Hi Tom,
On Tue, Mar 09, 2021 at 08:03:09AM -0800, Tom Rix wrote:
> Moritz,
> 
> This and the next patchset apply to today's char-misc-next.
> 
> However they conflicts with other in flight linux-fpga patchsets.
> 
> Since I believe these patchsets came first, I think they should have 
> preference.

I'm not sure what the ask here is, do you expect me to back out the
applied patches?

Conflicts will happen, it's part of working with git.

> This feature of updating is needed for the basic operation of the fpga.
> 
> Tom
> 
> On 3/8/21 4:35 PM, Russ Weight wrote:
> > The FPGA Security Manager class driver provides a common
> > API for user-space tools to manage updates for secure FPGA
> > devices. Device drivers that instantiate the FPGA Security
> > Manager class driver will interact with a 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.
> >
> > A significant difference between the FPGA Manager and the FPGA 
> > Security Manager is that the FPGA Manager does a live update (Partial
> > Reconfiguration) to a device whereas the FPGA Security Manager
> > updates the FLASH images for the Static Region and the BMC so that
> > they will be loaded the next time the FPGA card boots. Security is
> > enforced by hardware and firmware. The security manager interacts
> > with the firmware to initiate an update, pass in the necessary data,
> > and collect status on the update.
> >
> > The n3000bmc-secure driver is the first driver to use the FPGA
> > Security Manager. This driver was previously submitted in the same
> > patch set, but has been split out into a separate patch set starting
> > with V2. Future devices will also make use of this common API for
> > secure updates.
> >
> > In addition to managing secure updates of the FPGA and BMC images,
> > the FPGA Security Manager update process may also be used to
> > program root entry hashes and cancellation keys for the FPGA static
> > region, the FPGA partial reconfiguration region, and the BMC.
> > The image files are self-describing, and contain a header describing
> > the image type.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > The API includes a "name" sysfs file to export the name of the parent
> > driver. It also includes an "update" sub-directory containing files that
> > that can be used to instantiate and monitor a secure update.
> >
> > Changelog v9 -> v10:
> >   - Rebased to 5.12-rc2 next
> >   - Updated Date and KernelVersion in ABI documentation
> >
> > Changelog v8 -> v9:
> >   - Rebased patches for 5.11-rc2
> >   - Updated Date and KernelVersion in ABI documentation
> >
> > Changelog v7 -> v8:
> >   - Fixed grammatical error in Documentation/fpga/fpga-sec-mgr.rst
> >
> > Changelog v6 -> v7:
> >   - Changed dates in documentation file to December 2020
> >   - Changed filename_store() to use kmemdup_nul() instead of
> >     kstrndup() and changed the count to not assume a line-return.
> >
> > Changelog v5 -> v6:
> >   - Removed sysfs support and documentation for the display of the
> >     flash count, root entry hashes, and code-signing-key cancelation
> >     vectors from the class driver. This information can vary by device
> >     and will instead be displayed by the device-specific parent driver.
> >
> > Changelog v4 -> v5:
> >   - Added the devm_fpga_sec_mgr_unregister() function, following recent
> >     changes to the fpga_manager() implementation.
> >   - Changed most of the *_show() functions to use sysfs_emit()
> >     instead of sprintf(
> >   - When checking the return values for functions of type enum
> >     fpga_sec_err err_code, test for FPGA_SEC_ERR_NONE instead of 0
> >
> > Changelog v3 -> v4:
> >   - This driver is generic enough that it could be used for non Intel
> >     FPGA devices. Changed from "Intel FPGA Security Manager" to FPGA
> >     Security Manager" and removed unnecessary references to "Intel".
> >   - Changed: iops -> sops, imgr -> smgr, IFPGA_ -> FPGA_, ifpga_ to fpga_
> >     Note that this also affects some filenames.
> >
> > Changelog v2 -> v3:
> >   - Use dev_err() to report invalid progress in sec_progress()
> >   - Use dev_err() to report invalid error code in sec_error()
> >   - Modified sysfs handler check in check_sysfs_handler() to make
> >     it more readable.
> >   - Removed unnecessary "goto done"
> >   - Added a comment to explain imgr->driver_unload in
> >     ifpga_sec_mgr_unregister()
> >
> > Changelog v1 -> v2:
> >   - Separated out the MAX10 BMC Security Engine to be submitted in
> >     a separate patch-set.
> >   - Bumped documentation dates and versions
> >   - Split ifpga_sec_mgr_register() into create() and register() functions
> >   - Added devm_ifpga_sec_mgr_create()
> >   - Added Documentation/fpga/ifpga-sec-mgr.rst 
> >   - Changed progress state "read_file" to "reading"
> >   - Added sec_error() function (similar to sec_progress())
> >   - Removed references to bmc_flash_count & smbus_flash_count (not 
> > supported)
> >   - Removed typedefs for imgr ops
> >   - Removed explicit value assignments in enums
> >   - Other minor code cleanup per review comments 
> >
> > Russ Weight (7):
> >   fpga: sec-mgr: fpga security manager class driver
> >   fpga: sec-mgr: enable secure updates
> >   fpga: sec-mgr: expose sec-mgr update status
> >   fpga: sec-mgr: expose sec-mgr update errors
> >   fpga: sec-mgr: expose sec-mgr update size
> >   fpga: sec-mgr: enable cancel of secure update
> >   fpga: sec-mgr: expose hardware error info
> >
> >  .../ABI/testing/sysfs-class-fpga-sec-mgr      |  81 +++
> >  Documentation/fpga/fpga-sec-mgr.rst           |  44 ++
> >  Documentation/fpga/index.rst                  |   1 +
> >  MAINTAINERS                                   |   9 +
> >  drivers/fpga/Kconfig                          |   9 +
> >  drivers/fpga/Makefile                         |   3 +
> >  drivers/fpga/fpga-sec-mgr.c                   | 652 ++++++++++++++++++
> >  include/linux/fpga/fpga-sec-mgr.h             | 100 +++
> >  8 files changed, 899 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-class-fpga-sec-mgr
> >  create mode 100644 Documentation/fpga/fpga-sec-mgr.rst
> >  create mode 100644 drivers/fpga/fpga-sec-mgr.c
> >  create mode 100644 include/linux/fpga/fpga-sec-mgr.h
> >
> 

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