Re: [PATCH 05/10] firewall: introduce stm32_firewall framework

From: Greg KH
Date: Fri Jul 07 2023 - 07:25:00 EST


On Wed, Jul 05, 2023 at 07:27:54PM +0200, Gatien Chevallier wrote:
> Introduce a firewall framework that offers to firewall consumers different
> firewall services such as the ability to check their access rights against
> their firewall controller(s).
>
> The firewall framework offers a generic API that is defined in firewall
> controllers drivers to best fit the specificity of each firewall.

But you aren't defining a "generic" api here, you are defining a
specific one for your specific hardware.

Or am I missing something?

>
> There are various types of firewalls:
> -Peripheral firewalls that filter accesses to peripherals
> -Memory firewalls that filter accesses to memories or memory regions
> -Resource firewalls that filter accesses to internal resources such as
> reset and clock controllers
>
> A firewall controller must be probed at arch_initcall level and register
> to the framework so that consumers can use their services.

Why must it happen at arch_initcall? So it can never be a module? That
feels wrong.

>
> Signed-off-by: Gatien Chevallier <gatien.chevallier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> MAINTAINERS | 5 +
> arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms | 1 +
> drivers/bus/Kconfig | 10 +
> drivers/bus/Makefile | 1 +
> drivers/bus/stm32_firewall.c | 252 ++++++++++++++++++++++
> drivers/bus/stm32_firewall.h | 83 +++++++
> include/linux/bus/stm32_firewall_device.h | 134 ++++++++++++
> 7 files changed, 486 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 drivers/bus/stm32_firewall.c
> create mode 100644 drivers/bus/stm32_firewall.h
> create mode 100644 include/linux/bus/stm32_firewall_device.h
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 41385f01fa98..fabf95ba9b86 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -20123,6 +20123,11 @@ T: git git://linuxtv.org/media_tree.git
> F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/media/i2c/st,st-mipid02.yaml
> F: drivers/media/i2c/st-mipid02.c
>
> +ST STM32 FIREWALL
> +M: Gatien Chevallier <gatien.chevallier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> +S: Maintained
> +F: drivers/bus/stm32_firewall.c
> +
> ST STM32 I2C/SMBUS DRIVER
> M: Pierre-Yves MORDRET <pierre-yves.mordret@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> M: Alain Volmat <alain.volmat@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
> index 6069120199bb..5a46e90f1e4e 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
> +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
> @@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ config ARCH_STM32
> select ARM_SMC_MBOX
> select ARM_SCMI_PROTOCOL
> select COMMON_CLK_SCMI
> + select STM32_FIREWALL
> help
> This enables support for ARMv8 based STMicroelectronics
> STM32 family, including:
> diff --git a/drivers/bus/Kconfig b/drivers/bus/Kconfig
> index fcfa280df98a..4d54a7ea52b2 100644
> --- a/drivers/bus/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/bus/Kconfig
> @@ -163,6 +163,16 @@ config QCOM_SSC_BLOCK_BUS
> i2c/spi/uart controllers, a hexagon core, and a clock controller
> which provides clocks for the above.
>
> +config STM32_FIREWALL
> + bool "STM32 Firewall framework"
> + depends on ARCH_STM32

Why this dependency?

> + default MACH_STM32MP157 || MACH_STM32MP13 || MACH_STM32MP25
> + help
> + Say y to enable firewall framework and its services. Firewall
> + controllers will be able to register to the framework. Firewall
> + controllers must be initialized and register to the firewall framework
> + at arch_initcall level.

This needs better wording saying it is only for stm32 devices.

> +
> config SUN50I_DE2_BUS
> bool "Allwinner A64 DE2 Bus Driver"
> default ARM64
> diff --git a/drivers/bus/Makefile b/drivers/bus/Makefile
> index d90eed189a65..fc0511450ec2 100644
> --- a/drivers/bus/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/bus/Makefile
> @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_OMAP_INTERCONNECT) += omap_l3_smx.o omap_l3_noc.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_OMAP_OCP2SCP) += omap-ocp2scp.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_EBI2) += qcom-ebi2.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_SSC_BLOCK_BUS) += qcom-ssc-block-bus.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_STM32_FIREWALL) += stm32_firewall.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_SUN50I_DE2_BUS) += sun50i-de2.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_SUNXI_RSB) += sunxi-rsb.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_OF) += simple-pm-bus.o
> diff --git a/drivers/bus/stm32_firewall.c b/drivers/bus/stm32_firewall.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..510db5bc6eaf
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/bus/stm32_firewall.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,252 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later

Are you _SURE_ this needs to be "or later"? Sorry, I have to ask.

thanks,

greg k-h