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Re: [TF-A] Adoption of Conventional Commits

by Chris Kay

Thanks to all those who attended the Tech Forum today! It’s become apparent that the initial 2 week deadline for alternative proposals or implementations is too short, so – as agreed – we’ll push the deadline for the investigation period to the end of March. This period is dedicated to evaluating the changelog automation proposal made, or to identifying alternative solutions. If you have an alternative proposal, any proof-of-concept tooling would be highly appreciated so we can get a clear idea of what sort of work and maintenance is going to be involved. If you do find a solution you wish to propose, please give it just a short name (e.g. “Update it manually”) and make it obvious you want to propose it formally – I’ll collect up the proposals made on the mailing list thread at the end of March and set up a Wiki poll so we can get a clear picture of where the community wants to take this. Chris From: TF-A <tf-a-bounces(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org> on behalf of Chris Kay via TF-A <tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org> Reply to: Chris Kay <Chris.Kay(a)arm.com> Date: Thursday, 11 February 2021 at 13:59 To: "tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org" <tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org> Subject: [TF-A] Adoption of Conventional Commits Hi all, Recently we had an internal discussion on the merits of introducing semantics to commit messages pushed to the main TF-A repository, the conclusion being that we would look to adopting the Conventional Commits<https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/> specification in the near future. There was one major reason for this, which was to help us in automating the changelog in future releases, but it might also help us to dramatically reduce the overall amount of work needed to make a formal release in the future. This requires some buy-in (or buy-out, in this case) from maintainers because - even though it’s to only a relatively minor extent - it does involve an adjustment to everybody’s workflow. Notably, commit messages will be expected to adopt the structure defined by the specification, which will be enforced by the CI. Most commits that go upstream today adhere to “something that looks like Conventional Commits”, so the change is not exactly sweeping, but any change has the potential be an inconvenience. With that in mind, I propose the following: * We collectively adopt the specification, enforced only for @arm.com contributors until such a time that the majority of maintainers are familiar with the new demands * We suggest - in the prerequisites documentation - the installation of two helper tools: * Commitizen<https://github.com/commitizen/cz-cli> * Commitlint<https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint> Installation of these tools will be optional, but I believe they can help with the transition. In the patches currently in review, they are installed as Git hooks automatically upon execution of npm install, so it requires no manual installation or configuration (other than a relatively up-to-date Node.js installation). You’ll find the patches here<https://review.trustedfirmware.org/q/topic:%22ck%252Fconventional-commits%2…>, and specifically the changes to the prerequisites documentation here<https://review.trustedfirmware.org/c/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a/+/8224/1/docs/…>. Feel free to review these changes if you have comments specifically on their implementation. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. If everybody’s on board, we can look to have this upstreamed shortly. Chris

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Re: [TF-A] [EXT] RE: NXP Patch-Set for platform lx2160ardb/lx2160aqds/lx2162aqds

by Pankaj Gupta

Hi, Thank you once again for more of your comments. https://review.trustedfirmware.org/c/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a/+/6122<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Freview.tr…> to https://review.trustedfirmware.org/c/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a/+/6167 All the patches from the patch-set, are reviewed and all the comments are disposed-off till date. Please share any further action, I need to work on. Looking forward for your continued support. Regards Pankaj From: Varun Wadekar <vwadekar(a)nvidia.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2021 12:11 AM To: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta(a)nxp.com>; Manish Pandey2 <Manish.Pandey2(a)arm.com>; Olivier Deprez <Olivier.Deprez(a)arm.com>; javier.almansasobrino(a)arm.com; jimmy.brisson(a)arm.com Cc: Joanna Farley <Joanna.Farley(a)arm.com>; Alexei Fedorov <Alexei.Fedorov(a)arm.com>; Madhukar Pappireddy <Madhukar.Pappireddy(a)arm.com> Subject: [EXT] RE: NXP Patch-Set for platform lx2160ardb/lx2160aqds/lx2162aqds Caution: EXT Email Thanks Pankaj. I don't have further comments. From: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta(a)nxp.com<mailto:pankaj.gupta@nxp.com>> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2021 11:14 PM To: Varun Wadekar <vwadekar(a)nvidia.com<mailto:vwadekar@nvidia.com>>; Manish Pandey2 <Manish.Pandey2(a)arm.com<mailto:Manish.Pandey2@arm.com>>; Olivier Deprez <Olivier.Deprez(a)arm.com<mailto:Olivier.Deprez@arm.com>>; javier.almansasobrino(a)arm.com<mailto:javier.almansasobrino@arm.com>; jimmy.brisson(a)arm.com<mailto:jimmy.brisson@arm.com> Cc: Joanna Farley <Joanna.Farley(a)arm.com<mailto:Joanna.Farley@arm.com>>; Alexei Fedorov <Alexei.Fedorov(a)arm.com<mailto:Alexei.Fedorov@arm.com>>; Madhukar Pappireddy <Madhukar.Pappireddy(a)arm.com<mailto:Madhukar.Pappireddy@arm.com>> Subject: NXP Patch-Set for platform lx2160ardb/lx2160aqds/lx2162aqds External email: Use caution opening links or attachments Hi all, Thanks to all of you, for your efforts in reviewing the patches. All the patches from the patch-set, are reviewed and all the comments are disposed-off till date. https://review.trustedfirmware.org/c/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a/+/6122<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Freview.tr…> to https://review.trustedfirmware.org/c/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a/+/6167<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Freview.tr…> Please share any further action, I need to work on. Looking forward for your continued support. Thanks & regards Pankaj From: Varun Wadekar <vwadekar(a)nvidia.com<mailto:vwadekar@nvidia.com>> Sent: Friday, December 4, 2020 10:37 PM To: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta(a)nxp.com<mailto:pankaj.gupta@nxp.com>>; Manish Pandey2 <Manish.Pandey2(a)arm.com<mailto:Manish.Pandey2@arm.com>> Cc: Joanna Farley <Joanna.Farley(a)arm.com<mailto:Joanna.Farley@arm.com>>; Alexei Fedorov <Alexei.Fedorov(a)arm.com<mailto:Alexei.Fedorov@arm.com>>; Madhukar Pappireddy <Madhukar.Pappireddy(a)arm.com<mailto:Madhukar.Pappireddy@arm.com>> Subject: RE: [EXT] RE: https://review.trustedfirmware.org/c/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a/+/6122<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Freview.tr…> Caution: EXT Email Thanks Pankaj and Manish. Glad to see us agreeing to a path forward. From: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta(a)nxp.com<mailto:pankaj.gupta@nxp.com>> Sent: Thursday, December 3, 2020 11:39 PM To: Manish Pandey2 <Manish.Pandey2(a)arm.com<mailto:Manish.Pandey2@arm.com>>; Varun Wadekar <vwadekar(a)nvidia.com<mailto:vwadekar@nvidia.com>> Cc: Joanna Farley <Joanna.Farley(a)arm.com<mailto:Joanna.Farley@arm.com>>; Alexei Fedorov <Alexei.Fedorov(a)arm.com<mailto:Alexei.Fedorov@arm.com>>; Madhukar Pappireddy <Madhukar.Pappireddy(a)arm.com<mailto:Madhukar.Pappireddy@arm.com>> Subject: RE: [EXT] RE: https://review.trustedfirmware.org/c/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a/+/6122<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Freview.tr…> External email: Use caution opening links or attachments Hi, Thanks for the email. Your suggestion is good too. But with your suggestion, two lines are need for one line using the macro. My concern is that, there are 6 SoC and 15+ platforms based on these 6 SoC, still pending to be added to this code base. Keeping things simple in soc.mk and platform.mk is of key importance. To achieve it: * Complexity of source file addition is moved away from platform makefile to: o drivers/nxp/driver.mk, and o drivers/nxp/<ip>/<ip>.mk * As a result, the soc.mk & platform.mk is less cluttered. o With the single line addition based on this macro, it is easier to understand, which IP is part of BL2, BL31 or both. o All the complexity about IP files to be included or not is moved to drivers/nxp/<ip>/<ip>.mk. I got your point here. Since it is very much specific to NXP platforms, it is to be moved to "plat/nxp". I have tried this way. It is working and ready for review. Regards Pankaj From: Manish Pandey2 <Manish.Pandey2(a)arm.com<mailto:Manish.Pandey2@arm.com>> Sent: Friday, December 4, 2020 6:24 AM To: Varun Wadekar <vwadekar(a)nvidia.com<mailto:vwadekar@nvidia.com>>; Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta(a)nxp.com<mailto:pankaj.gupta@nxp.com>> Cc: Joanna Farley <Joanna.Farley(a)arm.com<mailto:Joanna.Farley@arm.com>>; Alexei Fedorov <Alexei.Fedorov(a)arm.com<mailto:Alexei.Fedorov@arm.com>>; Madhukar Pappireddy <Madhukar.Pappireddy(a)arm.com<mailto:Madhukar.Pappireddy@arm.com>> Subject: Re: [EXT] RE: https://review.trustedfirmware.org/c/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a/+/6122<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Freview.tr…> Caution: EXT Email Hi Pankaj, I am still trying to understand the complete patchset, also trying to understand different level of makefiles e.g drivers/nxp/drivers.mk(is it really needed?) I think the main concern is complexity added by intermediate mk files, this complexity can be reduced by declaring most of things in specific platform mk file as we know at compile time which all images need a particular driver. For e.g XSPI driver, it has same source files in all the 3 scenarios (BL2/BL31 & COMMON) and there is no usage of IMAGE_BL31, IMAGE_BL2 in xspi driver suggesting that Image type does not alters functionality of driver. So, what we can do is keeping driver mk file simpler and other details in platform mk file. flexspi_xor.mk will be like: XSPI_BOOT_SOURCES += $(FLEXSPI_DRIVERS_PATH)/flexspi_nor.c \ ${FLEXSPI_DRIVERS_PATH}/fspi.c ifeq ($(DEBUG),1) XSPI_BOOT_SOURCES += ${FLEXSPI_DRIVERS_PATH}/test_fspi.c endif Platform mk file will be like: (say only bl2 needs xspi) XSPI_NEEDED := yes bl2_sources += ${XSPI_BOOT_SOURCES} Regarding NEED_BL31/NEED_BL2, these flags tell if binary for given BL stage needs to be generated or not. Finally, I am not saying that your approach is wrong but what i suggested is currently done by most of the platforms. Also, see my comments on your SET_FLAG patch, if we indeed decide to go ahead with your current approach. Thanks Manish ________________________________ From: Varun Wadekar <vwadekar(a)nvidia.com<mailto:vwadekar@nvidia.com>> Sent: 03 December 2020 17:35 To: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta(a)nxp.com<mailto:pankaj.gupta@nxp.com>> Cc: Manish Pandey2 <Manish.Pandey2(a)arm.com<mailto:Manish.Pandey2@arm.com>> Subject: RE: [EXT] RE: https://review.trustedfirmware.org/c/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a/+/6122<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Freview.tr…> Hi, Can you point me to a change that uses the newly introduced makefile macro? IIUC, you just need a way to differentiate between a BL2 v BL31 build. Manish can you confirm if NEED_BL31 and NEED_BL2 can be helpful in this case? >> I will replace the SET_FLAG macro with these two flags from entire source tree. I suppose you are alluding to the NXP platform port only. Correct? -Varun From: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta(a)nxp.com<mailto:pankaj.gupta@nxp.com>> Sent: Thursday, December 3, 2020 12:57 AM To: Varun Wadekar <vwadekar(a)nvidia.com<mailto:vwadekar@nvidia.com>> Cc: Manish Pandey2 <Manish.Pandey2(a)arm.com<mailto:Manish.Pandey2@arm.com>> Subject: RE: [EXT] RE: https://review.trustedfirmware.org/c/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a/+/6122<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Freview.tr…> External email: Use caution opening links or attachments Hi Varun, Thanks for your email. NXP make files are implemented as : 1. Each IP driver has its own .mk file. 2. Each platform has its own "platform.mk". * Every "platform.mk" includes "soc.mk" for the SoC on which this platform is based. 1. Based on the SoC, mandatory IP(s) are included(soc.mk) to BL2 or BL31 or both. * This requires to pass the flag "<BL2 or BL31 or BL_COMM>_<IP>_NEEDED = yes" from soc.mk to mandatory IP(s) .mk. 1. But for certain IP(s), IP file sources inclusions to either BL2 or BL31, is based on optional features. * This also requires to pass the flag to IP(s) .mk. For instance: * If flexspi_nor as a boot-source, This macro sets 2 flags. i. XSPI_NEEDED = yes * XSPI_NEEDED help identify if the xspi.mk needs to be included or not. ii. BL2_ XSPI_NEEDED = yes * XSPI_NEEDED needs to be included in BL2 * In optional feature WARM_RESET, I need to save the last reset_cause in flexspi_nor in BL31. i. Again need two flags: XSPI_NEEDED = yes & BL31_ XSPI_NEEDED = yes ii. XSPI_NEEDED = yes, is still required as it might happen the boot source is SD. * In this case BL2_XSPI_NEEDED, is not set. What I am gaining with this macros is: * Without this macro, I need to add two lines: * <IP>_NEEDED = yes. * To include this driver. * One of the flag to be added depending on the IP source file inclusion to BL2 or BL31 or BL_COMM: * Flag as BL2_<IP>_NEEDED = yes * Flag as BL31_<IP>_NEEDED = yes. * Flag as BLCOMM_<IP>_NEEDED = yes. * This macros helps me add one line $(eval $(call SET_FLAG, <IP>_NEEDED,BL2)), instead of above two lines. If you suggest to remove the SET_FLAG macro, I will replace the SET_FLAG macro with these two flags from entire source tree. Please share your view. I reviewed the usage of NEED_BL31 and NEED_BL2. They are set to 'yes' in ./Makefile, only when BL2_SOURCES & BL31_SOURCES is non-null; They can be over-ridden, but cannot be used for each IP(s) source file. Regards Pankaj From: Varun Wadekar <vwadekar(a)nvidia.com<mailto:vwadekar@nvidia.com>> Sent: Thursday, December 3, 2020 4:17 AM To: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta(a)nxp.com<mailto:pankaj.gupta@nxp.com>> Cc: Manish Pandey2 <Manish.Pandey2(a)arm.com<mailto:Manish.Pandey2@arm.com>> Subject: [EXT] RE: https://review.trustedfirmware.org/c/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a/+/6122<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Freview.tr…> Caution: EXT Email Hi, >From your description, I think you are including different makefiles from NXP tree for BL31 versus BL2. Can you please help me understand why this decision needs to be taken at the top level makefile? Alternatively, why can't NXP platform decide which files to include? Did you get a chance to review the NEED_BL31, NEED_BL2 makefile variables? >From the gerrit change it is very difficult to understand how the newly introduced macro is used, so trying to suggest already available options to see if they work for you. -Varun From: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta(a)nxp.com<mailto:pankaj.gupta@nxp.com>> Sent: Wednesday, December 2, 2020 5:21 AM To: Varun Wadekar <vwadekar(a)nvidia.com<mailto:vwadekar@nvidia.com>> Cc: Manish Pandey2 <Manish.Pandey2(a)arm.com<mailto:Manish.Pandey2@arm.com>> Subject: https://review.trustedfirmware.org/c/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a/+/6122<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Freview.tr…> External email: Use caution opening links or attachments Hi Varun, As suggested by you, IMAGE_BL31, IMAGE_BL2 etc macros are useful for segregating the code within the same source file. But this will not serve the purpose in our case. Let me try to explain you with an example: -- For one platform; and for a particulate IP driver's source file, if it is true to have in both, then : #if defined(IMAGE_BL2) || #if defined(IMAGE_BL31) -- But for another platform and for the same IP driver's source file, if it is true to have in BL2 only, then: #if defined(IMAGE_BL2) -- And for another SoC and for the same IP driver's source file, it if is true to have in BL31 only, then: #if defined(IMAGE_BL31) It will not be possible to write all the three varying inclusion of code for one IP used across multiple SoC and their platforms. Now, I will explain how this macro helps me with above case: * Taking an example of flexspi_nor as a boot-source: * $(eval $(call SET_FLAG, XSPI_NEEDED,BL2)) * This macro sets 2 flags. * XSPI_NEEDED = yes * XSPI_NEEDED help identify if the xspi.mk needs to be included or not. * BL2_ XSPI_NEEDED = yes * XSPI_NEEDED needs to be included in BL2. * For a conditional feature to enable in BL31, XSPI is to be included in BL31. * BL31_XSPI_NEEDED = yes needs to be set. * The correct solution should be if the feature is enabled, then: $(eval $(call SET_FLAG, XSPI_NEEDED,BL31)) * In this case, I cannot set BL_COMM_XSPI_NEED = yes for all the platforms. I hope, I am able to convey my thoughts to you. This macro is very important for my code orientation. If you think it will not be required by other contributors, then lets rename this macro by prepending it with NXP or any name you suggests. Thanks. Regards Pankaj IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Thank you.

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Re: [TF-A] Adoption of Conventional Commits

by Varun Wadekar

Hi, I really like the idea of using tags in the commit message, but the rigidity of the spec puts me off. Frankly, I believe we just need a way to identify commits and their intent. So, I would like to propose an approach that builds on the “Conventional Commits” spec. The approach would be 1. Add an identifier (e.g. Tags: fix) to the commit message footer. 2. At the start of the release window run “git log”* to print a list of features, bug fixes, performance improvements, deprecations etc. 3. Either update the main changelog manually or use a script to append individual sections. *git log v2.4...HEAD --no-merges --pretty='- %s (%C(auto)%h)' --grep "Tags: fix"> ‘git log’ can be easily modified to look for other metadata as long as we agree to add it to the commit message. Advantages 1. Light(er) 2. No impact to the subject header 3. Flexibility to define project specific tags 4. Training needs at par with “Conventional Commits” proposal Thoughts? -Varun From: TF-A <tf-a-bounces(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org> On Behalf Of Chris Kay via TF-A Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2021 9:31 AM To: tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org Subject: Re: [TF-A] Adoption of Conventional Commits External email: Use caution opening links or attachments Thanks to all those who attended the Tech Forum today! It’s become apparent that the initial 2 week deadline for alternative proposals or implementations is too short, so – as agreed – we’ll push the deadline for the investigation period to the end of March. This period is dedicated to evaluating the changelog automation proposal made, or to identifying alternative solutions. If you have an alternative proposal, any proof-of-concept tooling would be highly appreciated so we can get a clear idea of what sort of work and maintenance is going to be involved. If you do find a solution you wish to propose, please give it just a short name (e.g. “Update it manually”) and make it obvious you want to propose it formally – I’ll collect up the proposals made on the mailing list thread at the end of March and set up a Wiki poll so we can get a clear picture of where the community wants to take this. Chris From: TF-A <tf-a-bounces(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org<mailto:tf-a-bounces@lists.trustedfirmware.org>> on behalf of Chris Kay via TF-A <tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org<mailto:tf-a@lists.trustedfirmware.org>> Reply to: Chris Kay <Chris.Kay(a)arm.com<mailto:Chris.Kay@arm.com>> Date: Thursday, 11 February 2021 at 13:59 To: "tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org<mailto:tf-a@lists.trustedfirmware.org>" <tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org<mailto:tf-a@lists.trustedfirmware.org>> Subject: [TF-A] Adoption of Conventional Commits Hi all, Recently we had an internal discussion on the merits of introducing semantics to commit messages pushed to the main TF-A repository, the conclusion being that we would look to adopting the Conventional Commits<https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/> specification in the near future. There was one major reason for this, which was to help us in automating the changelog in future releases, but it might also help us to dramatically reduce the overall amount of work needed to make a formal release in the future. This requires some buy-in (or buy-out, in this case) from maintainers because - even though it’s to only a relatively minor extent - it does involve an adjustment to everybody’s workflow. Notably, commit messages will be expected to adopt the structure defined by the specification, which will be enforced by the CI. Most commits that go upstream today adhere to “something that looks like Conventional Commits”, so the change is not exactly sweeping, but any change has the potential be an inconvenience. With that in mind, I propose the following: * We collectively adopt the specification, enforced only for @arm.com contributors until such a time that the majority of maintainers are familiar with the new demands * We suggest - in the prerequisites documentation - the installation of two helper tools: * Commitizen<https://github.com/commitizen/cz-cli> * Commitlint<https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint> Installation of these tools will be optional, but I believe they can help with the transition. In the patches currently in review, they are installed as Git hooks automatically upon execution of npm install, so it requires no manual installation or configuration (other than a relatively up-to-date Node.js installation). You’ll find the patches here<https://review.trustedfirmware.org/q/topic:%22ck%252Fconventional-commits%2…>, and specifically the changes to the prerequisites documentation here<https://review.trustedfirmware.org/c/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a/+/8224/1/docs/…>. Feel free to review these changes if you have comments specifically on their implementation. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. If everybody’s on board, we can look to have this upstreamed shortly. Chris

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TF-A Tech Forum Agenda @ Thr 25h February 2021 16:00-1700 GMT

by Joanna Farley

Hi All, The next TF-A Tech Forum is scheduled for Thu 25th February 2021 16:00 – 17:00 (GMT). Agenda: * Cross Project: Conventional Commits Sign-off Discussions * Lead by Chris Kay * Following on from the TF-A Mailing list posting last week https://lists.trustedfirmware.org/pipermail/tf-a/2021-February/000972.html and the ongoing discussion on the WIKI page https://developer.trustedfirmware.org/w/tf_a/conventional_commits/ comments section the plan is to use this weeks TF-A Tech forum to have a live discussion about agreeing a common solution that can be used for TF-A and other Trustedfirmware.org projects. If you wish to participate please read the mailing list thread and the WIKI page including the comments. If TF-A contributors have anything they wish to present at any future TF-A tech forum please contact me to have that scheduled. Previous sessions, both recording and presentation material can be found on the trustedfirmware.org TF-A Technical meeting webpage: https://www.trustedfirmware.org/meetings/tf-a-technical-forum/ A scheduling tracking page is also available to help track sessions suggested: https://developer.trustedfirmware.org/w/tf_a/tf-a-tech-forum-scheduling/ Final decisions on what will be presented will be shared a few days before the next meeting on the TF-A mailing list. Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/9159704974<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2Fj%2F9159704974&sa=D&us…> Meeting ID: 915 970 4974 One tap mobile +16465588656,,9159704974# US (New York) +16699009128,,9159704974# US (San Jose) Dial by your location +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) 877 853 5247 US Toll-free 888 788 0099 US Toll-free Meeting ID: 915 970 4974 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/ad27hc6t7h<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2Fu%2Fad27hc6t7h&sa=D&us…> Thanks Joanna

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TF-A OpenCI : Followup to last Tech Forum meeting

by Joanna Farley

Hi All, After the TF-A Tech-forum on 11th February 2021 (https://www.trustedfirmware.org/meetings/tf-a-technical-forum/) introducing the TF-A OpenCI I wanted to follow up with a posting on how we want to incorporate this new CI workflow into the TF-A project environment and who will have the ability to instigate OpenCI runs for the project. Some guidelines we are looking to follow are: * Be consistent across all Trustedfirmware.org hosted projects (TF-A, TF-M, Hafnium etc) * Be as open as possible to allow project contributors access to the CI. * Protect backend server resources from security attacks. * Be open to tune the workflow process as needs demand. As mentioned in the Tech-forum session the main day to day developer interface with the OpenCI is through Gerrit reviews with the CI+1/CI+2 gerrit labels for patches under review that start two levels of CI coverage. There is also a daily CI run on the integration branch that is started automatically. OpenCI runs for gerrit patch reviews are shown in the patch comments as links into https://ci.trustedfirmware.org/view/TF-A/ where all the Jenkin jobs including the daily build can be found. In addition there is the occasional need to re-trigger CI jobs directly in the Jenkins UI shown above. This can occur if there is an intermittent failure in the CI infrastructure or due to some other cause however its hoped this is only needed to be used rarely and most contributors will not need to use this. The initial plan is allow OpenCI invocation (through Gerrit and Jenkins) to all the TF-A maintainers and Code Owners listed in https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a.git/tree/docs/about… as a list of known project contributors. This list can be extended over time with other individuals nominated by anybody on the initial list. The OpenCI will become the primary and only CI for setting the Gerrit verified label for patches under review. The existing ArmCI will become advisory and triggered separately and will not directly influence the Gerrit verified label for patches under review. The ArmCI will be maintained in parallel for those areas not yet migrated to the OpenCI and will be disabled once the next phases of the OpenCI development complete. Any CI results from the ArmCI will be communicated in patch review comments from Arm contributors as required. Project documentation will be updated to incorporate OpenCI usage and a further Tech-forum will be held to go through the CI usage in more detail once the OpenCI is ready to take over as the primary TF-A CI. This is expected and hoping to take place in the next week or two as the final OpenCI deployment issues are resolved but exactly when will be communicated to this list once we have a firm date. Thanks Joanna

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Re: [TF-A] Adoption of Conventional Commits

by Varun Wadekar

Hi Chris, This seems like a good proposal to alleviate some of the pain around releases. Some observations/questions. 1. Introducing additional tags will eat into precious real estate. This will be a problem for some changes and developers. 2. In the transition period, the proposal has the potential to "pollute" the history 3. The proposal will add more work for patches cherry-picked from other projects e.g. libfdt 4. How do we handle scenarios where platforms donot want to switch to this policy? I can see how #1 might be of concern to many, but we will have to implement some policy to see how many commits really fall in this category. -Varun From: TF-A <tf-a-bounces(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org> On Behalf Of Chris Kay via TF-A Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2021 5:59 AM To: tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org Subject: [TF-A] Adoption of Conventional Commits External email: Use caution opening links or attachments Hi all, Recently we had an internal discussion on the merits of introducing semantics to commit messages pushed to the main TF-A repository, the conclusion being that we would look to adopting the Conventional Commits<https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/> specification in the near future. There was one major reason for this, which was to help us in automating the changelog in future releases, but it might also help us to dramatically reduce the overall amount of work needed to make a formal release in the future. This requires some buy-in (or buy-out, in this case) from maintainers because - even though it's to only a relatively minor extent - it does involve an adjustment to everybody's workflow. Notably, commit messages will be expected to adopt the structure defined by the specification, which will be enforced by the CI. Most commits that go upstream today adhere to "something that looks like Conventional Commits", so the change is not exactly sweeping, but any change has the potential be an inconvenience. With that in mind, I propose the following: * We collectively adopt the specification, enforced only for @arm.com contributors until such a time that the majority of maintainers are familiar with the new demands * We suggest - in the prerequisites documentation - the installation of two helper tools: * Commitizen<https://github.com/commitizen/cz-cli> * Commitlint<https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint> Installation of these tools will be optional, but I believe they can help with the transition. In the patches currently in review, they are installed as Git hooks automatically upon execution of npm install, so it requires no manual installation or configuration (other than a relatively up-to-date Node.js installation). You'll find the patches here<https://review.trustedfirmware.org/q/topic:%22ck%252Fconventional-commits%2…>, and specifically the changes to the prerequisites documentation here<https://review.trustedfirmware.org/c/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a/+/8224/1/docs/…>. Feel free to review these changes if you have comments specifically on their implementation. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. If everybody's on board, we can look to have this upstreamed shortly. Chris

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New Defects reported by Coverity Scan for ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware

by scan-admin＠coverity.com

Hi, Please find the latest report on new defect(s) introduced to ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware found with Coverity Scan. 5 new defect(s) introduced to ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware found with Coverity Scan. 14 defect(s), reported by Coverity Scan earlier, were marked fixed in the recent build analyzed by Coverity Scan. New defect(s) Reported-by: Coverity Scan Showing 5 of 5 defect(s) ** CID 366362: Control flow issues (DEADCODE) /plat/rockchip/rk3399/drivers/dram/dfs.c: 123 in get_dram_drv_odt_val() ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *** CID 366362: Control flow issues (DEADCODE) /plat/rockchip/rk3399/drivers/dram/dfs.c: 123 in get_dram_drv_odt_val() 117 tmp = ((mr1_val >> 2) & 1) | ((mr1_val >> 5) & 1) | 118 ((mr1_val >> 7) & 1); 119 if (tmp == 0) 120 drv_config->dram_side_dq_odt = 0; 121 else if (tmp == 1) 122 drv_config->dram_side_dq_odt = 60; >>> CID 366362: Control flow issues (DEADCODE) >>> Execution cannot reach this statement: "if (tmp == 3U) drv_config...". 123 else if (tmp == 3) 124 drv_config->dram_side_dq_odt = 40; 125 else 126 drv_config->dram_side_dq_odt = 120; 127 break; 128 case LPDDR3: ** CID 366361: (DEADCODE) /drivers/st/fmc/stm32_fmc2_nand.c: 203 in stm32_fmc2_nand_setup_timing() /drivers/st/fmc/stm32_fmc2_nand.c: 250 in stm32_fmc2_nand_setup_timing() /drivers/st/fmc/stm32_fmc2_nand.c: 247 in stm32_fmc2_nand_setup_timing() ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *** CID 366361: (DEADCODE) /drivers/st/fmc/stm32_fmc2_nand.c: 203 in stm32_fmc2_nand_setup_timing() 197 * tSETUP_MEM > tDS - (tWAIT - tHIZ) 198 */ 199 tset_mem = hclkp; 200 if ((twait < NAND_TCS_MIN) && (tset_mem < (NAND_TCS_MIN - twait))) { 201 tset_mem = NAND_TCS_MIN - twait; 202 } >>> CID 366361: (DEADCODE) >>> Execution cannot reach the expression "tset_mem < 50000UL - twait" inside this statement: "if (twait < 50000UL && tset...". 203 if ((twait < NAND_TALS_MIN) && (tset_mem < (NAND_TALS_MIN - twait))) { 204 tset_mem = NAND_TALS_MIN - twait; 205 } 206 if ((twait > thiz) && ((twait - thiz) < NAND_TDS_MIN) && 207 (tset_mem < (NAND_TDS_MIN - (twait - thiz)))) { 208 tset_mem = NAND_TDS_MIN - (twait - thiz); /drivers/st/fmc/stm32_fmc2_nand.c: 250 in stm32_fmc2_nand_setup_timing() 244 if ((twait < NAND_TCS_MIN) && (tset_att < (NAND_TCS_MIN - twait))) { 245 tset_att = NAND_TCS_MIN - twait; 246 } 247 if ((twait < NAND_TCLS_MIN) && (tset_att < (NAND_TCLS_MIN - twait))) { 248 tset_att = NAND_TCLS_MIN - twait; 249 } >>> CID 366361: (DEADCODE) >>> Execution cannot reach the expression "tset_att < 50000UL - twait" inside this statement: "if (twait < 50000UL && tset...". 250 if ((twait < NAND_TALS_MIN) && (tset_att < (NAND_TALS_MIN - twait))) { 251 tset_att = NAND_TALS_MIN - twait; 252 } 253 if ((thold_mem < NAND_TRHW_MIN) && 254 (tset_att < (NAND_TRHW_MIN - thold_mem))) { 255 tset_att = NAND_TRHW_MIN - thold_mem; /drivers/st/fmc/stm32_fmc2_nand.c: 247 in stm32_fmc2_nand_setup_timing() 241 * tSETUP_ATT > tDS - (tWAIT - tHIZ) 242 */ 243 tset_att = hclkp; 244 if ((twait < NAND_TCS_MIN) && (tset_att < (NAND_TCS_MIN - twait))) { 245 tset_att = NAND_TCS_MIN - twait; 246 } >>> CID 366361: (DEADCODE) >>> Execution cannot reach the expression "tset_att < 50000UL - twait" inside this statement: "if (twait < 50000UL && tset...". 247 if ((twait < NAND_TCLS_MIN) && (tset_att < (NAND_TCLS_MIN - twait))) { 248 tset_att = NAND_TCLS_MIN - twait; 249 } 250 if ((twait < NAND_TALS_MIN) && (tset_att < (NAND_TALS_MIN - twait))) { 251 tset_att = NAND_TALS_MIN - twait; 252 } ** CID 366360: (UNINIT) /lib/zlib/tf_gunzip.c: 87 in gunzip() /lib/zlib/tf_gunzip.c: 83 in gunzip() ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *** CID 366360: (UNINIT) /lib/zlib/tf_gunzip.c: 87 in gunzip() 81 } 82 83 zret = inflate(&stream, Z_NO_FLUSH); 84 if (zret == Z_STREAM_END) { 85 ret = 0; 86 } else { >>> CID 366360: (UNINIT) >>> Using uninitialized value "stream.msg". 87 if (stream.msg) 88 ERROR("%s\n", stream.msg); 89 ERROR("zlib: inflate failed (ret = %d)\n", zret); 90 ret = (zret == Z_MEM_ERROR) ? -ENOMEM : -EIO; 91 } 92 /lib/zlib/tf_gunzip.c: 83 in gunzip() 77 zret = inflateInit(&stream); 78 if (zret != Z_OK) { 79 ERROR("zlib: inflate init failed (ret = %d)\n", zret); 80 return (zret == Z_MEM_ERROR) ? -ENOMEM : -EIO; 81 } 82 >>> CID 366360: (UNINIT) >>> Using uninitialized value "stream.total_out" when calling "inflate". [Note: The source code implementation of the function has been overridden by a builtin model.] 83 zret = inflate(&stream, Z_NO_FLUSH); 84 if (zret == Z_STREAM_END) { 85 ret = 0; 86 } else { 87 if (stream.msg) 88 ERROR("%s\n", stream.msg); ** CID 366283: Insecure data handling (TAINTED_SCALAR) /mbedtls/library/x509_crt.c: 568 in x509_get_key_usage() ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *** CID 366283: Insecure data handling (TAINTED_SCALAR) /mbedtls/library/x509_crt.c: 568 in x509_get_key_usage() 562 if( bs.len < 1 ) 563 return( MBEDTLS_ERR_X509_INVALID_EXTENSIONS + 564 MBEDTLS_ERR_ASN1_INVALID_LENGTH ); 565 566 /* Get actual bitstring */ 567 *key_usage = 0; >>> CID 366283: Insecure data handling (TAINTED_SCALAR) >>> Using tainted variable "bs.len" as a loop boundary. 568 for( i = 0; i < bs.len && i < sizeof( unsigned int ); i++ ) 569 { 570 *key_usage |= (unsigned int) bs.p[i] << (8*i); 571 } 572 573 return( 0 ); ** CID 366277: Insecure data handling (TAINTED_SCALAR) /mbedtls/library/asn1parse.c: 158 in asn1_get_tagged_int() ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *** CID 366277: Insecure data handling (TAINTED_SCALAR) /mbedtls/library/asn1parse.c: 158 in asn1_get_tagged_int() 152 return( MBEDTLS_ERR_ASN1_INVALID_LENGTH ); 153 /* This is a cryptography library. Reject negative integers. */ 154 if( ( **p & 0x80 ) != 0 ) 155 return( MBEDTLS_ERR_ASN1_INVALID_LENGTH ); 156 157 /* Skip leading zeros. */ >>> CID 366277: Insecure data handling (TAINTED_SCALAR) >>> Using tainted variable "len" as a loop boundary. 158 while( len > 0 && **p == 0 ) 159 { 160 ++( *p ); 161 --len; 162 } 163 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ To view the defects in Coverity Scan visit, https://u15810271.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=HRESupC-2F2Czv4BOaCWWCy7my0P…

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Re: [TF-A] Getting BUILD_STRING from FIP file

by Manish Pandey2

Hi Daniele, TBBR specification, from where fip format was introduced, is not very clear about usage of serial number and it can be used in IMP DEFINED manner "ToC Serial Number - 32 - The serial number of this ToC". So, theoretically it's possible to use serial number for the purpose you described and it's a valid use of currently (un)used serial number. Currently, at boot time serial number is checked against a non-zero value, which certainly will hold true if you put a valid timstamp instead of "0x12345678". IMO you can go ahead and implement a mechanism to feed Build timestamp to be used as serial number. Thanks Manish P ________________________________ From: TF-A <tf-a-bounces(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org> on behalf of Manish Badarkhe via TF-A <tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org> Sent: 11 February 2021 11:39 To: Daniele Alessandrelli <daniele.alessandrelli(a)linux.intel.com>; tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org <tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org> Subject: Re: [TF-A] Getting BUILD_STRING from FIP file Hi Daniele Please see my replies inline. Thanks Manish Badarkhe From: Daniele Alessandrelli <daniele.alessandrelli(a)linux.intel.com> Date: Thursday, 11 February 2021 at 11:22 To: Manish Badarkhe <Manish.Badarkhe(a)arm.com>, tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org <tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org> Subject: Re: [TF-A] Getting BUILD_STRING from FIP file Hi Manish, Thank you very much for the information. 16 bits are not enough to store an epoch, but I'll see if I can encode some other unique build information into 16 bits. Just a question, from your answer I assume that I shouldn't use the 'serial_number' field for what I want to do; so I wonder: what is that field meant to be used for? 'serial_number' field is non-zero number provided by the fip creation tool. It is hardcoded value i.e. TOC_HEADER_SERIAL_NUMBER=0x12345678 as of now. Specifically used during the validation of the TOC header in the code. Regards, Daniele On Thu, 2021-02-11 at 10:14 +0000, Manish Badarkhe wrote: > Hi Daniele > > You can use the ‘flag’ field to mention the platform-specific data(in > your case, a build number). Usage of the ‘flag’ field(64 bit) in the > toc_header are as below: > Bits 0-31 -> reserved > Bits 32-47 -> platform defined data > Bits 48-63 -> reserved > You can make use of the flag[32:47] to put build information. I am > not sure if you can accommodate epoch (converted timestamp) into this > field but, you can encode any data to fit into this 16bit flag field > to identify the FIP build. > > You can use a build command: fiptool update/create --plat-toc-flags > <platform defined data> <your fip bin path> to put the platform > defined data in the FIP image. > > Thanks > Manish Badarkhe > From: TF-A <tf-a-bounces(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org> on behalf of > Daniele Alessandrelli via TF-A <tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org> > Date: Wednesday, 10 February 2021 at 17:04 > To: tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org <tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org> > Subject: [TF-A] Getting BUILD_STRING from FIP file > > Hi, > > Is there a way to get BUILD_STRING (or a similar string / number that > uniquely identifies the TF-A build, e.g., BUILD_MESSAGE_TIMESTAMP) > from > the FIP file? > > Basically, I'm trying to find a way to know the build number of a FIP > without flashing it. > > I've seen that the FIP TOC header has a 32-bit field named > 'serial_number'. Can it be used to this end? I'm considering > converting BUILD_MESSAGE_TIMESTAMP into an epoch and adding it as > 'serial number', but I'm worried that might be an unintended usage of > the 'serial_number' field. > > Regards, > Daniele > > >

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Adoption of Conventional Commits

by Chris Kay

Hi all, Recently we had an internal discussion on the merits of introducing semantics to commit messages pushed to the main TF-A repository, the conclusion being that we would look to adopting the Conventional Commits<https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/> specification in the near future. There was one major reason for this, which was to help us in automating the changelog in future releases, but it might also help us to dramatically reduce the overall amount of work needed to make a formal release in the future. This requires some buy-in (or buy-out, in this case) from maintainers because - even though it's to only a relatively minor extent - it does involve an adjustment to everybody's workflow. Notably, commit messages will be expected to adopt the structure defined by the specification, which will be enforced by the CI. Most commits that go upstream today adhere to "something that looks like Conventional Commits", so the change is not exactly sweeping, but any change has the potential be an inconvenience. With that in mind, I propose the following: * We collectively adopt the specification, enforced only for @arm.com contributors until such a time that the majority of maintainers are familiar with the new demands * We suggest - in the prerequisites documentation - the installation of two helper tools: * Commitizen<https://github.com/commitizen/cz-cli> * Commitlint<https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint> Installation of these tools will be optional, but I believe they can help with the transition. In the patches currently in review, they are installed as Git hooks automatically upon execution of npm install, so it requires no manual installation or configuration (other than a relatively up-to-date Node.js installation). You'll find the patches here<https://review.trustedfirmware.org/q/topic:%22ck%252Fconventional-commits%2…>, and specifically the changes to the prerequisites documentation here<https://review.trustedfirmware.org/c/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a/+/8224/1/docs/…>. Feel free to review these changes if you have comments specifically on their implementation. Let me know if you have any questions or concerns. If everybody's on board, we can look to have this upstreamed shortly. Chris

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Re: [TF-A] Getting BUILD_STRING from FIP file

by Manish Badarkhe

Hi Daniele You can use the ‘flag’ field to mention the platform-specific data(in your case, a build number). Usage of the ‘flag’ field(64 bit) in the toc_header are as below: 1. Bits 0-31 -> reserved 2. Bits 32-47 -> platform defined data 3. Bits 48-63 -> reserved You can make use of the flag[32:47] to put build information. I am not sure if you can accommodate epoch (converted timestamp) into this field but, you can encode any data to fit into this 16bit flag field to identify the FIP build. You can use a build command: fiptool update/create --plat-toc-flags <platform defined data> <your fip bin path> to put the platform defined data in the FIP image. Thanks Manish Badarkhe From: TF-A <tf-a-bounces(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org> on behalf of Daniele Alessandrelli via TF-A <tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org> Date: Wednesday, 10 February 2021 at 17:04 To: tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org <tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org> Subject: [TF-A] Getting BUILD_STRING from FIP file Hi, Is there a way to get BUILD_STRING (or a similar string / number that uniquely identifies the TF-A build, e.g., BUILD_MESSAGE_TIMESTAMP) from the FIP file? Basically, I'm trying to find a way to know the build number of a FIP without flashing it. I've seen that the FIP TOC header has a 32-bit field named 'serial_number'. Can it be used to this end? I'm considering converting BUILD_MESSAGE_TIMESTAMP into an epoch and adding it as 'serial number', but I'm worried that might be an unintended usage of the 'serial_number' field. Regards, Daniele -- TF-A mailing list TF-A(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org https://lists.trustedfirmware.org/mailman/listinfo/tf-a

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