sizeof(attributes));
+	if (size)
 		goto out_free;
-	}
 
 	memcpy(data, &attributes, sizeof(attributes));
 	size = simple_read_from_buffer(userbuf, count, ppos,
@@ -947,17 +783,17 @@ static struct inode *efivarfs_get_inode(struct super_block *sb,
  */
 static bool efivarfs_valid_name(const char *str, int len)
 {
-	static const char dashes[GUID_LEN] = {
+	static const char dashes[EFI_VARIABLE_GUID_LEN] = {
 		[8] = 1, [13] = 1, [18] = 1, [23] = 1
 	};
-	const char *s = str + len - GUID_LEN;
+	const char *s = str + len - EFI_VARIABLE_GUID_LEN;
 	int i;
 
 	/*
 	 * We need a GUID, plus at least one letter for the variable name,
 	 * plus the '-' separator
 	 */
-	if (len < GUID_LEN + 2)
+	if (len < EFI_VARIABLE_GUID_LEN + 2)
 		return false;
 
 	/* GUID must be preceded by a '-' */
@@ -969,7 +805,7 @@ static bool efivarfs_valid_name(const char *str, int len)
 	 *
 	 *	12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc
 	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < GUID_LEN; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < EFI_VARIABLE_GUID_LEN; i++) {
 		if (dashes[i]) {
 			if (*s++ != '-')
 				return false;
@@ -1006,7 +842,6 @@ static int efivarfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 			  umode_t mode, bool excl)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
-	struct efivars *efivars = __efivars;
 	struct efivar_entry *var;
 	int namelen, i = 0, err = 0;
 
@@ -1024,7 +859,7 @@ static int efivarfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	}
 
 	/* length of the variable name itself: remove GUID and separator */
-	namelen = dentry->d_name.len - GUID_LEN - 1;
+	namelen = dentry->d_name.len - EFI_VARIABLE_GUID_LEN - 1;
 
 	efivarfs_hex_to_guid(dentry->d_name.name + namelen + 1,
 			&var->var.VendorGuid);
@@ -1035,17 +870,8 @@ static int efivarfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	var->var.VariableName[i] = '\0';
 
 	inode->i_private = var;
-	var->kobj.kset = efivars->kset;
 
-	err = kobject_init_and_add(&var->kobj, &efivar_ktype, NULL, "%s",
-			     dentry->d_name.name);
-	if (err)
-		goto out;
-
-	kobject_uevent(&var->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
-	spin_lock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-	list_add(&var->list, &efivars->list);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
+	efivar_entry_add(var, &efivarfs_list);
 	d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
 	dget(dentry);
 out:
@@ -1059,26 +885,13 @@ static int efivarfs_create(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 static int efivarfs_unlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 {
 	struct efivar_entry *var = dentry->d_inode->i_private;
-	struct efivars *efivars = __efivars;
-	efi_status_t status;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&efivars->lock);
+	if (efivar_entry_delete(var))
+		return -EINVAL;
 
-	status = efivars->ops->set_variable(var->var.VariableName,
-					    &var->var.VendorGuid,
-					    0, 0, NULL);
-
-	if (status == EFI_SUCCESS || status == EFI_NOT_FOUND) {
-		list_del(&var->list);
-		spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-		efivar_unregister(var);
-		drop_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
-		dput(dentry);
-		return 0;
-	}
-
-	spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-	return -EINVAL;
+	drop_nlink(dentry->d_inode);
+	dput(dentry);
+	return 0;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -1097,7 +910,7 @@ static int efivarfs_d_compare(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *p
 			      unsigned int len, const char *str,
 			      const struct qstr *name)
 {
-	int guid = len - GUID_LEN;
+	int guid = len - EFI_VARIABLE_GUID_LEN;
 
 	if (name->len != len)
 		return 1;
@@ -1107,7 +920,7 @@ static int efivarfs_d_compare(const struct dentry *parent, const struct inode *p
 		return 1;
 
 	/* Case-insensitive compare for the GUID */
-	return strncasecmp(name->name + guid, str + guid, GUID_LEN);
+	return strncasecmp(name->name + guid, str + guid, EFI_VARIABLE_GUID_LEN);
 }
 
 static int efivarfs_d_hash(const struct dentry *dentry,
@@ -1120,7 +933,7 @@ static int efivarfs_d_hash(const struct dentry *dentry,
 	if (!efivarfs_valid_name(s, len))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	while (len-- > GUID_LEN)
+	while (len-- > EFI_VARIABLE_GUID_LEN)
 		hash = partial_name_hash(*s++, hash);
 
 	/* GUID is case-insensitive. */
@@ -1166,14 +979,86 @@ static struct dentry *efivarfs_alloc_dentry(struct dentry *parent, char *name)
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 }
 
+static int efivarfs_callback(efi_char16_t *name16, efi_guid_t vendor,
+			     unsigned long name_size, void *data)
+{
+	struct super_block *sb = (struct super_block *)data;
+	struct efivar_entry *entry;
+	struct inode *inode = NULL;
+	struct dentry *dentry, *root = sb->s_root;
+	unsigned long size = 0;
+	char *name;
+	int len, i;
+	int err = -ENOMEM;
+
+	entry = kmalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!entry)
+		return err;
+
+	memcpy(entry->var.VariableName, name16, name_size);
+	memcpy(&(entry->var.VendorGuid), &vendor, sizeof(efi_guid_t));
+
+	len = utf16_strlen(entry->var.VariableName);
+
+	/* name, plus '-', plus GUID, plus NUL*/
+	name = kmalloc(len + 1 + EFI_VARIABLE_GUID_LEN + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!name)
+		goto fail;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
+		name[i] = entry->var.VariableName[i] & 0xFF;
+
+	name[len] = '-';
+
+	efi_guid_unparse(&entry->var.VendorGuid, name + len + 1);
+
+	name[len + EFI_VARIABLE_GUID_LEN+1] = '\0';
+
+	inode = efivarfs_get_inode(sb, root->d_inode, S_IFREG | 0644, 0);
+	if (!inode)
+		goto fail_name;
+
+	dentry = efivarfs_alloc_dentry(root, name);
+	if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(dentry);
+		goto fail_inode;
+	}
+
+	/* copied by the above to local storage in the dentry. */
+	kfree(name);
+
+	efivar_entry_size(entry, &size);
+	efivar_entry_add(entry, &efivarfs_list);
+
+	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	inode->i_private = entry;
+	i_size_write(inode, size + sizeof(entry->var.Attributes));
+	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
+	d_add(dentry, inode);
+
+	return 0;
+
+fail_inode:
+	iput(inode);
+fail_name:
+	kfree(name);
+fail:
+	kfree(entry);
+	return err;
+}
+
+static int efivarfs_destroy(struct efivar_entry *entry, void *data)
+{
+	efivar_entry_remove(entry);
+	kfree(entry);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int efivarfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = NULL;
 	struct dentry *root;
-	struct efivar_entry *entry, *n;
-	struct efivars *efivars = __efivars;
-	char *name;
-	int err = -ENOMEM;
+	int err;
 
 	efivarfs_sb = sb;
 
@@ -1195,65 +1080,13 @@ static int efivarfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 	if (!root)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, n, &efivars->list, list) {
-		struct dentry *dentry, *root = efivarfs_sb->s_root;
-		unsigned long size = 0;
-		int len, i;
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&efivarfs_list);
 
-		inode = NULL;
+	err = efivar_init(efivarfs_callback, (void *)sb, false,
+			  true, &efivarfs_list);
+	if (err)
+		__efivar_entry_iter(efivarfs_destroy, &efivarfs_list, NULL, NULL);
 
-		len = utf16_strlen(entry->var.VariableName);
-
-		/* name, plus '-', plus GUID, plus NUL*/
-		name = kmalloc(len + 1 + GUID_LEN + 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
-		if (!name)
-			goto fail;
-
-		for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
-			name[i] = entry->var.VariableName[i] & 0xFF;
-
-		name[len] = '-';
-
-		efi_guid_unparse(&entry->var.VendorGuid, name + len + 1);
-
-		name[len+GUID_LEN+1] = '\0';
-
-		inode = efivarfs_get_inode(efivarfs_sb, root->d_inode,
-					  S_IFREG | 0644, 0);
-		if (!inode)
-			goto fail_name;
-
-		dentry = efivarfs_alloc_dentry(root, name);
-		if (IS_ERR(dentry)) {
-			err = PTR_ERR(dentry);
-			goto fail_inode;
-		}
-
-		/* copied by the above to local storage in the dentry. */
-		kfree(name);
-
-		spin_lock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-		efivars->ops->get_variable(entry->var.VariableName,
-					   &entry->var.VendorGuid,
-					   &entry->var.Attributes,
-					   &size,
-					   NULL);
-		spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-
-		mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-		inode->i_private = entry;
-		i_size_write(inode, size + sizeof(entry->var.Attributes));
-		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-		d_add(dentry, inode);
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-
-fail_inode:
-	iput(inode);
-fail_name:
-	kfree(name);
-fail:
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -1267,6 +1100,9 @@ static void efivarfs_kill_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	kill_litter_super(sb);
 	efivarfs_sb = NULL;
+
+	/* Remove all entries and destroy */
+	__efivar_entry_iter(efivarfs_destroy, &efivarfs_list, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 static struct file_system_type efivarfs_type = {
@@ -1298,80 +1134,84 @@ static const struct inode_operations efivarfs_dir_inode_operations = {
 
 static int efi_pstore_open(struct pstore_info *psi)
 {
-	struct efivars *efivars = __efivars;
-
-	spin_lock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-	efivars->walk_entry = list_first_entry(&efivars->list,
-					       struct efivar_entry, list);
+	efivar_entry_iter_begin();
+	psi->data = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int efi_pstore_close(struct pstore_info *psi)
 {
-	struct efivars *efivars = __efivars;
-
-	spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
+	efivar_entry_iter_end();
+	psi->data = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
 
+struct pstore_read_data {
+	u64 *id;
+	enum pstore_type_id *type;
+	int *count;
+	struct timespec *timespec;
+	char **buf;
+};
+
+static int efi_pstore_read_func(struct efivar_entry *entry, void *data)
+{
+	efi_guid_t vendor = LINUX_EFI_CRASH_GUID;
+	struct pstore_read_data *cb_data = data;
+	char name[DUMP_NAME_LEN];
+	int i;
+	int cnt;
+	unsigned int part;
+	unsigned long time, size;
+
+	if (efi_guidcmp(entry->var.VendorGuid, vendor))
+		return 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < DUMP_NAME_LEN; i++)
+		name[i] = entry->var.VariableName[i];
+
+	if (sscanf(name, "dump-type%u-%u-%d-%lu",
+		   cb_data->type, &part, &cnt, &time) == 4) {
+		*cb_data->id = part;
+		*cb_data->count = cnt;
+		cb_data->timespec->tv_sec = time;
+		cb_data->timespec->tv_nsec = 0;
+	} else if (sscanf(name, "dump-type%u-%u-%lu",
+			  cb_data->type, &part, &time) == 3) {
+		/*
+		 * Check if an old format,
+		 * which doesn't support holding
+		 * multiple logs, remains.
+		 */
+		*cb_data->id = part;
+		*cb_data->count = 0;
+		cb_data->timespec->tv_sec = time;
+		cb_data->timespec->tv_nsec = 0;
+	} else
+		return 0;
+
+	__efivar_entry_size(entry, &size);
+	*cb_data->buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (*cb_data->buf == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	memcpy(*cb_data->buf, entry->var.Data, size);
+	return size;
+}
+
 static ssize_t efi_pstore_read(u64 *id, enum pstore_type_id *type,
 			       int *count, struct timespec *timespec,
 			       char **buf, struct pstore_info *psi)
 {
-	efi_guid_t vendor = LINUX_EFI_CRASH_GUID;
-	struct efivars *efivars = __efivars;
-	char name[DUMP_NAME_LEN];
-	int i;
-	int cnt;
-	unsigned int part, size;
-	unsigned long time;
+	struct pstore_read_data data;
 
-	while (&efivars->walk_entry->list != &efivars->list) {
-		if (!efi_guidcmp(efivars->walk_entry->var.VendorGuid,
-				 vendor)) {
-			for (i = 0; i < DUMP_NAME_LEN; i++) {
-				name[i] = efivars->walk_entry->var.VariableName[i];
-			}
-			if (sscanf(name, "dump-type%u-%u-%d-%lu",
-				   type, &part, &cnt, &time) == 4) {
-				*id = part;
-				*count = cnt;
-				timespec->tv_sec = time;
-				timespec->tv_nsec = 0;
-			} else if (sscanf(name, "dump-type%u-%u-%lu",
-				   type, &part, &time) == 3) {
-				/*
-				 * Check if an old format,
-				 * which doesn't support holding
-				 * multiple logs, remains.
-				 */
-				*id = part;
-				*count = 0;
-				timespec->tv_sec = time;
-				timespec->tv_nsec = 0;
-			} else {
-				efivars->walk_entry = list_entry(
-						efivars->walk_entry->list.next,
-						struct efivar_entry, list);
-				continue;
-			}
+	data.id = id;
+	data.type = type;
+	data.count = count;
+	data.timespec = timespec;
+	data.buf = buf;
 
-			get_var_data_locked(efivars, &efivars->walk_entry->var);
-			size = efivars->walk_entry->var.DataSize;
-			*buf = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (*buf == NULL)
-				return -ENOMEM;
-			memcpy(*buf, efivars->walk_entry->var.Data,
-			       size);
-			efivars->walk_entry = list_entry(
-					efivars->walk_entry->list.next,
-					struct efivar_entry, list);
-			return size;
-		}
-		efivars->walk_entry = list_entry(efivars->walk_entry->list.next,
-						 struct efivar_entry, list);
-	}
-	return 0;
+	return __efivar_entry_iter(efi_pstore_read_func, &efivar_sysfs_list, &data,
+				   (struct efivar_entry **)&psi->data);
 }
 
 static int efi_pstore_write(enum pstore_type_id type,
@@ -1382,36 +1222,7 @@ static int efi_pstore_write(enum pstore_type_id type,
 	char name[DUMP_NAME_LEN];
 	efi_char16_t efi_name[DUMP_NAME_LEN];
 	efi_guid_t vendor = LINUX_EFI_CRASH_GUID;
-	struct efivars *efivars = __efivars;
 	int i, ret = 0;
-	efi_status_t status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	if (pstore_cannot_block_path(reason)) {
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is taken by another cpu in non-blocking path,
-		 * this driver returns without entering firmware to avoid
-		 * hanging up.
-		 */
-		if (!spin_trylock_irqsave(&efivars->lock, flags))
-			return -EBUSY;
-	} else
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&efivars->lock, flags);
-
-	/*
-	 * Check if there is a space enough to log.
-	 * size: a size of logging data
-	 * DUMP_NAME_LEN * 2: a maximum size of variable name
-	 */
-
-	status = check_var_size_locked(efivars, PSTORE_EFI_ATTRIBUTES,
-					 size + DUMP_NAME_LEN * 2);
-
-	if (status) {
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&efivars->lock, flags);
-		*id = part;
-		return -ENOSPC;
-	}
 
 	sprintf(name, "dump-type%u-%u-%d-%lu", type, part, count,
 		get_seconds());
@@ -1419,10 +1230,9 @@ static int efi_pstore_write(enum pstore_type_id type,
 	for (i = 0; i < DUMP_NAME_LEN; i++)
 		efi_name[i] = name[i];
 
-	efivars->ops->set_variable(efi_name, &vendor, PSTORE_EFI_ATTRIBUTES,
-				   size, psi->buf);
-
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&efivars->lock, flags);
+	ret = efivar_entry_set_safe(efi_name, vendor, PSTORE_EFI_ATTRIBUTES,
+				    !pstore_cannot_block_path(reason),
+				    size, psi->buf);
 
 	if (reason == KMSG_DUMP_OOPS && efivar_wq_enabled)
 		schedule_work(&efivar_work);
@@ -1431,69 +1241,79 @@ static int efi_pstore_write(enum pstore_type_id type,
 	return ret;
 };
 
+struct pstore_erase_data {
+	u64 id;
+	enum pstore_type_id type;
+	int count;
+	struct timespec time;
+	efi_char16_t *name;
+};
+
+/*
+ * Clean up an entry with the same name
+ */
+static int efi_pstore_erase_func(struct efivar_entry *entry, void *data)
+{
+	struct pstore_erase_data *ed = data;
+	efi_guid_t vendor = LINUX_EFI_CRASH_GUID;
+	efi_char16_t efi_name_old[DUMP_NAME_LEN];
+	efi_char16_t *efi_name = ed->name;
+	unsigned long utf16_len = utf16_strlen(ed->name);
+	char name_old[DUMP_NAME_LEN];
+	int i;
+
+	if (efi_guidcmp(entry->var.VendorGuid, vendor))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (utf16_strncmp(entry->var.VariableName,
+			  efi_name, (size_t)utf16_len)) {
+		/*
+		 * Check if an old format, which doesn't support
+		 * holding multiple logs, remains.
+		 */
+		sprintf(name_old, "dump-type%u-%u-%lu", ed->type,
+			(unsigned int)ed->id, ed->time.tv_sec);
+
+		for (i = 0; i < DUMP_NAME_LEN; i++)
+			efi_name_old[i] = name_old[i];
+
+		if (utf16_strncmp(entry->var.VariableName, efi_name_old,
+				  utf16_strlen(efi_name_old)))
+			return 0;
+	}
+
+	/* found */
+	__efivar_entry_delete(entry);
+	return 1;
+}
+
 static int efi_pstore_erase(enum pstore_type_id type, u64 id, int count,
 			    struct timespec time, struct pstore_info *psi)
 {
+	struct pstore_erase_data edata;
+	struct efivar_entry *entry;
 	char name[DUMP_NAME_LEN];
 	efi_char16_t efi_name[DUMP_NAME_LEN];
-	char name_old[DUMP_NAME_LEN];
-	efi_char16_t efi_name_old[DUMP_NAME_LEN];
-	efi_guid_t vendor = LINUX_EFI_CRASH_GUID;
-	struct efivars *efivars = __efivars;
-	struct efivar_entry *entry, *found = NULL;
-	int i;
+	int found, i;
 
 	sprintf(name, "dump-type%u-%u-%d-%lu", type, (unsigned int)id, count,
 		time.tv_sec);
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < DUMP_NAME_LEN; i++)
 		efi_name[i] = name[i];
 
-	/*
-	 * Clean up an entry with the same name
-	 */
+	edata.id = id;
+	edata.type = type;
+	edata.count = count;
+	edata.time = time;
+	edata.name = efi_name;
 
-	list_for_each_entry(entry, &efivars->list, list) {
-		get_var_data_locked(efivars, &entry->var);
-
-		if (efi_guidcmp(entry->var.VendorGuid, vendor))
-			continue;
-		if (utf16_strncmp(entry->var.VariableName, efi_name,
-				  utf16_strlen(efi_name))) {
-			/*
-			 * Check if an old format,
-			 * which doesn't support holding
-			 * multiple logs, remains.
-			 */
-			sprintf(name_old, "dump-type%u-%u-%lu", type,
-				(unsigned int)id, time.tv_sec);
-
-			for (i = 0; i < DUMP_NAME_LEN; i++)
-				efi_name_old[i] = name_old[i];
-
-			if (utf16_strncmp(entry->var.VariableName, efi_name_old,
-					  utf16_strlen(efi_name_old)))
-				continue;
-		}
-
-		/* found */
-		found = entry;
-		efivars->ops->set_variable(entry->var.VariableName,
-					   &entry->var.VendorGuid,
-					   PSTORE_EFI_ATTRIBUTES,
-					   0, NULL);
-		break;
-	}
+	efivar_entry_iter_begin();
+	found = __efivar_entry_iter(efi_pstore_erase_func, &efivar_sysfs_list, &edata, &entry);
+	efivar_entry_iter_end();
 
 	if (found)
-		list_del(&found->list);
-
-	spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-
-	if (found)
-		efivar_unregister(found);
+		efivar_unregister(entry);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -1508,19 +1328,17 @@ static struct pstore_info efi_pstore_info = {
 	.erase		= efi_pstore_erase,
 };
 
-static void efivar_pstore_register(struct efivars *efivars)
+static void efivar_pstore_register(void)
 {
-	efivars->efi_pstore_info = efi_pstore_info;
-	efivars->efi_pstore_info.buf = kmalloc(4096, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (efivars->efi_pstore_info.buf) {
-		efivars->efi_pstore_info.bufsize = 1024;
-		efivars->efi_pstore_info.data = efivars;
-		spin_lock_init(&efivars->efi_pstore_info.buf_lock);
-		pstore_register(&efivars->efi_pstore_info);
+	efi_pstore_info.buf = kmalloc(4096, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (efi_pstore_info.buf) {
+		efi_pstore_info.bufsize = 1024;
+		spin_lock_init(&efi_pstore_info.buf_lock);
+		pstore_register(&efi_pstore_info);
 	}
 }
 #else
-static void efivar_pstore_register(struct efivars *efivars)
+static void efivar_pstore_register(void)
 {
 	return;
 }
@@ -1531,76 +1349,41 @@ static ssize_t efivar_create(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 			     char *buf, loff_t pos, size_t count)
 {
 	struct efi_variable *new_var = (struct efi_variable *)buf;
-	struct efivars *efivars = __efivars;
-	struct efivar_entry *search_efivar, *n;
-	unsigned long strsize1, strsize2;
-	efi_status_t status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
-	int found = 0;
+	struct efivar_entry *new_entry;
+	int err;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EACCES;
 
 	if ((new_var->Attributes & ~EFI_VARIABLE_MASK) != 0 ||
-	    validate_var(new_var, new_var->Data, new_var->DataSize) == false) {
+	    efivar_validate(new_var, new_var->Data, new_var->DataSize) == false) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "efivars: Malformed variable content\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&efivars->lock);
+	new_entry = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!new_entry)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	/*
-	 * Does this variable already exist?
-	 */
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(search_efivar, n, &efivars->list, list) {
-		strsize1 = utf16_strsize(search_efivar->var.VariableName, 1024);
-		strsize2 = utf16_strsize(new_var->VariableName, 1024);
-		if (strsize1 == strsize2 &&
-			!memcmp(&(search_efivar->var.VariableName),
-				new_var->VariableName, strsize1) &&
-			!efi_guidcmp(search_efivar->var.VendorGuid,
-				new_var->VendorGuid)) {
-			found = 1;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	if (found) {
-		spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-		return -EINVAL;
+	memcpy(&new_entry->var, new_var, sizeof(*new_var));
+
+	err = efivar_entry_set(new_entry, new_var->Attributes, new_var->DataSize,
+			       new_var->Data, &efivar_sysfs_list);
+	if (err) {
+		if (err == -EEXIST)
+			err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
-	status = check_var_size_locked(efivars, new_var->Attributes,
-	       new_var->DataSize + utf16_strsize(new_var->VariableName, 1024));
-
-	if (status && status != EFI_UNSUPPORTED) {
-		spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-		return efi_status_to_err(status);
-	}
-
-	/* now *really* create the variable via EFI */
-	status = efivars->ops->set_variable(new_var->VariableName,
-					    &new_var->VendorGuid,
-					    new_var->Attributes,
-					    new_var->DataSize,
-					    new_var->Data);
-
-	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "efivars: set_variable() failed: status=%lx\n",
-			status);
-		spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-
-	/* Create the entry in sysfs.  Locking is not required here */
-	status = efivar_create_sysfs_entry(efivars,
-					   utf16_strsize(new_var->VariableName,
-							 1024),
-					   new_var->VariableName,
-					   &new_var->VendorGuid);
-	if (status) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "efivars: variable created, but sysfs entry wasn't.\n");
+	if (efivar_create_sysfs_entry(new_entry)) {
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "efivars: failed to create sysfs entry.\n");
+		kfree(new_entry);
 	}
 	return count;
+
+out:
+	kfree(new_entry);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static ssize_t efivar_delete(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
@@ -1608,70 +1391,40 @@ static ssize_t efivar_delete(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 			     char *buf, loff_t pos, size_t count)
 {
 	struct efi_variable *del_var = (struct efi_variable *)buf;
-	struct efivars *efivars = __efivars;
-	struct efivar_entry *search_efivar, *n;
-	unsigned long strsize1, strsize2;
-	efi_status_t status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
-	int found = 0;
+	struct efivar_entry *entry;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EACCES;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&efivars->lock);
+	efivar_entry_iter_begin();
+	entry = efivar_entry_find(del_var->VariableName, del_var->VendorGuid,
+				  &efivar_sysfs_list, true);
+	if (!entry)
+		err = -EINVAL;
+	else if (__efivar_entry_delete(entry))
+		err = -EIO;
 
-	/*
-	 * Does this variable already exist?
-	 */
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(search_efivar, n, &efivars->list, list) {
-		strsize1 = utf16_strsize(search_efivar->var.VariableName, 1024);
-		strsize2 = utf16_strsize(del_var->VariableName, 1024);
-		if (strsize1 == strsize2 &&
-			!memcmp(&(search_efivar->var.VariableName),
-				del_var->VariableName, strsize1) &&
-			!efi_guidcmp(search_efivar->var.VendorGuid,
-				del_var->VendorGuid)) {
-			found = 1;
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	if (!found) {
-		spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-	/* force the Attributes/DataSize to 0 to ensure deletion */
-	del_var->Attributes = 0;
-	del_var->DataSize = 0;
+	efivar_entry_iter_end();
 
-	status = efivars->ops->set_variable(del_var->VariableName,
-					    &del_var->VendorGuid,
-					    del_var->Attributes,
-					    del_var->DataSize,
-					    del_var->Data);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
-	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "efivars: set_variable() failed: status=%lx\n",
-			status);
-		spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-	list_del(&search_efivar->list);
-	/* We need to release this lock before unregistering. */
-	spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-	efivar_unregister(search_efivar);
+	efivar_unregister(entry);
 
 	/* It's dead Jim.... */
 	return count;
 }
 
-static bool variable_is_present(efi_char16_t *variable_name, efi_guid_t *vendor)
+static bool variable_is_present(efi_char16_t *variable_name, efi_guid_t *vendor,
+				struct list_head *head)
 {
 	struct efivar_entry *entry, *n;
-	struct efivars *efivars = __efivars;
 	unsigned long strsize1, strsize2;
 	bool found = false;
 
 	strsize1 = utf16_strsize(variable_name, 1024);
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, n, &efivars->list, list) {
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, n, head, list) {
 		strsize2 = utf16_strsize(entry->var.VariableName, 1024);
 		if (strsize1 == strsize2 &&
 			!memcmp(variable_name, &(entry->var.VariableName),
@@ -1685,6 +1438,20 @@ static bool variable_is_present(efi_char16_t *variable_name, efi_guid_t *vendor)
 	return found;
 }
 
+static int efivar_update_sysfs_entry(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t vendor,
+				     unsigned long name_size, void *data)
+{
+	struct efivar_entry *entry = data;
+
+	if (efivar_entry_find(name, vendor, &efivar_sysfs_list, false))
+		return 0;
+
+	memcpy(entry->var.VariableName, name, name_size);
+	memcpy(&(entry->var.VendorGuid), &vendor, sizeof(efi_guid_t));
+
+	return 1;
+}
+
 /*
  * Returns the size of variable_name, in bytes, including the
  * terminating NULL character, or variable_name_size if no NULL
@@ -1712,52 +1479,26 @@ static unsigned long var_name_strnsize(efi_char16_t *variable_name,
 
 static void efivar_update_sysfs_entries(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct efivars *efivars = __efivars;
-	efi_guid_t vendor;
-	efi_char16_t *variable_name;
-	unsigned long variable_name_size = 1024;
-	efi_status_t status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
-	bool found;
+	struct efivar_entry *entry;
+	int err;
+
+	entry = kzalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!entry)
+		return;
 
 	/* Add new sysfs entries */
 	while (1) {
-		variable_name = kzalloc(variable_name_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!variable_name) {
-			pr_err("efivars: Memory allocation failed.\n");
-			return;
-		}
+		memset(entry, 0, sizeof(*entry));
 
-		spin_lock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-		found = false;
-		while (1) {
-			variable_name_size = 1024;
-			status = efivars->ops->get_next_variable(
-							&variable_name_size,
-							variable_name,
-							&vendor);
-			if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
-				break;
-			} else {
-				if (!variable_is_present(variable_name,
-				    &vendor)) {
-					found = true;
-					break;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-		spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-
-		if (!found) {
-			kfree(variable_name);
+		err = efivar_init(efivar_update_sysfs_entry, entry,
+				  true, false, &efivar_sysfs_list);
+		if (!err)
 			break;
-		} else {
-			variable_name_size = var_name_strnsize(variable_name,
-							       variable_name_size);
-			efivar_create_sysfs_entry(efivars,
-						  variable_name_size,
-						  variable_name, &vendor);
-		}
+
+		efivar_create_sysfs_entry(entry);
 	}
+
+	kfree(entry);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1804,45 +1545,37 @@ static struct attribute_group efi_subsys_attr_group = {
 
 static struct kobject *efi_kobj;
 
-/*
- * efivar_create_sysfs_entry()
- * Requires:
- *    variable_name_size = number of bytes required to hold
- *                         variable_name (not counting the NULL
- *                         character at the end.
- *    efivars->lock is not held on entry or exit.
+/**
+ * efivar_create_sysfs_entry - create a new entry in sysfs
+ * @new_var: efivar entry to create
+ *
  * Returns 1 on failure, 0 on success
  */
 static int
-efivar_create_sysfs_entry(struct efivars *efivars,
-			  unsigned long variable_name_size,
-			  efi_char16_t *variable_name,
-			  efi_guid_t *vendor_guid)
+efivar_create_sysfs_entry(struct efivar_entry *new_var)
 {
 	int i, short_name_size;
 	char *short_name;
-	struct efivar_entry *new_efivar;
+	unsigned long variable_name_size;
+	efi_char16_t *variable_name;
+
+	variable_name = new_var->var.VariableName;
+	variable_name_size = utf16_strlen(variable_name) * sizeof(efi_char16_t);
 
 	/*
 	 * Length of the variable bytes in ASCII, plus the '-' separator,
 	 * plus the GUID, plus trailing NUL
 	 */
 	short_name_size = variable_name_size / sizeof(efi_char16_t)
-				+ 1 + GUID_LEN + 1;
+				+ 1 + EFI_VARIABLE_GUID_LEN + 1;
 
 	short_name = kzalloc(short_name_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	new_efivar = kzalloc(sizeof(struct efivar_entry), GFP_KERNEL);
 
-	if (!short_name || !new_efivar)  {
+	if (!short_name) {
 		kfree(short_name);
-		kfree(new_efivar);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	memcpy(new_efivar->var.VariableName, variable_name,
-		variable_name_size);
-	memcpy(&(new_efivar->var.VendorGuid), vendor_guid, sizeof(efi_guid_t));
-
 	/* Convert Unicode to normal chars (assume top bits are 0),
 	   ala UTF-8 */
 	for (i=0; i < (int)(variable_name_size / sizeof(efi_char16_t)); i++) {
@@ -1852,30 +1585,25 @@ efivar_create_sysfs_entry(struct efivars *efivars,
 	   private variables from another's.         */
 
 	*(short_name + strlen(short_name)) = '-';
-	efi_guid_unparse(vendor_guid, short_name + strlen(short_name));
+	efi_guid_unparse(&new_var->var.VendorGuid,
+			 short_name + strlen(short_name));
 
-	new_efivar->kobj.kset = efivars->kset;
-	i = kobject_init_and_add(&new_efivar->kobj, &efivar_ktype, NULL,
-				 "%s", short_name);
-	if (i) {
-		kfree(short_name);
-		kfree(new_efivar);
-		return 1;
-	}
+	new_var->kobj.kset = efivars_kset;
 
-	kobject_uevent(&new_efivar->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+	i = kobject_init_and_add(&new_var->kobj, &efivar_ktype,
+				   NULL, "%s", short_name);
 	kfree(short_name);
-	short_name = NULL;
+	if (i)
+		return 1;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-	list_add(&new_efivar->list, &efivars->list);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
+	kobject_uevent(&new_var->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
+	efivar_entry_add(new_var, &efivar_sysfs_list);
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static int
-create_efivars_bin_attributes(struct efivars *efivars)
+create_efivars_bin_attributes(void)
 {
 	struct bin_attribute *attr;
 	int error;
@@ -1888,8 +1616,7 @@ create_efivars_bin_attributes(struct efivars *efivars)
 	attr->attr.name = "new_var";
 	attr->attr.mode = 0200;
 	attr->write = efivar_create;
-	attr->private = efivars;
-	efivars->new_var = attr;
+	efivars_new_var = attr;
 
 	/* del_var */
 	attr = kzalloc(sizeof(*attr), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -1900,61 +1627,59 @@ create_efivars_bin_attributes(struct efivars *efivars)
 	attr->attr.name = "del_var";
 	attr->attr.mode = 0200;
 	attr->write = efivar_delete;
-	attr->private = efivars;
-	efivars->del_var = attr;
+	efivars_del_var = attr;
 
-	sysfs_bin_attr_init(efivars->new_var);
-	sysfs_bin_attr_init(efivars->del_var);
+	sysfs_bin_attr_init(efivars_new_var);
+	sysfs_bin_attr_init(efivars_del_var);
 
 	/* Register */
-	error = sysfs_create_bin_file(&efivars->kset->kobj,
-				      efivars->new_var);
+	error = sysfs_create_bin_file(&efivars_kset->kobj, efivars_new_var);
 	if (error) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "efivars: unable to create new_var sysfs file"
 			" due to error %d\n", error);
 		goto out_free;
 	}
-	error = sysfs_create_bin_file(&efivars->kset->kobj,
-				      efivars->del_var);
+
+	error = sysfs_create_bin_file(&efivars_kset->kobj, efivars_del_var);
 	if (error) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "efivars: unable to create del_var sysfs file"
 			" due to error %d\n", error);
-		sysfs_remove_bin_file(&efivars->kset->kobj,
-				      efivars->new_var);
+		sysfs_remove_bin_file(&efivars_kset->kobj, efivars_new_var);
 		goto out_free;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
 out_free:
-	kfree(efivars->del_var);
-	efivars->del_var = NULL;
-	kfree(efivars->new_var);
-	efivars->new_var = NULL;
+	kfree(efivars_del_var);
+	efivars_del_var = NULL;
+	kfree(efivars_new_var);
+	efivars_new_var = NULL;
 	return error;
 }
 
-void unregister_efivars(struct efivars *efivars)
+static int efivars_sysfs_callback(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t vendor,
+				  unsigned long name_size, void *data)
 {
-	struct efivar_entry *entry, *n;
+	struct efivar_entry *entry;
 
-	__efivars = NULL;
+	entry = kzalloc(sizeof(*entry), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!entry)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, n, &efivars->list, list) {
-		spin_lock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-		list_del(&entry->list);
-		spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
-		efivar_unregister(entry);
-	}
-	if (efivars->new_var)
-		sysfs_remove_bin_file(&efivars->kset->kobj, efivars->new_var);
-	if (efivars->del_var)
-		sysfs_remove_bin_file(&efivars->kset->kobj, efivars->del_var);
-	kfree(efivars->new_var);
-	kfree(efivars->del_var);
-	kobject_put(efivars->kobject);
-	kset_unregister(efivars->kset);
+	memcpy(entry->var.VariableName, name, name_size);
+	memcpy(&(entry->var.VendorGuid), &vendor, sizeof(efi_guid_t));
+
+	efivar_create_sysfs_entry(entry);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int efivar_sysfs_destroy(struct efivar_entry *entry, void *data)
+{
+	efivar_entry_remove(entry);
+	efivar_unregister(entry);
+	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_efivars);
 
 /*
  * Print a warning when duplicate EFI variables are encountered and
@@ -1985,17 +1710,82 @@ static void dup_variable_bug(efi_char16_t *s16, efi_guid_t *vendor_guid,
 	kfree(s8);
 }
 
-int register_efivars(struct efivars *efivars,
-		     const struct efivar_operations *ops,
-		     struct kobject *parent_kobj)
+static struct kobject *efivars_kobj;
+
+void efivars_sysfs_exit(void)
 {
-	efi_status_t status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
-	efi_guid_t vendor_guid;
-	efi_char16_t *variable_name;
-	unsigned long variable_name_size = 1024;
+	/* Remove all entries and destroy */
+	__efivar_entry_iter(efivar_sysfs_destroy, &efivar_sysfs_list, NULL, NULL);
+
+	if (efivars_new_var)
+		sysfs_remove_bin_file(&efivars_kset->kobj, efivars_new_var);
+	if (efivars_del_var)
+		sysfs_remove_bin_file(&efivars_kset->kobj, efivars_del_var);
+	kfree(efivars_new_var);
+	kfree(efivars_del_var);
+	kobject_put(efivars_kobj);
+	kset_unregister(efivars_kset);
+}
+
+int efivars_sysfs_init(void)
+{
+	struct kobject *parent_kobj = efivars_kobject();
 	int error = 0;
 
-	__efivars = efivars;
+	/* No efivars has been registered yet */
+	if (!parent_kobj)
+		return 0;
+
+	printk(KERN_INFO "EFI Variables Facility v%s %s\n", EFIVARS_VERSION,
+	       EFIVARS_DATE);
+
+	efivars_kset = kset_create_and_add("vars", NULL, parent_kobj);
+	if (!efivars_kset) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "efivars: Subsystem registration failed.\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	efivars_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("efivars", parent_kobj);
+	if (!efivars_kobj) {
+		pr_err("efivars: Subsystem registration failed.\n");
+		kset_unregister(efivars_kset);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+
+	efivar_init(efivars_sysfs_callback, NULL, false,
+		    true, &efivar_sysfs_list);
+
+	error = create_efivars_bin_attributes();
+	if (error)
+		efivars_sysfs_exit();
+
+	return error;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efivars_sysfs_init);
+
+/**
+ * efivar_init - build the initial list of EFI variables
+ * @func: callback function to invoke for every variable
+ * @data: function-specific data to pass to @func
+ * @atomic: do we need to execute the @func-loop atomically?
+ * @duplicates: error if we encounter duplicates on @head?
+ * @head: initialised head of variable list
+ *
+ * Get every EFI variable from the firmware and invoke @func. @func
+ * should call efivar_entry_add() to build the list of variables.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, or a kernel error code on failure.
+ */
+int efivar_init(int (*func)(efi_char16_t *, efi_guid_t, unsigned long, void *),
+		void *data, bool atomic, bool duplicates,
+		struct list_head *head)
+{
+	const struct efivar_operations *ops = __efivars->ops;
+	unsigned long variable_name_size = 1024;
+	efi_char16_t *variable_name;
+	efi_status_t status;
+	efi_guid_t vendor_guid;
+	int err = 0;
 
 	variable_name = kzalloc(variable_name_size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!variable_name) {
@@ -2003,24 +1793,7 @@ int register_efivars(struct efivars *efivars,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock_init(&efivars->lock);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&efivars->list);
-	efivars->ops = ops;
-
-	efivars->kset = kset_create_and_add("vars", NULL, parent_kobj);
-	if (!efivars->kset) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "efivars: Subsystem registration failed.\n");
-		error = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	efivars->kobject = kobject_create_and_add("efivars", parent_kobj);
-	if (!efivars->kobject) {
-		pr_err("efivars: Subsystem registration failed.\n");
-		error = -ENOMEM;
-		kset_unregister(efivars->kset);
-		goto out;
-	}
+	spin_lock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Per EFI spec, the maximum storage allocated for both
@@ -2035,6 +1808,9 @@ int register_efivars(struct efivars *efivars,
 						&vendor_guid);
 		switch (status) {
 		case EFI_SUCCESS:
+			if (!atomic)
+				spin_unlock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+
 			variable_name_size = var_name_strnsize(variable_name,
 							       variable_name_size);
 
@@ -2046,17 +1822,24 @@ int register_efivars(struct efivars *efivars,
 			 * we'll ever see a different variable name,
 			 * and may end up looping here forever.
 			 */
-			if (variable_is_present(variable_name, &vendor_guid)) {
+			if (duplicates &&
+			    variable_is_present(variable_name, &vendor_guid, head)) {
 				dup_variable_bug(variable_name, &vendor_guid,
 						 variable_name_size);
+				if (!atomic)
+					spin_lock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+
 				status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
 				break;
 			}
 
-			efivar_create_sysfs_entry(efivars,
-						  variable_name_size,
-						  variable_name,
-						  &vendor_guid);
+			err = func(variable_name, vendor_guid, variable_name_size, data);
+			if (err)
+				status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
+
+			if (!atomic)
+				spin_lock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+
 			break;
 		case EFI_NOT_FOUND:
 			break;
@@ -2066,40 +1849,637 @@ int register_efivars(struct efivars *efivars,
 			status = EFI_NOT_FOUND;
 			break;
 		}
+
 	} while (status != EFI_NOT_FOUND);
 
-	error = create_efivars_bin_attributes(efivars);
-	if (error)
-		unregister_efivars(efivars);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+
+	kfree(variable_name);
+
+	return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efivar_init);
+
+/**
+ * efivar_entry_add - add entry to variable list
+ * @entry: entry to add to list
+ * @head: list head
+ */
+void efivar_entry_add(struct efivar_entry *entry, struct list_head *head)
+{
+	spin_lock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+	list_add(&entry->list, head);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efivar_entry_add);
+
+/**
+ * efivar_entry_remove - remove entry from variable list
+ * @entry: entry to remove from list
+ */
+void efivar_entry_remove(struct efivar_entry *entry)
+{
+	spin_lock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+	list_del(&entry->list);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efivar_entry_remove);
+
+/*
+ * efivar_entry_list_del_unlock - remove entry from variable list
+ * @entry: entry to remove
+ *
+ * Remove @entry from the variable list and release the list lock.
+ *
+ * NOTE: slightly weird locking semantics here - we expect to be
+ * called with the efivars lock already held, and we release it before
+ * returning. This is because this function is usually called after
+ * set_variable() while the lock is still held.
+ */
+static void efivar_entry_list_del_unlock(struct efivar_entry *entry)
+{
+	WARN_ON(!spin_is_locked(&__efivars->lock));
+
+	list_del(&entry->list);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+}
+
+/**
+ * __efivar_entry_delete - delete an EFI variable
+ * @entry: entry containing EFI variable to delete
+ *
+ * Delete the variable from the firmware and remove @entry from the
+ * variable list. It is the caller's responsibility to free @entry
+ * once we return.
+ *
+ * This function differs from efivar_entry_delete() because it is
+ * safe to be called from within a efivar_entry_iter_begin() and
+ * efivar_entry_iter_end() region, unlike efivar_entry_delete().
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, or a converted EFI status code if
+ * set_variable() fails. If set_variable() fails the entry remains
+ * on the list.
+ */
+int __efivar_entry_delete(struct efivar_entry *entry)
+{
+	const struct efivar_operations *ops = __efivars->ops;
+	efi_status_t status;
+
+	WARN_ON(!spin_is_locked(&__efivars->lock));
+
+	status = ops->set_variable(entry->var.VariableName,
+				   &entry->var.VendorGuid,
+				   0, 0, NULL);
+	if (status)
+		return efi_status_to_err(status);
+
+	list_del(&entry->list);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__efivar_entry_delete);
+
+/**
+ * efivar_entry_delete - delete variable and remove entry from list
+ * @entry: entry containing variable to delete
+ *
+ * Delete the variable from the firmware and remove @entry from the
+ * variable list. It is the caller's responsibility to free @entry
+ * once we return.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, or a converted EFI status code if
+ * set_variable() fails.
+ */
+int efivar_entry_delete(struct efivar_entry *entry)
+{
+	const struct efivar_operations *ops = __efivars->ops;
+	efi_status_t status;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+	status = ops->set_variable(entry->var.VariableName,
+				   &entry->var.VendorGuid,
+				   0, 0, NULL);
+	if (!(status == EFI_SUCCESS || status == EFI_NOT_FOUND)) {
+		spin_unlock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+		return efi_status_to_err(status);
+	}
+
+	efivar_entry_list_del_unlock(entry);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efivar_entry_delete);
+
+/**
+ * efivar_entry_set - call set_variable()
+ * @entry: entry containing the EFI variable to write
+ * @attributes: variable attributes
+ * @size: size of @data buffer
+ * @data: buffer containing variable data
+ * @head: head of variable list
+ *
+ * Calls set_variable() for an EFI variable. If creating a new EFI
+ * variable, this function is usually followed by efivar_entry_add().
+ *
+ * Before writing the variable, the remaining EFI variable storage
+ * space is checked to ensure there is enough room available.
+ *
+ * If @head is not NULL a lookup is performed to determine whether
+ * the entry is already on the list.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, -EEXIST if a lookup is performed and the entry
+ * already exists on the list, or a converted EFI status code if
+ * set_variable() fails.
+ */
+int efivar_entry_set(struct efivar_entry *entry, u32 attributes,
+		     unsigned long size, void *data, struct list_head *head)
+{
+	const struct efivar_operations *ops = __efivars->ops;
+	efi_status_t status;
+	efi_char16_t *name = entry->var.VariableName;
+	efi_guid_t vendor = entry->var.VendorGuid;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+
+	if (head && efivar_entry_find(name, vendor, head, false)) {
+		spin_unlock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+		return -EEXIST;
+	}
+
+	status = check_var_size(attributes, size + utf16_strsize(name, 1024));
+	if (status == EFI_SUCCESS || status == EFI_UNSUPPORTED)
+		status = ops->set_variable(name, &vendor,
+					   attributes, size, data);
+
+	spin_unlock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+
+	return efi_status_to_err(status);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efivar_entry_set);
+
+/**
+ * efivar_entry_set_safe - call set_variable() if enough space in firmware
+ * @name: buffer containing the variable name
+ * @vendor: variable vendor guid
+ * @attributes: variable attributes
+ * @block: can we block in this context?
+ * @size: size of @data buffer
+ * @data: buffer containing variable data
+ *
+ * Ensures there is enough free storage in the firmware for this variable, and
+ * if so, calls set_variable(). If creating a new EFI variable, this function
+ * is usually followed by efivar_entry_add().
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, -ENOSPC if the firmware does not have enough
+ * space for set_variable() to succeed, or a converted EFI status code
+ * if set_variable() fails.
+ */
+int efivar_entry_set_safe(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t vendor, u32 attributes,
+			  bool block, unsigned long size, void *data)
+{
+	const struct efivar_operations *ops = __efivars->ops;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	efi_status_t status;
+
+	if (!ops->query_variable_info)
+		return -ENOSYS;
+
+	if (!block && !spin_trylock_irqsave(&__efivars->lock, flags))
+		return -EBUSY;
+	else
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&__efivars->lock, flags);
+
+	status = check_var_size(attributes, size + utf16_strsize(name, 1024));
+	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&__efivars->lock, flags);
+		return -ENOSPC;
+	}
+
+	status = ops->set_variable(name, &vendor, attributes, size, data);
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&__efivars->lock, flags);
+
+	return efi_status_to_err(status);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efivar_entry_set_safe);
+
+/**
+ * efivar_entry_find - search for an entry
+ * @name: the EFI variable name
+ * @guid: the EFI variable vendor's guid
+ * @head: head of the variable list
+ * @remove: should we remove the entry from the list?
+ *
+ * Search for an entry on the variable list that has the EFI variable
+ * name @name and vendor guid @guid. If an entry is found on the list
+ * and @remove is true, the entry is removed from the list.
+ *
+ * The caller MUST call efivar_entry_iter_begin() and
+ * efivar_entry_iter_end() before and after the invocation of this
+ * function, respectively.
+ *
+ * Returns the entry if found on the list, %NULL otherwise.
+ */
+struct efivar_entry *efivar_entry_find(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t guid,
+				       struct list_head *head, bool remove)
+{
+	struct efivar_entry *entry, *n;
+	int strsize1, strsize2;
+	bool found = false;
+
+	WARN_ON(!spin_is_locked(&__efivars->lock));
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, n, head, list) {
+		strsize1 = utf16_strsize(name, 1024);
+		strsize2 = utf16_strsize(entry->var.VariableName, 1024);
+		if (strsize1 == strsize2 &&
+		    !memcmp(name, &(entry->var.VariableName), strsize1) &&
+		    !efi_guidcmp(guid, entry->var.VendorGuid)) {
+			found = true;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!found)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (remove)
+		list_del(&entry->list);
+
+	return entry;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efivar_entry_find);
+
+/**
+ * __efivar_entry_size - obtain the size of a variable
+ * @entry: entry for this variable
+ * @size: location to store the variable's size
+ *
+ * The caller MUST call efivar_entry_iter_begin() and
+ * efivar_entry_iter_end() before and after the invocation of this
+ * function, respectively.
+ */
+int __efivar_entry_size(struct efivar_entry *entry, unsigned long *size)
+{
+	const struct efivar_operations *ops = __efivars->ops;
+	efi_status_t status;
+
+	WARN_ON(!spin_is_locked(&__efivars->lock));
+
+	*size = 0;
+	status = ops->get_variable(entry->var.VariableName,
+				   &entry->var.VendorGuid, NULL, size, NULL);
+	if (status != EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL)
+		return efi_status_to_err(status);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__efivar_entry_size);
+
+/**
+ * efivar_entry_size - obtain the size of a variable
+ * @entry: entry for this variable
+ * @size: location to store the variable's size
+ */
+int efivar_entry_size(struct efivar_entry *entry, unsigned long *size)
+{
+	const struct efivar_operations *ops = __efivars->ops;
+	efi_status_t status;
+
+	*size = 0;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+	status = ops->get_variable(entry->var.VariableName,
+				   &entry->var.VendorGuid, NULL, size, NULL);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+
+	if (status != EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL)
+		return efi_status_to_err(status);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efivar_entry_size);
+
+/**
+ * efivar_entry_get - call get_variable()
+ * @entry: read data for this variable
+ * @attributes: variable attributes
+ * @size: size of @data buffer
+ * @data: buffer to store variable data
+ */
+int efivar_entry_get(struct efivar_entry *entry, u32 *attributes,
+		     unsigned long *size, void *data)
+{
+	const struct efivar_operations *ops = __efivars->ops;
+	efi_status_t status;
+
+	spin_lock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+	status = ops->get_variable(entry->var.VariableName,
+				   &entry->var.VendorGuid,
+				   attributes, size, data);
+	spin_unlock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+
+	return efi_status_to_err(status);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efivar_entry_get);
+
+/**
+ * efivar_entry_set_get_size - call set_variable() and get new size (atomic)
+ * @entry: entry containing variable to set and get
+ * @attributes: attributes of variable to be written
+ * @size: size of data buffer
+ * @data: buffer containing data to write
+ * @set: did the set_variable() call succeed?
+ *
+ * This is a pretty special (complex) function. See efivarfs_file_write().
+ *
+ * Atomically call set_variable() for @entry and if the call is
+ * successful, return the new size of the variable from get_variable()
+ * in @size. The success of set_variable() is indicated by @set.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on success, -EINVAL if the variable data is invalid,
+ * -ENOSPC if the firmware does not have enough available space, or a
+ * converted EFI status code if either of set_variable() or
+ * get_variable() fail.
+ *
+ * If the EFI variable does not exist when calling set_variable()
+ * (EFI_NOT_FOUND), @entry is removed from the variable list.
+ */
+int efivar_entry_set_get_size(struct efivar_entry *entry, u32 attributes,
+			      unsigned long *size, void *data, bool *set)
+{
+	const struct efivar_operations *ops = __efivars->ops;
+	efi_char16_t *name = entry->var.VariableName;
+	efi_guid_t *vendor = &entry->var.VendorGuid;
+	efi_status_t status;
+	int err;
+
+	*set = false;
+
+	if (efivar_validate(&entry->var, data, *size) == false)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * The lock here protects the get_variable call, the conditional
+	 * set_variable call, and removal of the variable from the efivars
+	 * list (in the case of an authenticated delete).
+	 */
+	spin_lock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+
+	/*
+	 * Ensure that the available space hasn't shrunk below the safe level
+	 */
+	status = check_var_size(attributes, *size + utf16_strsize(name, 1024));
+	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
+		if (status != EFI_UNSUPPORTED) {
+			err = efi_status_to_err(status);
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		if (*size > 65536) {
+			err = -ENOSPC;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
+
+	status = ops->set_variable(name, vendor, attributes, *size, data);
+	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
+		err = efi_status_to_err(status);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	*set = true;
+
+	/*
+	 * Writing to the variable may have caused a change in size (which
+	 * could either be an append or an overwrite), or the variable to be
+	 * deleted. Perform a GetVariable() so we can tell what actually
+	 * happened.
+	 */
+	*size = 0;
+	status = ops->get_variable(entry->var.VariableName,
+				   &entry->var.VendorGuid,
+				   NULL, size, NULL);
+
+	if (status == EFI_NOT_FOUND)
+		efivar_entry_list_del_unlock(entry);
+	else
+		spin_unlock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+
+	if (status && status != EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL)
+		return efi_status_to_err(status);
+
+	return 0;
+
+out:
+	spin_unlock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+	return err;
+
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efivar_entry_set_get_size);
+
+/**
+ * efivar_entry_iter_begin - begin iterating the variable list
+ *
+ * Lock the variable list to prevent entry insertion and removal until
+ * efivar_entry_iter_end() is called. This function is usually used in
+ * conjunction with __efivar_entry_iter() or efivar_entry_iter().
+ */
+void efivar_entry_iter_begin(void)
+{
+	spin_lock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efivar_entry_iter_begin);
+
+/**
+ * efivar_entry_iter_end - finish iterating the variable list
+ *
+ * Unlock the variable list and allow modifications to the list again.
+ */
+void efivar_entry_iter_end(void)
+{
+	spin_unlock_irq(&__efivars->lock);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efivar_entry_iter_end);
+
+/**
+ * __efivar_entry_iter - iterate over variable list
+ * @func: callback function
+ * @head: head of the variable list
+ * @data: function-specific data to pass to callback
+ * @prev: entry to begin iterating from
+ *
+ * Iterate over the list of EFI variables and call @func with every
+ * entry on the list. It is safe for @func to remove entries in the
+ * list via efivar_entry_delete().
+ *
+ * You MUST call efivar_enter_iter_begin() before this function, and
+ * efivar_entry_iter_end() afterwards.
+ *
+ * It is possible to begin iteration from an arbitrary entry within
+ * the list by passing @prev. @prev is updated on return to point to
+ * the last entry passed to @func. To begin iterating from the
+ * beginning of the list @prev must be %NULL.
+ *
+ * The restrictions for @func are the same as documented for
+ * efivar_entry_iter().
+ */
+int __efivar_entry_iter(int (*func)(struct efivar_entry *, void *),
+			struct list_head *head, void *data,
+			struct efivar_entry **prev)
+{
+	struct efivar_entry *entry, *n;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	if (!prev || !*prev) {
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, n, head, list) {
+			err = func(entry, data);
+			if (err)
+				break;
+		}
+
+		if (prev)
+			*prev = entry;
+
+		return err;
+	}
+
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe_continue((*prev), n, head, list) {
+		err = func(*prev, data);
+		if (err)
+			break;
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__efivar_entry_iter);
+
+/**
+ * efivar_entry_iter - iterate over variable list
+ * @func: callback function
+ * @head: head of variable list
+ * @data: function-specific data to pass to callback
+ *
+ * Iterate over the list of EFI variables and call @func with every
+ * entry on the list. It is safe for @func to remove entries in the
+ * list via efivar_entry_delete() while iterating.
+ *
+ * Some notes for the callback function:
+ *  - a non-zero return value indicates an error and terminates the loop
+ *  - @func is called from atomic context
+ */
+int efivar_entry_iter(int (*func)(struct efivar_entry *, void *),
+		      struct list_head *head, void *data)
+{
+	int err = 0;
+
+	efivar_entry_iter_begin();
+	err = __efivar_entry_iter(func, head, data, NULL);
+	efivar_entry_iter_end();
+
+	return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efivar_entry_iter);
+
+/**
+ * efivars_kobject - get the kobject for the registered efivars
+ *
+ * If efivars_register() has not been called we return NULL,
+ * otherwise return the kobject used at registration time.
+ */
+struct kobject *efivars_kobject(void)
+{
+	if (!__efivars)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return __efivars->kobject;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efivars_kobject);
+
+/**
+ * efivars_register - register an efivars
+ * @efivars: efivars to register
+ * @ops: efivars operations
+ * @kobject: @efivars-specific kobject
+ *
+ * Only a single efivars can be registered at any time.
+ */
+int efivars_register(struct efivars *efivars,
+		     const struct efivar_operations *ops,
+		     struct kobject *kobject)
+{
+	spin_lock_init(&efivars->lock);
+	efivars->ops = ops;
+	efivars->kobject = kobject;
+
+	__efivars = efivars;
 
 	if (!efivars_pstore_disable)
-		efivar_pstore_register(efivars);
+		efivar_pstore_register();
 
 	register_filesystem(&efivarfs_type);
 
-out:
-	kfree(variable_name);
-
-	return error;
+	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_efivars);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efivars_register);
+
+/**
+ * efivars_unregister - unregister an efivars
+ * @efivars: efivars to unregister
+ *
+ * The caller must have already removed every entry from the list,
+ * failure to do so is an error.
+ */
+int efivars_unregister(struct efivars *efivars)
+{
+	int rv;
+
+	if (!__efivars) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "efivars not registered\n");
+		rv = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (__efivars != efivars) {
+		rv = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	__efivars = NULL;
+
+	rv = 0;
+out:
+	return rv;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efivars_unregister);
 
 static struct efivars generic_efivars;
 static struct efivar_operations generic_ops;
 
 static int generic_ops_register(void)
 {
+	int error;
+
 	generic_ops.get_variable = efi.get_variable;
 	generic_ops.set_variable = efi.set_variable;
 	generic_ops.get_next_variable = efi.get_next_variable;
 	generic_ops.query_variable_info = efi.query_variable_info;
 
-	return register_efivars(&generic_efivars, &generic_ops, efi_kobj);
+	error = efivars_register(&generic_efivars, &generic_ops, efi_kobj);
+	if (error)
+		return error;
+
+	error = efivars_sysfs_init();
+	if (error)
+		efivars_unregister(&generic_efivars);
+
+	return error;
 }
 
 static void generic_ops_unregister(void)
 {
-	unregister_efivars(&generic_efivars);
+	efivars_sysfs_exit();
+	efivars_unregister(&generic_efivars);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2113,15 +2493,12 @@ static void generic_ops_unregister(void)
 static int __init
 efivars_init(void)
 {
-	int error = 0;
-
-	printk(KERN_INFO "EFI Variables Facility v%s %s\n", EFIVARS_VERSION,
-	       EFIVARS_DATE);
+	int error;
 
 	if (!efi_enabled(EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES))
 		return 0;
 
-	/* For now we'll register the efi directory at /sys/firmware/efi */
+	/* Register the efi directory at /sys/firmware/efi */
 	efi_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("efi", firmware_kobj);
 	if (!efi_kobj) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "efivars: Firmware registration failed.\n");
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/google/gsmi.c b/drivers/firmware/google/gsmi.c
index c409a7577afc..757b2d92d5b0 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/google/gsmi.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/google/gsmi.c
@@ -882,12 +882,19 @@ static __init int gsmi_init(void)
 		goto out_remove_bin_file;
 	}
 
-	ret = register_efivars(&efivars, &efivar_ops, gsmi_kobj);
+	ret = efivars_register(&efivars, &efivar_ops, gsmi_kobj);
 	if (ret) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO "gsmi: Failed to register efivars\n");
 		goto out_remove_sysfs_files;
 	}
 
+	ret = efivars_sysfs_init();
+	if (ret) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "gsmi: Failed to create efivars files\n");
+		efivars_unregister(&efivars);
+		goto out_remove_sysfs_files;
+	}
+
 	register_reboot_notifier(&gsmi_reboot_notifier);
 	register_die_notifier(&gsmi_die_notifier);
 	atomic_notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list,
@@ -919,7 +926,7 @@ static void __exit gsmi_exit(void)
 	unregister_die_notifier(&gsmi_die_notifier);
 	atomic_notifier_chain_unregister(&panic_notifier_list,
 					 &gsmi_panic_notifier);
-	unregister_efivars(&efivars);
+	efivars_unregister(&efivars);
 
 	sysfs_remove_files(gsmi_kobj, gsmi_attrs);
 	sysfs_remove_bin_file(gsmi_kobj, &eventlog_bin_attr);
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index d1d782a6d34c..cd561b301e6a 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -662,6 +662,12 @@ static inline int efi_enabled(int facility)
 				EFI_VARIABLE_AUTHENTICATED_WRITE_ACCESS | \
 				EFI_VARIABLE_TIME_BASED_AUTHENTICATED_WRITE_ACCESS | \
 				EFI_VARIABLE_APPEND_WRITE)
+/*
+ * Length of a GUID string (strlen("aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee"))
+ * not including trailing NUL
+ */
+#define EFI_VARIABLE_GUID_LEN 36
+
 /*
  * The type of search to perform when calling boottime->locate_handle
  */
@@ -762,19 +768,75 @@ struct efivars {
 	 * which is protected by the BKL, so that path is safe.
 	 */
 	spinlock_t lock;
-	struct list_head list;
 	struct kset *kset;
 	struct kobject *kobject;
-	struct bin_attribute *new_var, *del_var;
 	const struct efivar_operations *ops;
-	struct efivar_entry *walk_entry;
-	struct pstore_info efi_pstore_info;
 };
 
-int register_efivars(struct efivars *efivars,
+/*
+ * The maximum size of VariableName + Data = 1024
+ * Therefore, it's reasonable to save that much
+ * space in each part of the structure,
+ * and we use a page for reading/writing.
+ */
+
+struct efi_variable {
+	efi_char16_t  VariableName[1024/sizeof(efi_char16_t)];
+	efi_guid_t    VendorGuid;
+	unsigned long DataSize;
+	__u8          Data[1024];
+	efi_status_t  Status;
+	__u32         Attributes;
+} __attribute__((packed));
+
+struct efivar_entry {
+	struct efi_variable var;
+	struct list_head list;
+	struct kobject kobj;
+};
+
+int efivars_register(struct efivars *efivars,
 		     const struct efivar_operations *ops,
-		     struct kobject *parent_kobj);
-void unregister_efivars(struct efivars *efivars);
+		     struct kobject *kobject);
+int efivars_unregister(struct efivars *efivars);
+struct kobject *efivars_kobject(void);
+
+int efivar_init(int (*func)(efi_char16_t *, efi_guid_t, unsigned long, void *),
+		void *data, bool atomic, bool duplicates,
+		struct list_head *head);
+
+void efivar_entry_add(struct efivar_entry *entry, struct list_head *head);
+void efivar_entry_remove(struct efivar_entry *entry);
+
+int __efivar_entry_delete(struct efivar_entry *entry);
+int efivar_entry_delete(struct efivar_entry *entry);
+
+int __efivar_entry_size(struct efivar_entry *entry, unsigned long *size);
+int efivar_entry_size(struct efivar_entry *entry, unsigned long *size);
+int efivar_entry_get(struct efivar_entry *entry, u32 *attributes,
+		     unsigned long *size, void *data);
+int efivar_entry_set(struct efivar_entry *entry, u32 attributes,
+		     unsigned long size, void *data, struct list_head *head);
+int efivar_entry_set_get_size(struct efivar_entry *entry, u32 attributes,
+			      unsigned long *size, void *data, bool *set);
+int efivar_entry_set_safe(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t vendor, u32 attributes,
+			  bool block, unsigned long size, void *data);
+
+void efivar_entry_iter_begin(void);
+void efivar_entry_iter_end(void);
+
+int __efivar_entry_iter(int (*func)(struct efivar_entry *, void *),
+			struct list_head *head, void *data,
+			struct efivar_entry **prev);
+int efivar_entry_iter(int (*func)(struct efivar_entry *, void *),
+		      struct list_head *head, void *data);
+
+struct efivar_entry *efivar_entry_find(efi_char16_t *name, efi_guid_t guid,
+				       struct list_head *head, bool remove);
+
+bool efivar_validate(struct efi_variable *var, u8 *data, unsigned long len);
+
+int efivars_sysfs_init(void);
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_EFI_VARS */