diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
index 4609e81dbc37..d1cc3a9fa14f 100644
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -788,6 +788,12 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted.
 	edd=		[EDD]
 			Format: {"off" | "on" | "skip[mbr]"}
 
+	efi_no_storage_paranoia [EFI; X86]
+			Using this parameter you can use more than 50% of
+			your efi variable storage. Use this parameter only if
+			you are really sure that your UEFI does sane gc and
+			fulfills the spec otherwise your board may brick.
+
 	eisa_irq_edge=	[PARISC,HW]
 			See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 70c0f3da0476..15b5cef4aa38 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1549,6 +1549,7 @@ config X86_SMAP
 config EFI
 	bool "EFI runtime service support"
 	depends on ACPI
+	select UCS2_STRING
 	---help---
 	  This enables the kernel to use EFI runtime services that are
 	  available (such as the EFI variable services).
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
index c205035a6b96..8615f7581820 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
@@ -251,6 +251,51 @@ static void find_bits(unsigned long mask, u8 *pos, u8 *size)
 	*size = len;
 }
 
+static efi_status_t setup_efi_vars(struct boot_params *params)
+{
+	struct setup_data *data;
+	struct efi_var_bootdata *efidata;
+	u64 store_size, remaining_size, var_size;
+	efi_status_t status;
+
+	if (!sys_table->runtime->query_variable_info)
+		return EFI_UNSUPPORTED;
+
+	data = (struct setup_data *)(unsigned long)params->hdr.setup_data;
+
+	while (data && data->next)
+		data = (struct setup_data *)(unsigned long)data->next;
+
+	status = efi_call_phys4(sys_table->runtime->query_variable_info,
+				EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE |
+				EFI_VARIABLE_BOOTSERVICE_ACCESS |
+				EFI_VARIABLE_RUNTIME_ACCESS, &store_size,
+				&remaining_size, &var_size);
+
+	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
+		return status;
+
+	status = efi_call_phys3(sys_table->boottime->allocate_pool,
+				EFI_LOADER_DATA, sizeof(*efidata), &efidata);
+
+	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
+		return status;
+
+	efidata->data.type = SETUP_EFI_VARS;
+	efidata->data.len = sizeof(struct efi_var_bootdata) -
+		sizeof(struct setup_data);
+	efidata->data.next = 0;
+	efidata->store_size = store_size;
+	efidata->remaining_size = remaining_size;
+	efidata->max_var_size = var_size;
+
+	if (data)
+		data->next = (unsigned long)efidata;
+	else
+		params->hdr.setup_data = (unsigned long)efidata;
+
+}
+
 static efi_status_t setup_efi_pci(struct boot_params *params)
 {
 	efi_pci_io_protocol *pci;
@@ -1157,6 +1202,8 @@ struct boot_params *efi_main(void *handle, efi_system_table_t *_table,
 
 	setup_graphics(boot_params);
 
+	setup_efi_vars(boot_params);
+
 	setup_efi_pci(boot_params);
 
 	status = efi_call_phys3(sys_table->boottime->allocate_pool,
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
index 60c89f30c727..2fb5d5884e23 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/efi.h
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ extern void efi_call_phys_epilog(void);
 extern void efi_unmap_memmap(void);
 extern void efi_memory_uc(u64 addr, unsigned long size);
 
+struct efi_var_bootdata {
+	struct setup_data data;
+	u64 store_size;
+	u64 remaining_size;
+	u64 max_var_size;
+};
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_EFI
 
 static inline bool efi_is_native(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
index c15ddaf90710..08744242b8d2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #define SETUP_E820_EXT			1
 #define SETUP_DTB			2
 #define SETUP_PCI			3
+#define SETUP_EFI_VARS			4
 
 /* ram_size flags */
 #define RAMDISK_IMAGE_START_MASK	0x07FF
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
index a7d26d83fb70..8f4be53ea04b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
@@ -35,13 +35,6 @@ static bool __init ms_hyperv_platform(void)
 	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR))
 		return false;
 
-	/*
-	 * Xen emulates Hyper-V to support enlightened Windows.
-	 * Check to see first if we are on a Xen Hypervisor.
-	 */
-	if (xen_cpuid_base())
-		return false;
-
 	cpuid(HYPERV_CPUID_VENDOR_AND_MAX_FUNCTIONS,
 	      &eax, &hyp_signature[0], &hyp_signature[1], &hyp_signature[2]);
 
@@ -82,12 +75,6 @@ static void __init ms_hyperv_init_platform(void)
 
 	if (ms_hyperv.features & HV_X64_MSR_TIME_REF_COUNT_AVAILABLE)
 		clocksource_register_hz(&hyperv_cs, NSEC_PER_SEC/100);
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HYPERV)
-	/*
-	 * Setup the IDT for hypervisor callback.
-	 */
-	alloc_intr_gate(HYPERVISOR_CALLBACK_VECTOR, hyperv_callback_vector);
-#endif
 }
 
 const __refconst struct hypervisor_x86 x86_hyper_ms_hyperv = {
@@ -103,6 +90,11 @@ static irq_handler_t vmbus_isr;
 
 void hv_register_vmbus_handler(int irq, irq_handler_t handler)
 {
+	/*
+	 * Setup the IDT for hypervisor callback.
+	 */
+	alloc_intr_gate(HYPERVISOR_CALLBACK_VECTOR, hyperv_callback_vector);
+
 	vmbus_irq = irq;
 	vmbus_isr = handler;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core_early.c b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core_early.c
index 577db8417d15..833d51d6ee06 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core_early.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/microcode_core_early.c
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ static int __cpuinit x86_vendor(void)
 	u32 eax = 0x00000000;
 	u32 ebx, ecx = 0, edx;
 
-	if (!have_cpuid_p())
-		return X86_VENDOR_UNKNOWN;
-
 	native_cpuid(&eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
 
 	if (CPUID_IS(CPUID_INTEL1, CPUID_INTEL2, CPUID_INTEL3, ebx, ecx, edx))
@@ -59,18 +56,45 @@ static int __cpuinit x86_vendor(void)
 	return X86_VENDOR_UNKNOWN;
 }
 
+static int __cpuinit x86_family(void)
+{
+	u32 eax = 0x00000001;
+	u32 ebx, ecx = 0, edx;
+	int x86;
+
+	native_cpuid(&eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
+
+	x86 = (eax >> 8) & 0xf;
+	if (x86 == 15)
+		x86 += (eax >> 20) & 0xff;
+
+	return x86;
+}
+
 void __init load_ucode_bsp(void)
 {
-	int vendor = x86_vendor();
+	int vendor, x86;
 
-	if (vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL)
+	if (!have_cpuid_p())
+		return;
+
+	vendor = x86_vendor();
+	x86 = x86_family();
+
+	if (vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL && x86 >= 6)
 		load_ucode_intel_bsp();
 }
 
 void __cpuinit load_ucode_ap(void)
 {
-	int vendor = x86_vendor();
+	int vendor, x86;
 
-	if (vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL)
+	if (!have_cpuid_p())
+		return;
+
+	vendor = x86_vendor();
+	x86 = x86_family();
+
+	if (vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL && x86 >= 6)
 		load_ucode_intel_ap();
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
index 5f2ecaf3f9d8..e4a86a677ce1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/efi/efi.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <linux/io.h>
 #include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/bcd.h>
+#include <linux/ucs2_string.h>
 
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include <asm/efi.h>
@@ -51,6 +52,13 @@
 
 #define EFI_DEBUG	1
 
+/*
+ * There's some additional metadata associated with each
+ * variable. Intel's reference implementation is 60 bytes - bump that
+ * to account for potential alignment constraints
+ */
+#define VAR_METADATA_SIZE 64
+
 struct efi __read_mostly efi = {
 	.mps        = EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR,
 	.acpi       = EFI_INVALID_TABLE_ADDR,
@@ -69,6 +77,13 @@ struct efi_memory_map memmap;
 static struct efi efi_phys __initdata;
 static efi_system_table_t efi_systab __initdata;
 
+static u64 efi_var_store_size;
+static u64 efi_var_remaining_size;
+static u64 efi_var_max_var_size;
+static u64 boot_used_size;
+static u64 boot_var_size;
+static u64 active_size;
+
 unsigned long x86_efi_facility;
 
 /*
@@ -98,6 +113,15 @@ static int __init setup_add_efi_memmap(char *arg)
 }
 early_param("add_efi_memmap", setup_add_efi_memmap);
 
+static bool efi_no_storage_paranoia;
+
+static int __init setup_storage_paranoia(char *arg)
+{
+	efi_no_storage_paranoia = true;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("efi_no_storage_paranoia", setup_storage_paranoia);
+
 
 static efi_status_t virt_efi_get_time(efi_time_t *tm, efi_time_cap_t *tc)
 {
@@ -162,8 +186,53 @@ static efi_status_t virt_efi_get_next_variable(unsigned long *name_size,
 					       efi_char16_t *name,
 					       efi_guid_t *vendor)
 {
-	return efi_call_virt3(get_next_variable,
-			      name_size, name, vendor);
+	efi_status_t status;
+	static bool finished = false;
+	static u64 var_size;
+
+	status = efi_call_virt3(get_next_variable,
+				name_size, name, vendor);
+
+	if (status == EFI_NOT_FOUND) {
+		finished = true;
+		if (var_size < boot_used_size) {
+			boot_var_size = boot_used_size - var_size;
+			active_size += boot_var_size;
+		} else {
+			printk(KERN_WARNING FW_BUG  "efi: Inconsistent initial sizes\n");
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (boot_used_size && !finished) {
+		unsigned long size;
+		u32 attr;
+		efi_status_t s;
+		void *tmp;
+
+		s = virt_efi_get_variable(name, vendor, &attr, &size, NULL);
+
+		if (s != EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL || !size)
+			return status;
+
+		tmp = kmalloc(size, GFP_ATOMIC);
+
+		if (!tmp)
+			return status;
+
+		s = virt_efi_get_variable(name, vendor, &attr, &size, tmp);
+
+		if (s == EFI_SUCCESS && (attr & EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE)) {
+			var_size += size;
+			var_size += ucs2_strsize(name, 1024);
+			active_size += size;
+			active_size += VAR_METADATA_SIZE;
+			active_size += ucs2_strsize(name, 1024);
+		}
+
+		kfree(tmp);
+	}
+
+	return status;
 }
 
 static efi_status_t virt_efi_set_variable(efi_char16_t *name,
@@ -172,9 +241,34 @@ static efi_status_t virt_efi_set_variable(efi_char16_t *name,
 					  unsigned long data_size,
 					  void *data)
 {
-	return efi_call_virt5(set_variable,
-			      name, vendor, attr,
-			      data_size, data);
+	efi_status_t status;
+	u32 orig_attr = 0;
+	unsigned long orig_size = 0;
+
+	status = virt_efi_get_variable(name, vendor, &orig_attr, &orig_size,
+				       NULL);
+
+	if (status != EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL)
+		orig_size = 0;
+
+	status = efi_call_virt5(set_variable,
+				name, vendor, attr,
+				data_size, data);
+
+	if (status == EFI_SUCCESS) {
+		if (orig_size) {
+			active_size -= orig_size;
+			active_size -= ucs2_strsize(name, 1024);
+			active_size -= VAR_METADATA_SIZE;
+		}
+		if (data_size) {
+			active_size += data_size;
+			active_size += ucs2_strsize(name, 1024);
+			active_size += VAR_METADATA_SIZE;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return status;
 }
 
 static efi_status_t virt_efi_query_variable_info(u32 attr,
@@ -682,6 +776,9 @@ void __init efi_init(void)
 	char vendor[100] = "unknown";
 	int i = 0;
 	void *tmp;
+	struct setup_data *data;
+	struct efi_var_bootdata *efi_var_data;
+	u64 pa_data;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 	if (boot_params.efi_info.efi_systab_hi ||
@@ -699,6 +796,22 @@ void __init efi_init(void)
 	if (efi_systab_init(efi_phys.systab))
 		return;
 
+	pa_data = boot_params.hdr.setup_data;
+	while (pa_data) {
+		data = early_ioremap(pa_data, sizeof(*efi_var_data));
+		if (data->type == SETUP_EFI_VARS) {
+			efi_var_data = (struct efi_var_bootdata *)data;
+
+			efi_var_store_size = efi_var_data->store_size;
+			efi_var_remaining_size = efi_var_data->remaining_size;
+			efi_var_max_var_size = efi_var_data->max_var_size;
+		}
+		pa_data = data->next;
+		early_iounmap(data, sizeof(*efi_var_data));
+	}
+
+	boot_used_size = efi_var_store_size - efi_var_remaining_size;
+
 	set_bit(EFI_SYSTEM_TABLES, &x86_efi_facility);
 
 	/*
@@ -999,3 +1112,48 @@ u64 efi_mem_attributes(unsigned long phys_addr)
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Some firmware has serious problems when using more than 50% of the EFI
+ * variable store, i.e. it triggers bugs that can brick machines. Ensure that
+ * we never use more than this safe limit.
+ *
+ * Return EFI_SUCCESS if it is safe to write 'size' bytes to the variable
+ * store.
+ */
+efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
+{
+	efi_status_t status;
+	u64 storage_size, remaining_size, max_size;
+
+	status = efi.query_variable_info(attributes, &storage_size,
+					 &remaining_size, &max_size);
+	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
+		return status;
+
+	if (!max_size && remaining_size > size)
+		printk_once(KERN_ERR FW_BUG "Broken EFI implementation"
+			    " is returning MaxVariableSize=0\n");
+	/*
+	 * Some firmware implementations refuse to boot if there's insufficient
+	 * space in the variable store. We account for that by refusing the
+	 * write if permitting it would reduce the available space to under
+	 * 50%. However, some firmware won't reclaim variable space until
+	 * after the used (not merely the actively used) space drops below
+	 * a threshold. We can approximate that case with the value calculated
+	 * above. If both the firmware and our calculations indicate that the
+	 * available space would drop below 50%, refuse the write.
+	 */
+
+	if (!storage_size || size > remaining_size ||
+	    (max_size && size > max_size))
+		return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
+
+	if (!efi_no_storage_paranoia &&
+	    ((active_size + size + VAR_METADATA_SIZE > storage_size / 2) &&
+	     (remaining_size - size < storage_size / 2)))
+		return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
+
+	return EFI_SUCCESS;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(efi_query_variable_store);
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
index 42c759a4d047..3e532002e4d1 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ config FIRMWARE_MEMMAP
 config EFI_VARS
 	tristate "EFI Variable Support via sysfs"
 	depends on EFI
+	select UCS2_STRING
 	default n
 	help
 	  If you say Y here, you are able to get EFI (Extensible Firmware
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
index 7acafb80fd4c..182ce9471175 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efivars.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/pstore.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/ucs2_string.h>
 
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/ramfs.h>
@@ -172,51 +173,6 @@ static void efivar_update_sysfs_entries(struct work_struct *);
 static DECLARE_WORK(efivar_work, efivar_update_sysfs_entries);
 static bool efivar_wq_enabled = true;
 
-/* Return the number of unicode characters in data */
-static unsigned long
-utf16_strnlen(efi_char16_t *s, size_t maxlength)
-{
-	unsigned long length = 0;
-
-	while (*s++ != 0 && length < maxlength)
-		length++;
-	return length;
-}
-
-static inline unsigned long
-utf16_strlen(efi_char16_t *s)
-{
-	return utf16_strnlen(s, ~0UL);
-}
-
-/*
- * Return the number of bytes is the length of this string
- * Note: this is NOT the same as the number of unicode characters
- */
-static inline unsigned long
-utf16_strsize(efi_char16_t *data, unsigned long maxlength)
-{
-	return utf16_strnlen(data, maxlength/sizeof(efi_char16_t)) * sizeof(efi_char16_t);
-}
-
-static inline int
-utf16_strncmp(const efi_char16_t *a, const efi_char16_t *b, size_t len)
-{
-	while (1) {
-		if (len == 0)
-			return 0;
-		if (*a < *b)
-			return -1;
-		if (*a > *b)
-			return 1;
-		if (*a == 0) /* implies *b == 0 */
-			return 0;
-		a++;
-		b++;
-		len--;
-	}
-}
-
 static bool
 validate_device_path(struct efi_variable *var, int match, u8 *buffer,
 		     unsigned long len)
@@ -268,7 +224,7 @@ validate_load_option(struct efi_variable *var, int match, u8 *buffer,
 	u16 filepathlength;
 	int i, desclength = 0, namelen;
 
-	namelen = utf16_strnlen(var->VariableName, sizeof(var->VariableName));
+	namelen = ucs2_strnlen(var->VariableName, sizeof(var->VariableName));
 
 	/* Either "Boot" or "Driver" followed by four digits of hex */
 	for (i = match; i < match+4; i++) {
@@ -291,7 +247,7 @@ validate_load_option(struct efi_variable *var, int match, u8 *buffer,
 	 * There's no stored length for the description, so it has to be
 	 * found by hand
 	 */
-	desclength = utf16_strsize((efi_char16_t *)(buffer + 6), len - 6) + 2;
+	desclength = ucs2_strsize((efi_char16_t *)(buffer + 6), len - 6) + 2;
 
 	/* Each boot entry must have a descriptor */
 	if (!desclength)
@@ -436,24 +392,12 @@ static efi_status_t
 check_var_size_locked(struct efivars *efivars, u32 attributes,
 			unsigned long size)
 {
-	u64 storage_size, remaining_size, max_size;
-	efi_status_t status;
 	const struct efivar_operations *fops = efivars->ops;
 
-	if (!efivars->ops->query_variable_info)
+	if (!efivars->ops->query_variable_store)
 		return EFI_UNSUPPORTED;
 
-	status = fops->query_variable_info(attributes, &storage_size,
-					   &remaining_size, &max_size);
-
-	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
-		return status;
-
-	if (!storage_size || size > remaining_size || size > max_size ||
-	    (remaining_size - size) < (storage_size / 2))
-		return EFI_OUT_OF_RESOURCES;
-
-	return status;
+	return fops->query_variable_store(attributes, size);
 }
 
 
@@ -593,7 +537,7 @@ efivar_store_raw(struct efivar_entry *entry, const char *buf, size_t count)
 	spin_lock_irq(&efivars->lock);
 
 	status = check_var_size_locked(efivars, new_var->Attributes,
-	       new_var->DataSize + utf16_strsize(new_var->VariableName, 1024));
+	       new_var->DataSize + ucs2_strsize(new_var->VariableName, 1024));
 
 	if (status == EFI_SUCCESS || status == EFI_UNSUPPORTED)
 		status = efivars->ops->set_variable(new_var->VariableName,
@@ -771,7 +715,7 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_write(struct file *file,
 	 * QueryVariableInfo() isn't supported by the firmware.
 	 */
 
-	varsize = datasize + utf16_strsize(var->var.VariableName, 1024);
+	varsize = datasize + ucs2_strsize(var->var.VariableName, 1024);
 	status = check_var_size(efivars, attributes, varsize);
 
 	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
@@ -1223,7 +1167,7 @@ static int efivarfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 
 		inode = NULL;
 
-		len = utf16_strlen(entry->var.VariableName);
+		len = ucs2_strlen(entry->var.VariableName);
 
 		/* name, plus '-', plus GUID, plus NUL*/
 		name = kmalloc(len + 1 + GUID_LEN + 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
@@ -1481,8 +1425,8 @@ static int efi_pstore_erase(enum pstore_type_id type, u64 id, int count,
 
 		if (efi_guidcmp(entry->var.VendorGuid, vendor))
 			continue;
-		if (utf16_strncmp(entry->var.VariableName, efi_name,
-				  utf16_strlen(efi_name))) {
+		if (ucs2_strncmp(entry->var.VariableName, efi_name,
+				  ucs2_strlen(efi_name))) {
 			/*
 			 * Check if an old format,
 			 * which doesn't support holding
@@ -1494,8 +1438,8 @@ static int efi_pstore_erase(enum pstore_type_id type, u64 id, int count,
 			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)))
+			if (ucs2_strncmp(entry->var.VariableName, efi_name_old,
+					  ucs2_strlen(efi_name_old)))
 				continue;
 		}
 
@@ -1573,8 +1517,8 @@ static ssize_t efivar_create(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 	 * 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);
+		strsize1 = ucs2_strsize(search_efivar->var.VariableName, 1024);
+		strsize2 = ucs2_strsize(new_var->VariableName, 1024);
 		if (strsize1 == strsize2 &&
 			!memcmp(&(search_efivar->var.VariableName),
 				new_var->VariableName, strsize1) &&
@@ -1590,7 +1534,7 @@ static ssize_t efivar_create(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 	}
 
 	status = check_var_size_locked(efivars, new_var->Attributes,
-	       new_var->DataSize + utf16_strsize(new_var->VariableName, 1024));
+	       new_var->DataSize + ucs2_strsize(new_var->VariableName, 1024));
 
 	if (status && status != EFI_UNSUPPORTED) {
 		spin_unlock_irq(&efivars->lock);
@@ -1614,7 +1558,7 @@ static ssize_t efivar_create(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 
 	/* Create the entry in sysfs.  Locking is not required here */
 	status = efivar_create_sysfs_entry(efivars,
-					   utf16_strsize(new_var->VariableName,
+					   ucs2_strsize(new_var->VariableName,
 							 1024),
 					   new_var->VariableName,
 					   &new_var->VendorGuid);
@@ -1644,8 +1588,8 @@ static ssize_t efivar_delete(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,
 	 * 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);
+		strsize1 = ucs2_strsize(search_efivar->var.VariableName, 1024);
+		strsize2 = ucs2_strsize(del_var->VariableName, 1024);
 		if (strsize1 == strsize2 &&
 			!memcmp(&(search_efivar->var.VariableName),
 				del_var->VariableName, strsize1) &&
@@ -1691,9 +1635,9 @@ static bool variable_is_present(efi_char16_t *variable_name, efi_guid_t *vendor)
 	unsigned long strsize1, strsize2;
 	bool found = false;
 
-	strsize1 = utf16_strsize(variable_name, 1024);
+	strsize1 = ucs2_strsize(variable_name, 1024);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(entry, n, &efivars->list, list) {
-		strsize2 = utf16_strsize(entry->var.VariableName, 1024);
+		strsize2 = ucs2_strsize(entry->var.VariableName, 1024);
 		if (strsize1 == strsize2 &&
 			!memcmp(variable_name, &(entry->var.VariableName),
 				strsize2) &&
@@ -2131,7 +2075,7 @@ efivars_init(void)
 	ops.get_variable = efi.get_variable;
 	ops.set_variable = efi.set_variable;
 	ops.get_next_variable = efi.get_next_variable;
-	ops.query_variable_info = efi.query_variable_info;
+	ops.query_variable_store = efi_query_variable_store;
 
 	error = register_efivars(&__efivars, &ops, efi_kobj);
 	if (error)
diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index 9bf2f1fcae27..3d7df3d32c66 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ typedef efi_status_t efi_query_capsule_caps_t(efi_capsule_header_t **capsules,
 					      unsigned long count,
 					      u64 *max_size,
 					      int *reset_type);
+typedef efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store_t(u32 attributes, unsigned long size);
 
 /*
  *  EFI Configuration Table and GUID definitions
@@ -575,9 +576,15 @@ extern void efi_enter_virtual_mode (void);	/* switch EFI to virtual mode, if pos
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86
 extern void efi_late_init(void);
 extern void efi_free_boot_services(void);
+extern efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes, unsigned long size);
 #else
 static inline void efi_late_init(void) {}
 static inline void efi_free_boot_services(void) {}
+
+static inline efi_status_t efi_query_variable_store(u32 attributes, unsigned long size)
+{
+	return EFI_SUCCESS;
+}
 #endif
 extern void __iomem *efi_lookup_mapped_addr(u64 phys_addr);
 extern u64 efi_get_iobase (void);
@@ -731,7 +738,7 @@ struct efivar_operations {
 	efi_get_variable_t *get_variable;
 	efi_get_next_variable_t *get_next_variable;
 	efi_set_variable_t *set_variable;
-	efi_query_variable_info_t *query_variable_info;
+	efi_query_variable_store_t *query_variable_store;
 };
 
 struct efivars {
diff --git a/include/linux/ucs2_string.h b/include/linux/ucs2_string.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cbb20afdbc01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/ucs2_string.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_UCS2_STRING_H_
+#define _LINUX_UCS2_STRING_H_
+
+#include <linux/types.h>	/* for size_t */
+#include <linux/stddef.h>	/* for NULL */
+
+typedef u16 ucs2_char_t;
+
+unsigned long ucs2_strnlen(const ucs2_char_t *s, size_t maxlength);
+unsigned long ucs2_strlen(const ucs2_char_t *s);
+unsigned long ucs2_strsize(const ucs2_char_t *data, unsigned long maxlength);
+int ucs2_strncmp(const ucs2_char_t *a, const ucs2_char_t *b, size_t len);
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_UCS2_STRING_H_ */
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index 3958dc4389f9..fe01d418b09a 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -404,4 +404,7 @@ config OID_REGISTRY
 	help
 	  Enable fast lookup object identifier registry.
 
+config UCS2_STRING
+        tristate
+
 endmenu
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index d7946ff75b2e..6e2cc561f761 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -174,3 +174,5 @@ quiet_cmd_build_OID_registry = GEN     $@
       cmd_build_OID_registry = perl $(srctree)/$(src)/build_OID_registry $< $@
 
 clean-files	+= oid_registry_data.c
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_UCS2_STRING) += ucs2_string.o
diff --git a/lib/ucs2_string.c b/lib/ucs2_string.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6f500ef2301d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ucs2_string.c
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#include <linux/ucs2_string.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+
+/* Return the number of unicode characters in data */
+unsigned long
+ucs2_strnlen(const ucs2_char_t *s, size_t maxlength)
+{
+        unsigned long length = 0;
+
+        while (*s++ != 0 && length < maxlength)
+                length++;
+        return length;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ucs2_strnlen);
+
+unsigned long
+ucs2_strlen(const ucs2_char_t *s)
+{
+        return ucs2_strnlen(s, ~0UL);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ucs2_strlen);
+
+/*
+ * Return the number of bytes is the length of this string
+ * Note: this is NOT the same as the number of unicode characters
+ */
+unsigned long
+ucs2_strsize(const ucs2_char_t *data, unsigned long maxlength)
+{
+        return ucs2_strnlen(data, maxlength/sizeof(ucs2_char_t)) * sizeof(ucs2_char_t);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ucs2_strsize);
+
+int
+ucs2_strncmp(const ucs2_char_t *a, const ucs2_char_t *b, size_t len)
+{
+        while (1) {
+                if (len == 0)
+                        return 0;
+                if (*a < *b)
+                        return -1;
+                if (*a > *b)
+                        return 1;
+                if (*a == 0) /* implies *b == 0 */
+                        return 0;
+                a++;
+                b++;
+                len--;
+        }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ucs2_strncmp);