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-rw-r--r--lib/efi_loader/efi_var_file.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_file.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_file.c
index 62e071b..d7dba05 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_file.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_var_file.c
@@ -204,8 +204,11 @@ efi_status_t efi_var_restore(struct efi_var_file *buf, bool safe)
* File ubootefi.var is read from the EFI system partitions and the variables
* stored in the file are created.
*
- * In case the file does not exist yet or a variable cannot be set EFI_SUCCESS
- * is returned.
+ * On first boot the file ubootefi.var does not exist yet. This is why we must
+ * return EFI_SUCCESS in this case.
+ *
+ * If the variable file is corrupted, e.g. incorrect CRC32, we do not want to
+ * stop the boot process. We deliberately return EFI_SUCCESS in this case, too.
*
* Return: status code
*/