RE: [PATCH v2 6/6] ufs: core: Add advanced RPMB support in ufs_bsg

From: Avri Altman
Date: Mon Nov 28 2022 - 15:07:29 EST


> On Tue, 2022-11-22 at 11:55 +0000, Avri Altman wrote:
> > > +static int ufs_bsg_exec_advanced_rpmb_req(struct ufs_hba *hba,
> > > struct
> > > +bsg_job *job) {
> > > + struct ufs_rpmb_request *rpmb_request = job->request;
> > > + struct ufs_rpmb_reply *rpmb_reply = job->reply;
> > > + struct bsg_buffer *payload = NULL;
> > > + enum dma_data_direction dir;
> > > + struct scatterlist *sg_list;
> > > + int rpmb_req_type;
> > > + int sg_cnt;
> > > + int ret;
> > > + int data_len;
> > > +
> > > + if (hba->ufs_version < ufshci_version(4, 0) || !hba-
> > > > dev_info.b_advanced_rpmb_en ||
> > > + !(hba->capabilities & MASK_EHSLUTRD_SUPPORTED))
> > > + return -EINVAL;
> > > +
> > > + if (rpmb_request->ehs_req.length != 2 || rpmb_request-
> > > > ehs_req.ehs_type != 1)
> > > + return -EINVAL;
> > Maybe you could also check:
> > In case of rpmb write, the request payload 4096 × Advanced RPMB Block
> > Count, And same goes for response payload for rpmb read.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Avri
> >
>
> Hi Avri,
>
> in Spec:
>
> "If the Block Count indicates a value greater than bRPMB_ReadWriteSize,
> then the authenticated data write/read operation fails and the Result is set
> to “General failure” (0001h)."
>
>
> I think this should be checked in the application in userspace because if the
> application passes a wrong/incorrect payload length, it will error out and
> have no effect on UFS. In order to add this check in a driver in the kernel, we
> need to maintain bRPMB_ReadWriteSize in kernel space. Sometimes this is a
> waste of resources because we don't know if the client will access the RPMB.
Fair enough.
Please add my reviewed-by tag to this patch as well.

Thanks,
Avri
>
> I have enabled Advanced RPMB feature in the ufs-utils as an example, will be
> refered in cover-letter in the next version.
>
> Kind regards,
> Bean