[PATCH v5 6/8] firmware: smccc: lfa: Add auto_activate sysfs file
From: Andre Przywara
Date: Fri Oct 16 2026 - 15:05:58 EST
The Arm LFA spec places control over the actual activation process in
the hands of the non-secure host OS. An platform initiated interrupt or
notification signals the availability of an updateable firmware image,
but does not necessarily need to trigger it automatically.
Add a sysfs control file that guards such automatic activation. If an
administrator wants to allow automatic platform initiated updates, they
can activate that by echoing a "1" into the auto_activate file in the
respective sysfs directory. Any incoming notification would then result
in the activation triggered.
Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/firmware/smccc/lfa_fw.c | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/smccc/lfa_fw.c b/drivers/firmware/smccc/lfa_fw.c
index 4b4daf79611bb..65f28ffc9d108 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/smccc/lfa_fw.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/smccc/lfa_fw.c
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ enum component_attr_names {
LFA_ATTR_FORCE_CPU_RENDEZVOUS,
LFA_ATTR_ACTIVATE,
LFA_ATTR_CANCEL,
+ LFA_ATTR_AUTO_ACTIVATE,
LFA_ATTR_NR_IMAGES
};
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ struct fw_component {
bool cpu_rendezvous;
bool cpu_rendezvous_forced;
bool use_cpu_rendezvous;
+ bool auto_activate;
struct kobj_attribute comp_attrs[LFA_ATTR_NR_IMAGES];
};
@@ -306,6 +308,7 @@ static int update_fw_components_node(char *fw_uuid, int seq_id,
comp->kobj.kset = lfa_kset;
comp->cpu_rendezvous_forced = true;
+ comp->auto_activate = false;
set_component_flags(comp, seq_id, comp_flags, reg_current_ver,
reg_pending_ver);
if (kobject_init_and_add(&comp->kobj, &component_ktype, NULL,
@@ -718,6 +721,28 @@ static ssize_t cancel_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
return count;
}
+static ssize_t auto_activate_store(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ struct fw_component *comp = kobj_to_fw_component(kobj);
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = kstrtobool(buf, &comp->auto_activate);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ return count;
+}
+
+static ssize_t auto_activate_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ struct fw_component *comp = kobj_to_fw_component(kobj);
+
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", comp->auto_activate);
+}
+
static struct kobj_attribute comp_attrs_group[LFA_ATTR_NR_IMAGES] = {
[LFA_ATTR_CURRENT_VERSION] = __ATTR_RO(current_version),
[LFA_ATTR_PENDING_VERSION] = __ATTR_RO(pending_version),
@@ -727,7 +752,8 @@ static struct kobj_attribute comp_attrs_group[LFA_ATTR_NR_IMAGES] = {
[LFA_ATTR_CPU_RENDEZVOUS] = __ATTR_RO(cpu_rendezvous),
[LFA_ATTR_FORCE_CPU_RENDEZVOUS] = __ATTR_RW(force_cpu_rendezvous),
[LFA_ATTR_ACTIVATE] = __ATTR_WO(activate),
- [LFA_ATTR_CANCEL] = __ATTR_WO(cancel)
+ [LFA_ATTR_CANCEL] = __ATTR_WO(cancel),
+ [LFA_ATTR_AUTO_ACTIVATE] = __ATTR_RW(auto_activate),
};
static void init_component_default_attrs(void)
@@ -759,11 +785,11 @@ static void clean_fw_components_tree(void)
/*
* Iterate over all FW components and trigger activation of all activatible and
- * pending components.
- * Since we would need to re-enumerate the list of all components after a
- * successful activation, and this could trigger infinite loops if a firmware
- * component still appears as pending, we create an array of update candidates
- * first, then activate each one of them.
+ * pending components, but only if automatic activation for that component is
+ * allowed. Since we would need to re-enumerate the list of all components
+ * after a successful activation, and this could trigger infinite loops if a
+ * firmware component still appears as pending, we create an array of update
+ * candidates first, then activate each one of them.
*/
static void activate_pending_components(void)
{
@@ -791,7 +817,8 @@ static void activate_pending_components(void)
continue; /* Invalid FW component */
_update_fw_component_pending(comp);
- if (comp->activation_capable && comp->activation_pending) {
+ if (comp->activation_capable && comp->activation_pending &&
+ comp->auto_activate) {
kobject_get(&comp->kobj);
all_comps[nr_comps++] = comp;
}
--
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