Re: [PATCH 2/2] drivers/misc: add transfer ioctl for HPS

From: Sami Kyostila
Date: Fri Jan 28 2022 - 02:42:22 EST


to 27. tammik. 2022 klo 20.41 Greg KH (gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) kirjoitti:
>
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 07:35:45PM +1100, Sami Kyöstilä wrote:
> > This patch adds an ioctl operation for sending and receiving data from
> > the ChromeOS snooping protection sensor (a.k.a., HPS). This allows
> > userspace programs to perform a combined read/write I2C transaction
> > through a single syscall.
> >
> > The I2C wire protocol for the device is documented at:
> >
> > https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/platform/hps-firmware/+/
> > refs/heads/main/docs/host_device_i2c_protocol.md
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sami Kyöstilä <skyostil@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > MAINTAINERS | 1 +
> > drivers/misc/hps-i2c.c | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > include/uapi/linux/hps.h | 20 ++++++++++
> > 3 files changed, 102 insertions(+)
> > create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/hps.h
> >
> > diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> > index 9dea4b8c2ab5..d5fc066fdbc2 100644
> > --- a/MAINTAINERS
> > +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> > @@ -8803,6 +8803,7 @@ M: Sami Kyöstilä <skyostil@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > R: Evan Benn <evanbenn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > S: Maintained
> > F: drivers/misc/hps-i2c.c
> > +F: include/uapi/linux/hps.h
> >
> > HSI SUBSYSTEM
> > M: Sebastian Reichel <sre@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > diff --git a/drivers/misc/hps-i2c.c b/drivers/misc/hps-i2c.c
> > index fe9f073b0352..748ead49d678 100644
> > --- a/drivers/misc/hps-i2c.c
> > +++ b/drivers/misc/hps-i2c.c
> > @@ -17,9 +17,11 @@
> > #include <linux/i2c.h>
> > #include <linux/module.h>
> > #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
> > +#include <uapi/linux/hps.h>
> >
> > #define HPS_ACPI_ID "GOOG0020"
> > #define HPS_MAX_DEVICES 1
> > +#define HPS_MAX_MSG_SIZE 8192
> >
> > struct hps_drvdata {
> > struct i2c_client *client;
> > @@ -60,6 +62,8 @@ static int hps_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> > ret = pm_runtime_get_sync(dev);
> > if (ret < 0)
> > goto pm_get_fail;
> > +
> > + file->private_data = hps->client;
> > return 0;
> >
> > pm_get_fail:
> > @@ -84,10 +88,87 @@ static int hps_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> > return ret;
> > }
> >
> > +static int hps_do_ioctl_transfer(struct i2c_client *client,
> > + struct hps_transfer_ioctl_data *args)
> > +{
> > + int ret;
> > + int nmsg = 0;
> > + struct i2c_msg msgs[2] = {
> > + {
> > + .addr = client->addr,
> > + .flags = client->flags,
> > + },
> > + {
> > + .addr = client->addr,
> > + .flags = client->flags,
> > + },
> > + };
> > +
> > + if (args->isize) {
> > + msgs[nmsg].len = args->isize;
> > + msgs[nmsg].buf = memdup_user(args->ibuf, args->isize);
> > + if (IS_ERR(msgs[nmsg].buf)) {
> > + ret = PTR_ERR(msgs[nmsg].buf);
> > + goto memdup_fail;
> > + }
> > + nmsg++;
> > + }
> > +
> > + if (args->osize) {
> > + msgs[nmsg].len = args->osize;
> > + msgs[nmsg].buf = memdup_user(args->obuf, args->osize);
> > + msgs[nmsg].flags |= I2C_M_RD;
> > + if (IS_ERR(msgs[nmsg].buf)) {
> > + ret = PTR_ERR(msgs[nmsg].buf);
> > + goto memdup_fail;
> > + }
> > + nmsg++;
> > + }
> > +
> > + ret = i2c_transfer(client->adapter, &msgs[0], nmsg);
> > + if (ret > 0 && args->osize) {
> > + if (copy_to_user(args->obuf, msgs[nmsg - 1].buf, ret))
> > + ret = -EFAULT;
> > + }
>
> Why can't you just do normal i2c transfers to/from userspace instead of
> requring a custom ioctl?

The main reason is security: without this driver, in order to talk to
HPS the userspace daemon needs read/write access to the entire I2C
controller (e.g., /dev/i2c-0). This means the daemon can also control
any other I2C device which happens to be on the same bus. With a
separate ioctl we can limit access to just HPS.

As far as I can tell, there's no way to restrict access on a
per-device level with normal i2c, but I'd be happy to be proven wrong
:)

>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h


- Sami