REF:https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2333

During a SetVariable () invocation, UpdateVariable () is called.
UpdateVariable () contains logic to determine whether a volatile or
non-volatile UEFI variable was set so the corresponding runtime
cache can be updated to reflect the change. The current logic simply
evaluates Variable->Volatile to determine which runtime cache should
be updated.

The problem is Variable->Volatile does not always reflect whether a
volatile variable is being set. Variable->Volatile is set to TRUE
only in the case a pre-existing variable is found in the volatile
variable store. Therefore, the value is FALSE when a new volatile
variable is written.

This change updates the logic to take this into account. If a new
variable is written successfully, the Attributes will accurately
reflect whether the variable is non-volatile. If a pre-existing
variable is modified, the Volatile field will reflect the type of
variable (Attributes are not reliable; e.g. 0x0 indicates deletion).

Cc: Liming Gao <liming....@intel.com>
Cc: Michael D Kinney <michael.d.kin...@intel.com>
Cc: Jian J Wang <jian.j.w...@intel.com>
Cc: Hao A Wu <hao.a...@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kubacki <michael.a.kuba...@intel.com>
---
 MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.c 
b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.c
index 29d6aca993..75d33ff724 100644
--- a/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.c
+++ b/MdeModulePkg/Universal/Variable/RuntimeDxe/Variable.c
@@ -2296,9 +2296,8 @@ UpdateVariable (
 
 Done:
   if (!EFI_ERROR (Status)) {
-    if (Variable->Volatile) {
-      VolatileCacheInstance = 
&(mVariableModuleGlobal->VariableGlobal.VariableRuntimeCacheContext.VariableRuntimeVolatileCache);
-    } else {
+    VolatileCacheInstance = 
&(mVariableModuleGlobal->VariableGlobal.VariableRuntimeCacheContext.VariableRuntimeVolatileCache);
+    if ((Variable->CurrPtr != NULL && !Variable->Volatile) || (Attributes & 
EFI_VARIABLE_NON_VOLATILE) != 0) {
       VolatileCacheInstance = 
&(mVariableModuleGlobal->VariableGlobal.VariableRuntimeCacheContext.VariableRuntimeNvCache);
     }
 
-- 
2.16.2.windows.1


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