diff --git a/include/linux/efi.h b/include/linux/efi.h
index d1d782a..cd561b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/efi.h
+++ b/include/linux/efi.h
@@ -663,6 +663,12 @@
 				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
  */
 #define EFI_LOCATE_ALL_HANDLES			0
@@ -762,19 +768,75 @@
 	 * 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 */