Thread (11 messages) 11 messages, 3 authors, 2021-03-10

Re: [PATCH 2/3] dt-bindings: mtd: Add a property to declare secure regions in Qcom NANDc

From: Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
Date: 2021-02-23 16:50:40
Also in: linux-arm-msm, lkml

Hi Manivannan,

Manivannan Sadhasivam [off-list ref] wrote on Mon,
22 Feb 2021 17:32:58 +0530:
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On a typical end product, a vendor may choose to secure some regions in
the NAND memory which are supposed to stay intact between FW upgrades.
The access to those regions will be blocked by a secure element like
Trustzone. So the normal world software like Linux kernel should not
touch these regions (including reading).

So let's add a property for declaring such secure regions so that the
driver can skip touching them.

Signed-off-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <redacted>
---
 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom,nandc.yaml | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom,nandc.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom,nandc.yaml
index 84ad7ff30121..7500e20da9c1 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom,nandc.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/qcom,nandc.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ patternProperties:
         enum:
           - 512
 
+      qcom,secure-regions:
+        $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32-array
+        description:
+          Regions in the NAND memory which are protected using a secure element
+          like Trustzone. This property contains the start address and size of
+          the secure regions present (optional).
What does this "(optional)" means? If you mean the property is optional
then it should be described accordingly in the yaml file, or am I
missing something?

I wonder if it wouldn't be better to make this a NAND chip node
property. I don't think a qcom prefix is needed as potentially many
other SoCs might have the same "feature".

I'm fine adding support for it in the qcom driver only though.
+
 allOf:
   - $ref: "nand-controller.yaml#"
 
Thanks,
Miquèl
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