RE: [PATCH v1 00/12] Intel FPGA Security Manager Class Driver

[Wu, Hao]

> Subject: [PATCH v1 00/12] Intel FPGA Security Manager Class Driver
> 
> 
> These patches depend on the patchset: "add regmap-spi-avmm & Intel
> Max10 BMC chip support" which is currently under review.
> 
>            --------------------------------------------------
> 
> This patchset introduces the Intel Security Manager class driver
> for managing secure updates on Intel FPGA Cards. It also provides
> the n3000bmc-secure mfd sub-driver for the MAX10 BMC for the n3000
> Programmable Acceleration Cards (PAC). The n3000bmc-secure driver
> is implemented using the Intel Security Manager class driver.

So this patchset contains two parts
(1) adding a new class driver for Intel FPGA secure update.
(2) a new driver which uses (1) to implement secure update for n3000 PAC.

And only part (2) depends on "Intel MAX10 BMC chip support" patchset.
(Maybe you can provide a link to that thread). 

Is my understanding correct? If yes, is it possible to reorder these patches?
At least there is no dependency on the class driver patches, right?

> 
> The Intel Security Manager class driver provides a common API for
> user-space tools to manage updates for Secure FPGA devices. Device
> drivers that instantiate the Intel Security Manager class driver will
> interact with the HW secure update engine in order to transfer
> new FPGA and BMC images to FLASH so that they will be automatically
> loaded when the FPGA card reboots.
> 
> The API consists of sysfs nodes and supports the following functions:
> 
> (1) Instantiate and monitor a secure update
> (2) Display security information including: Root Entry Hashes (REH),
>     Cancelled Code Signing Keys (CSK), and flash update counts for
>     both BMC and FPGA images.
> 
> Secure updates make use of the request_firmware framework, which
> requires that image files are accessible under /lib/firmware. A request
> for a secure update returns immediately, while the update itself
> proceeds in the context of a kernel worker thread. Sysfs files provide
> a means for monitoring the progress of a secure update and for
> retrieving error information in the event of a failure.

Maybe you can explain a little more on why we need to have this done
via a class driver not just some internal code in max10 driver? This class
driver will be reused in different cases? And why adding a new class
driver not just reuse or extend fpga manager (existing fpga mgr is used
to update fpga too).

> 
> The n3000bmc-secure driver instantiates the Intel Security Manager
> class driver and provides the callback functions required to support
> secure updates on Intel n3000 PAC devices.
> 
> Russ Weight (12):
>   fpga: fpga security manager class driver

Intel FPGA Security Manager?

>   fpga: create intel max10 bmc security engine
>   fpga: expose max10 flash update counts in sysfs
>   fpga: expose max10 canceled keys in sysfs
>   fpga: enable secure updates
>   fpga: add max10 secure update functions
>   fpga: expose sec-mgr update status
>   fpga: expose sec-mgr update errors
>   fpga: expose sec-mgr update size
>   fpga: enable sec-mgr update cancel
>   fpga: expose hardware error info in sysfs

For these patches, is it possible to have a better title for these patches.
Then it will be easier to know which component this patch is going to modify.
e.g. fpga: ifpga-sec-mgr: xxxxxx

Thanks
Hao

>   fpga: add max10 get_hw_errinfo callback func
> 
>  .../ABI/testing/sysfs-class-ifpga-sec-mgr     | 151 ++++
>  MAINTAINERS                                   |   8 +
>  drivers/fpga/Kconfig                          |  20 +
>  drivers/fpga/Makefile                         |   6 +
>  drivers/fpga/ifpga-sec-mgr.c                  | 669 ++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/fpga/intel-m10-bmc-secure.c           | 557 +++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/fpga/ifpga-sec-mgr.h            | 201 ++++++
>  include/linux/mfd/intel-m10-bmc.h             | 116 +++
>  8 files changed, 1728 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-ifpga-sec-mgr
>  create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/ifpga-sec-mgr.c
>  create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/intel-m10-bmc-secure.c
>  create mode 100644 include/linux/fpga/ifpga-sec-mgr.h
> 
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