On 5/18/2026 12:28 AM, Sumit Garg wrote:
From: Sumit Garg sumit.garg@oss.qualcomm.com
Qcom platforms has the legacy of using non-standard SCM calls splintered over the various kernel drivers. These SCM calls aren't compliant with the standard SMC calling conventions which is a prerequisite to enable migration to the FF-A specifications from Arm.
OP-TEE as an alternative trusted OS to Qualcomm TEE (QTEE) can't support these non-standard SCM calls. And even for newer architectures using S-EL2 with Hafnium support, QTEE won't be able to support SCM calls either with FF-A requirements coming in. And with both OP-TEE and QTEE drivers well integrated in the TEE subsystem, it makes further sense to reuse the TEE bus client drivers infrastructure.
The added benefit of TEE bus infrastructure is that there is support for discoverable/enumerable services. With that client drivers don't have to manually invoke a special SCM call to know the service status.
So enable the generic Peripheral Authentication Service (PAS) provided by the firmware. It acts as the common layer with different TZ backends plugged in whether it's an SCM implementation or a proper TEE bus based PAS service implementation.
The TEE PAS service ABI is designed to be extensible with additional API as PTA_QCOM_PAS_CAPABILITIES. This allows to accommodate any future extensions of the PAS service needed while still maintaining backwards compatibility.
Currently OP-TEE support is being added to provide the backend PAS service implementation which can be found as part of this PR [1]. This implementation has been tested on Kodiak/RB3Gen2 board with lemans EVK board being the next target. In addition to that WIN/IPQ targets planning to use OP-TEE will use this service too. Surely the backwards compatibility is maintained and tested for SCM backend.
Note that kernel PAS service support while running in EL2 is at parity among OP-TEE vs QTEE. Especially the media (venus/iris) support depends on proper IOMMU support being worked out on the PAS client end.
Patch summary:
- Patch #1: adds Kodiak EL2 overlay since boot stack with TF-A/OP-TEE only allow UEFI and Linux to boot in EL2.
- Patch #2: adds generic PAS service.
- Patch #3: migrates SCM backend to generic PAS service.
- Patch #4: adds TEE/OP-TEE backend for generic PAS service.
- Patch #5-#14: migrates all client drivers to generic PAS service.
- Patch #15: drops legacy PAS SCM exported APIs.
The patch-set is based on v7.1-rc4 tag and can be found in git tree here [2].
Merge strategy:
It is expected due to APIs dependency, the entire patch-set to go via the Qcom tree. All other subsystem maintainers, it will be great if I can get acks for the corresponding subsystem patches.
[1] https://github.com/OP-TEE/optee_os/pull/7721 (already merged) [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sumit.garg/linux.git/log/?h=...
Changes in v6:
- Rebased to v7.1-rc4 tag.
- Patch #14: fixed ret error print.
- Add Kconfig descriptions for PAS symbols such that they are visible in menuconfig to update.
Changes in v5:
- Incorporated misc. comments from Mukesh.
- Split up patch #11 into 2 to add an independent commit for passing proper PAS ID to set_remote_state API.
- Picked up tags.
Changes in v4:
- Incorporate misc. comments on patch #4.
- Picked up an ack for patch #10.
- Clarify in cover letter about state of media support.
Changes in v3:
- Incorporated some style and misc. comments for patch #2, #3 and #4.
- Add QCOM_PAS Kconfig dependency for various subsystems.
- Switch from pseudo TA to proper TA invoke commands.
Changes in v2:
- Fixed kernel doc warnings.
- Polish commit message and comments for patch #2.
- Pass proper PAS ID in set_remote_state API for media firmware drivers.
- Added Maintainer entry and dropped MODULE_AUTHOR.
Mukesh Ojha (1): arm64: dts: qcom: kodiak: Add EL2 overlay
Sumit Garg (15): firmware: qcom: Add a generic PAS service firmware: qcom_scm: Migrate to generic PAS service firmware: qcom: Add a PAS TEE service remoteproc: qcom_q6v5_pas: Switch over to generic PAS TZ APIs remoteproc: qcom_q6v5_mss: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs soc: qcom: mdtloader: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs remoteproc: qcom_wcnss: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs remoteproc: qcom: Select QCOM_PAS generic service drm/msm: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs media: qcom: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs media: qcom: Pass proper PAS ID to set_remote_state API net: ipa: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs wifi: ath12k: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs firmware: qcom_scm: Remove SCM PAS wrappers MAINTAINERS: Add maintainer entry for Qualcomm PAS TZ service
MAINTAINERS | 9 + arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/Makefile | 2 + arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/kodiak-el2.dtso | 35 ++ drivers/firmware/qcom/Kconfig | 21 +- drivers/firmware/qcom/Makefile | 2 + drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.c | 291 +++++++++++ drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.h | 50 ++ drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas_tee.c | 476 ++++++++++++++++++ drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c | 302 ++++------- drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig | 1 + drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_gpu.c | 4 +- drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c | 11 +- drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/Kconfig | 25 +- .../media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_firmware.c | 9 +- drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/Kconfig | 1 + drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/firmware.c | 11 +- drivers/net/ipa/Kconfig | 2 +- drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c | 13 +- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/Kconfig | 2 +- drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/ahb.c | 10 +- drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig | 4 +- drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_mss.c | 5 +- drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pas.c | 51 +- drivers/remoteproc/qcom_wcnss.c | 12 +- drivers/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.c | 12 +- include/linux/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.h | 43 ++ include/linux/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.h | 29 -- include/linux/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.h | 6 +- 28 files changed, 1119 insertions(+), 320 deletions(-) create mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/kodiak-el2.dtso create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.c create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.h create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas_tee.c create mode 100644 include/linux/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.h
In my automation I do bisection builds and it fails when I bisect.
At "remoteproc: qcom_q6v5_mss: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs":
../drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pas.c: In function 'qcom_pas_load': ../drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pas.c:244:44: error: passing argument 1 of 'qcom_mdt_pas_load' from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] 244 | ret = qcom_mdt_pas_load(pas->dtb_pas_ctx, pas->dtb_firmware, | ~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | struct qcom_pas_context * In file included from ../drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pas.c:27: ../include/linux/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.h:23:52: note: expected 'struct qcom_scm_pas_context *' but argument is of type 'struct qcom_pas_context *' 23 | int qcom_mdt_pas_load(struct qcom_scm_pas_context *ctx, const struct firmware *fw, | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~ ../drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pas.c: In function 'qcom_pas_start': ../drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pas.c:322:36: error: passing argument 1 of 'qcom_mdt_pas_load' from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] 322 | ret = qcom_mdt_pas_load(pas->pas_ctx, pas->firmware, rproc->firmware, | ~~~^~~~~~~~~ | | | struct qcom_pas_context * ../include/linux/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.h:23:52: note: expected 'struct qcom_scm_pas_context *' but argument is of type 'struct qcom_pas_context *' 23 | int qcom_mdt_pas_load(struct qcom_scm_pas_context *ctx, const struct firmware *fw, | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~ make[5]: *** [../scripts/Makefile.build:289: drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pas.o] Error 1
At "remoteproc: qcom_q6v5_pas: Switch over to generic PAS TZ APIs":
../drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pas.c: In function 'qcom_pas_load': ../drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pas.c:244:44: error: passing argument 1 of 'qcom_mdt_pas_load' from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] 244 | ret = qcom_mdt_pas_load(pas->dtb_pas_ctx, pas->dtb_firmware, | ~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~ | | | struct qcom_pas_context * In file included from ../drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pas.c:27: ../include/linux/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.h:23:52: note: expected 'struct qcom_scm_pas_context *' but argument is of type 'struct qcom_pas_context *' 23 | int qcom_mdt_pas_load(struct qcom_scm_pas_context *ctx, const struct firmware *fw, | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~ ../drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pas.c: In function 'qcom_pas_start': ../drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pas.c:322:36: error: passing argument 1 of 'qcom_mdt_pas_load' from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types] 322 | ret = qcom_mdt_pas_load(pas->pas_ctx, pas->firmware, rproc->firmware, | ~~~^~~~~~~~~ | | | struct qcom_pas_context * ../include/linux/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.h:23:52: note: expected 'struct qcom_scm_pas_context *' but argument is of type 'struct qcom_pas_context *' 23 | int qcom_mdt_pas_load(struct qcom_scm_pas_context *ctx, const struct firmware *fw, | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~ make[5]: *** [../scripts/Makefile.build:289: drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pas.o] Error 1
This is because the 5/16 patch depends upon changes in the 7/16 patch.
/jeff