Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: arm64: Allow only the specified FF-A calls to be forwarded to TZ

[Sebastian Ene]

On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 07:07:52PM -0700, Oliver Upton wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 12:43:03PM +0000, Sebastian Ene wrote:
> > The previous logic used a deny list to filter the FF-A calls. Because of
> > this, some of the calls escaped the check and they were forwarded by
> > default to Trustzone. (eg. FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_REQ was denied but the 64
> > bit version of the call was not).
> > Modify the logic to use an allowlist and allow only the calls specified in
> > the filter function to be proxied to TZ from the hypervisor.

Hi Oliver,

> 
> I had discussed this with Will back when the feature was upstreamed and
> he said there's a lot of off-label calls that necessitate a denylist
> implementation. Has anything changed to give us confidence that we can
> be restrictive, at least on the FF-A range?
> 

I remember your proposal for having an allowlist instead. The current change makes
sense if we have https://lore.kernel.org/kvmarm/20240322124303.309423-1-sebastianene@xxxxxxxxxx/
which opens the window for more FF-A calls to be forwarded to TZ.

Let me know if this clarifies, thanks
Seb

> -- 
> Thanks,
> Oliver