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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Platform lockdown information in SYSFS
On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 4:01 AM Greg Kroah-Hartman
<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 06:41:36PM -0300, Daniel Gutson wrote:
> > This patch exports information about the platform lockdown
> > firmware configuration in the sysfs filesystem.
> > In this initial patch, I include some configuration attributes
> > for the system SPI chip.
> >
> > This initial version exports the BIOS Write Enable (bioswe),
> > BIOS Lock Enable (ble), and the SMM Bios Write Protect (SMM_BWP)
> > fields of the Bios Control register. The idea is to keep adding more
> > flags, not only from the BC but also from other registers in following
> > versions.
> >
> > The goal is that the attributes are avilable to fwupd when SecureBoot
> > is turned on.
> >
> > The patch provides a new misc driver, as proposed in the previous patch,
> > that provides a registration function for HW Driver devices to register
> > class_attributes.
> > In this case, the intel SPI flash chip (intel-spi) registers three
> > class_attributes corresponding to the fields mentioned above.
>
> Better, but you are abusing sysfs (note, no CAPS) a lot here...
>
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Gutson <daniel.gutson@eclypsium.com>
> > ---
> > .../ABI/stable/sysfs-class-platform-lockdown | 23 +++++++
> > MAINTAINERS | 7 +++
> > drivers/misc/Kconfig | 9 +++
> > drivers/misc/Makefile | 1 +
> > drivers/misc/platform-lockdown-attrs.c | 57 +++++++++++++++++
> > drivers/mtd/spi-nor/controllers/Kconfig | 1 +
> > .../mtd/spi-nor/controllers/intel-spi-pci.c | 49 +++++++++++++++
> > drivers/mtd/spi-nor/controllers/intel-spi.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++
> > .../platform_data/platform-lockdown-attrs.h | 19 ++++++
> > 9 files changed, 228 insertions(+)
> > create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-platform-lockdown
> > create mode 100644 drivers/misc/platform-lockdown-attrs.c
> > create mode 100644 include/linux/platform_data/platform-lockdown-attrs.h
> >
> > diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-platform-lockdown b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-platform-lockdown
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..6034d6cbefac
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-class-platform-lockdown
> > @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
> > +What: /sys/class/platform-lockdown/bioswe
> > +Date: July 2020
> > +KernelVersion: 5.8.0
> > +Contact: Daniel Gutson <daniel.gutson@eclypsium.com>
> > +Description: If the system firmware set BIOS Write Enable.
> > + 0: writes disabled, 1: writes enabled.
> > +Users: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd
> > +
> > +What: /sys/class/platform-lockdown/ble
> > +Date: July 2020
> > +KernelVersion: 5.8.0
> > +Contact: Daniel Gutson <daniel.gutson@eclypsium.com>
> > +Description: If the system firmware set Bios Lock Enable.
> > + 0: SMM lock disabled, 1: SMM lock enabled.
> > +Users: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd
> > +
> > +What: /sys/class/platform-lockdown/smm_bwp
> > +Date: July 2020
> > +KernelVersion: 5.8.0
> > +Contact: Daniel Gutson <daniel.gutson@eclypsium.com>
> > +Description: If the system firmware set SMM Bios Write Protect.
> > + 0: writes disabled unless in SMM, 1: writes enabled.
> > +Users: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > index f0569cf304ca..771ed1693d28 100644
> > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > @@ -13608,6 +13608,13 @@ S: Maintained
> > F: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/iio/chemical/plantower,pms7003.yaml
> > F: drivers/iio/chemical/pms7003.c
> >
> > +PLATFORM LOCKDOWN ATTRIBUTES MODULE
> > +M: Daniel Gutson <daniel.gutson@eclypsium.com>
> > +S: Supported
> > +F: Documentation/ABI/sysfs-class-platform-lockdown
> > +F: drivers/misc/platform-lockdown-attrs.c
> > +F: include/linux/platform_data/platform-lockdown-attrs.h
> > +
> > PLX DMA DRIVER
> > M: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@deltatee.com>
> > S: Maintained
> > diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> > index e1b1ba5e2b92..058d4ba3cefd 100644
> > --- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
> > @@ -456,6 +456,15 @@ config PVPANIC
> > a paravirtualized device provided by QEMU; it lets a virtual machine
> > (guest) communicate panic events to the host.
> >
> > +config PLATFORM_LOCKDOWN_ATTRS
> > + tristate "Platform lockdown information in the SYSFS"
>
> "Platform lockdown information for some hardware information displayed
> in sysfs" ?
>
> > + depends on SYSFS
> > + help
> > + This kernel module is a helper driver to provide information about
> > + platform lockdown settings and configuration.
>
> Is that what this really is?
>
> > + This module is used by other device drivers -such as the intel-spi-
> > + to publish the information in /sys/class/platform-lockdown.
> > +
> > source "drivers/misc/c2port/Kconfig"
> > source "drivers/misc/eeprom/Kconfig"
> > source "drivers/misc/cb710/Kconfig"
> > diff --git a/drivers/misc/Makefile b/drivers/misc/Makefile
> > index c7bd01ac6291..e29b45c564f9 100644
> > --- a/drivers/misc/Makefile
> > +++ b/drivers/misc/Makefile
> > @@ -57,3 +57,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PVPANIC) += pvpanic.o
> > obj-$(CONFIG_HABANA_AI) += habanalabs/
> > obj-$(CONFIG_UACCE) += uacce/
> > obj-$(CONFIG_XILINX_SDFEC) += xilinx_sdfec.o
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_PLATFORM_LOCKDOWN_ATTRS) += platform-lockdown-attrs.o
> > diff --git a/drivers/misc/platform-lockdown-attrs.c b/drivers/misc/platform-lockdown-attrs.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..d08b3d895064
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/misc/platform-lockdown-attrs.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > +/*
> > + * Platform lockdown attributes kernel module
> > + *
> > + * Copyright (C) 2020 Daniel Gutson <daniel.gutson@eclypsium.com>
> > + * Copyright (C) 2020 Eclypsium Inc.
> > + */
> > +#include <linux/kobject.h>
> > +#include <linux/sysfs.h>
> > +#include <linux/module.h>
> > +#include <linux/init.h>
> > +#include <linux/list.h>
> > +#include <linux/slab.h>
> > +#include <linux/platform_data/platform-lockdown-attrs.h>
> > +
> > +static struct class platform_lockdown_class = {
> > + .name = "platform-lockdown",
> > + .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> > +};
> > +
> > +int register_platform_lockdown_attribute(
> > + struct class_attribute *lockdown_attribute)
> > +{
> > + /* attempt to create the file: */
> > + return class_create_file(&platform_lockdown_class,
> > + lockdown_attribute);
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_platform_lockdown_attribute);
>
> nit, global symbols should put the noun first:
> platform_lockdown_attribute_register()
>
> But, this all is not ok.
>
> You are trying to create/remove random sysfs files that end up in a
> single class. What you want to do is create a device that is associated
> with this class, and make that device a child of the device you are
> registering these attributes for.
>
> Think of this as an input device. You don't put the random input
> attributes all in one place, you create a new device that represents the
> input interface and register that. Then userspace can iterate over all
> devices that are of the input class and see the individual attributes of
> them.

So I create the child device.
And these attributes, will be class attributes or device attributes of
the child device?

>
> Make more sense?
>
> So you need something like:
> platform_lockdown_device_create()
>
> that returns a 'struct device' that is associated with the new class
> device.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h



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