December 2022 - TF-A - lists.trustedfirmware.org

[RFC] Proposed location to host the firmware handoff specification.

by Jose Marinho

Hi, Arm worked to draft a firmware handoff [1] specification, evolving it based on community feedback. This activity followed the request of some members of the Arm ecosystem [2]. The spec (still at ALP – feedback/comments welcome!) standardizes how information is propagated between different firmware components during boot. The spec hopes to remove the reliance on bespoke/platform-specific information handoff mechanisms, thus reducing the code maintenance burden. The concept of entry types is present in the spec – these are data structure layouts that carry a specific type of data. New types are meant to be added, following the needs and use-cases of the different communities. Thus, these communities should be empowered to request new types! To enable community contributions, the specification must be hosted in a location that is friendly to change requests. We propose to host the spec in trustedfirmware.org (tf.org). Tf.org hosts several open-source projects and already has an open governance model. TF-A, and the associated community, rely on tf.org, and thus are already well equipped to maintain this specification and keep it up to date. Tf.org is agnostic of any downstream projects that would adopt this specification (e.g. U-boot, EDK2, etc.). We welcome the views of the communities and want to understand if there are any strong objections to what’s being proposed! If anyone has objections, we are happy to consider alternatives and associated trade-offs. Regards [1] https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0135/latest [2] Re: [TF-A] Proposal: TF-A to adopt hand-off blocks (HOBs) for information passing between boot stages - TF-A - lists.trustedfirmware.org<https://lists.trustedfirmware.org/archives/list/tf-a@lists.trustedfirmware.…>

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About kdump hang issue in SDEI dispatch

by Ming Huang

Hi James & TF-A guys, When hest acpi table configure Hardware Error Notification type as Software Delegated Exception(0x0B) for RAS event, kernel RAS interacts with TF-A by SDEI mechanism. On the firmware first system, kernel was notified by TF-A sdei call. The calling flow like as below when fatal RAS error happens: TF-A notify kernel flow: sdei_dispatch_event() ehf_activate_priority() call sdei callback // callback registered by kerenl ehf_deactivate_priority() Kernel sdei callback: sdei_asm_handler() __sdei_handler() _sdei_handler() sdei_event_handler() ghes_sdei_critical_callback() ghes_in_nmi_queue_one_entry() /* if RAS error is fatal */ __ghes_panic() panic() If fatal RAS error occured, panic was called in sdei_asm_handle() without ehf_deactivate_priority executed, which lead interrupt masked. If interrupt masked, system would be halted in kdump flow like this: arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.3.auto: allocated 65536 entries for cmdq arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.3.auto: allocated 32768 entries for evtq arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.3.auto: allocated 65536 entries for priq arm-smmu-v3 arm-smmu-v3.3.auto: SMMU currently enabled! Resetting... So interrupt should be restored before panic otherwise kdump will hang. In the process of sdei, a SDEI_EVENT_COMPLETE(or SDEI_EVENT_COMPLETE_AND_RESUME) call should be called before panic for a completed run of ehf_deactivate_priority(). The ehf_deactivate_priority() function restore pmr_el1 to original value(>0x80). The SDEI dispatch flow was broken if SDEI_EVENT_COMPLETE was not be called. This will bring about two issue: 1 Kdump will hang for firmware reporting fatal RAS event by SDEI; (as explain above) 2 For NMI scene，TF-A enable a secure timer, the PPI 29 will trigger periodically. Kernel register a callback for hard lockup. The below code will not be called when panic in kernel callback: TF-A, services/std_svc/sdei/sdei_intr_mgmt.c sdei_intr_handler(): /* * We reach here when client completes the event. * * If the cause of dispatch originally interrupted the Secure world, * resume Secure. * * No need to save the Non-secure context ahead of a world switch: the * Non-secure context was fully saved before dispatch, and has been * returned to its pre-dispatch state. */ if (sec_state == SECURE) restore_and_resume_secure_context(); /* * The event was dispatched after receiving SDEI interrupt. With * the event handling completed, EOI the corresponding * interrupt. */ if ((map->ev_num != SDEI_EVENT_0) && !is_map_bound(map)) { ERROR("Invalid SDEI mapping: ev=%u\n", map->ev_num); panic(); } plat_ic_end_of_interrupt(intr_raw); How to fix above issues? I think the root cause is that kernel broken the SDEI dispatch flow, so kernel should modify to fix these issues. Thanks, Ming

2 years, 2 months

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PSCI OS-initiated mode

by Wing Li

Hi, The PSCI specification defines two different power state coordination modes for CPU_SUSPEND that can be used to put a core or a group of cores into a low-power state. These modes are the platform-coordinated mode (default) and the OS-initiated mode (optional). OS-initiated mode is currently not supported by TF-A, while both modes are supported by the Linux Kernel. Requesting reviews for the patches [1] adding support for OS-initiated mode in TF-A and the corresponding tests in TF-A-Tests. Any feedback and comments are much appreciated. Thanks in advance! Wing [1] https://review.trustedfirmware.org/q/topic:psci-osi

2 years, 2 months

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Runtime loading of SEL-1

by Jeffrey Kardatzke

Hello, I'm working on a project for ChromeOS where we would like to be able to load the BL32 payload (OpTee) for SEL-1 after the linux kernel has booted rather than during the usual BL32 stage. We would do this via an SMC we would add which would take the OpTee image from linux and then have EL3 load it and perform the init for SEL-1 at that time. The reasoning behind this is that it's much easier to update the rootfs than the FW on our devices, and we can still ensure the integrity of the OpTee image if we load it early enough after the kernel boots. The main questions I have are if there are any issues people would be aware of by loading it after linux boots rather than during the usual BL32 stage? And I would definitely want to upstream this work if it's something we can do. Thanks, Jeffrey Kardatzke Google, Inc.

2 years, 4 months

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Question about using rme for smmuv3

by Chenxu Wang

Hi all, I test the SMMUv3 on FVP_Base_RevC-2xAEMvA_11.20_15, and my TF-A is the branch "arm_cca_v0.3". When I boot my FVP, I set the following commands: -C pci.pci_smmuv3.mmu.SMMU_ROOT_IDR0=3 \ -C pci.pci_smmuv3.mmu.SMMU_ROOT_IIDR=0x43B \ -C pci.pci_smmuv3.mmu.root_register_page_offset=0x20000 \ -C cluster0.rme_support_level=2 \ -C cluster1.rme_support_level=2 \ Based on the FVP manual, the SMMU base is 0x2b40_0000, and I think the SMMU Root Control Page should be 0x2b42_0000. Thus, I add the mapping to this region in plat_arm_mmap[], as: MAP_REGION_FLAT(0x2b420000,(0x2b430000-0x2b420000),MT_MEMORY | MT_RW |MT_ROOT) Then I try to access the SMMU_ROOT_IDR0 register in TF-A. Based on the manual, its offset is 0x0, so I read 0x2b42_0000. However, it returns 0x0, which is not what I configured in the boot commands (I think it should be 0x3). Can someone tell me the reason for this? Sincerely, WANG Chenxu

2 years, 5 months

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TF-A Tech-Forum Agenda for Thursday 15-Dec-22 at 4pm BST

by Bipin Ravi

Topic: QEMU Support in TF-A OpenCI Presented by: Harrison Mutai Agenda: Following the recent addition of QEMU support in TF-A OpenCI [1], we'd like to: * Do a quick demo on how to navigate the OpenCI services (Jenkins, LAVA) and find the QEMU boot tests results. * Do a quick demo on how to run these tests on your local machine through TF-A CI scripts. * Give a high-level overview of the changes in TF-A CI scripts and OpenCI infrastructure that made this possible. [1] Supporting QEMU in OpenCI - TF-A - lists.trustedfirmware.org<https://lists.trustedfirmware.org/archives/list/tf-a@lists.trustedfirmware.…> ================================================= We run an open technical forum call for anyone to participate and it is not restricted to Trusted Firmware project members. It will operate under the guidance of the TF TSC. Feel free to forward this invite to colleagues. Invites are via the TF-A mailing list and also published on the Trusted Firmware website. Details are here: https://www.trustedfirmware.org/meetings/tf-a-technical-forum/<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.trustedfirmware.org%2Fmeetin…> Trusted Firmware is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. 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 & best regards, --Bipin Ravi

2 years, 5 months

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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. 1 new defect(s) introduced to ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware found with Coverity Scan. New defect(s) Reported-by: Coverity Scan Showing 1 of 1 defect(s) ** CID 382272: Integer handling issues (CONSTANT_EXPRESSION_RESULT) /plat/xilinx/common/ipi_mailbox_service/ipi_mailbox_svc.c: 78 in ipi_smc_handler() ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *** CID 382272: Integer handling issues (CONSTANT_EXPRESSION_RESULT) /plat/xilinx/common/ipi_mailbox_service/ipi_mailbox_svc.c: 78 in ipi_smc_handler() 72 uint32_t is_secure; 73 74 ipi_local_id = x1 & UNSIGNED32_MASK; 75 ipi_remote_id = x2 & UNSIGNED32_MASK; 76 77 if ((GET_SMC_OEN(smc_fid) >= OEN_TAP_START) && >>> CID 382272: Integer handling issues (CONSTANT_EXPRESSION_RESULT) >>> "((smc_fid >> 24U) & 0x3fU) <= 63U" is always true regardless of the values of its operands. This occurs as the logical second operand of "&&". 78 (GET_SMC_OEN(smc_fid) <= OEN_TOS_END)) { 79 is_secure = 1; 80 } else { 81 is_secure = 0; 82 } 83 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ To view the defects in Coverity Scan visit, https://u15810271.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=HRESupC-2F2Czv4BOaCWWCy7my0P…

2 years, 5 months

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Upcoming "Stricter ASN.1 certificate parsing" patches

by Sandrine Bailleux

Hello everyone, I'd like to draw your attention on the following patch stack (contribution from Demi Marie Obenour, thank you!): https://review.trustedfirmware.org/q/owner:demiobenour%2540gmail.com+is:open These patches refactor the X.509 certificate parser leveraged by the trusted boot implementation in TF-A, such that the parser more closely follows the X.509 format specification [1] and ASN.1/DER encoding rules [2]. In a nutshell, this means that the X.509 parser is now stricter. Some ill-formatted certificates which TF-A would have previously accepted are now rejected. All trusted boot tests in the TF-A OpenCI have passed with these patches but I realize that this does not cover all platforms and use cases. Thus, I'd like to allow time for all platform maintainers that wish it to conduct their own testing and report any issue they're seeing on the mailing list. If we don't hear anything by end of Wednesday (14/12), we'll merge the patches. Best regards, Sandrine [1] See RFC5280, https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc5280 [2] ITU-T X.690, https://www.itu.int/ITU-T/studygroups/com10/languages/X.690_1297.pdf

2 years, 5 months

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[PATCH 1/1] plat/qemu: Improve aarch32 build support

by Rebecca Cran

While aarch32 isn't currently supported on qemu, platform.mk for both qemu and qemu_sbsa contain bugs that cause the build to fail earlier than it otherwise should. Correct usage of ${ARCH} and hardcoded aarch64 strings so that the correct files are built when ARCH=aarch32 is specified. Signed-off-by: Rebecca Cran <rebecca(a)quicinc.com> --- plat/qemu/qemu/platform.mk | 12 ++++++------ plat/qemu/qemu_sbsa/platform.mk | 2 +- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/plat/qemu/qemu/platform.mk b/plat/qemu/qemu/platform.mk index dfc5de2ce43a..7b69ff76f3d6 100644 --- a/plat/qemu/qemu/platform.mk +++ b/plat/qemu/qemu/platform.mk @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ PLAT_INCLUDES := -Iinclude/plat/arm/common/ \ -Iinclude/common/tbbr ifeq (${ARM_ARCH_MAJOR},8) -PLAT_INCLUDES += -Iinclude/plat/arm/common/${ARCH} +PLAT_INCLUDES += -Iinclude/plat/arm/common/aarch64 endif PLAT_BL_COMMON_SOURCES := ${PLAT_QEMU_COMMON_PATH}/qemu_common.c \ @@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ BL1_SOURCES += drivers/io/io_semihosting.c \ ${PLAT_QEMU_COMMON_PATH}/qemu_bl1_setup.c ifeq (${ARM_ARCH_MAJOR},8) -BL1_SOURCES += lib/cpus/aarch64/aem_generic.S \ - lib/cpus/aarch64/cortex_a53.S \ - lib/cpus/aarch64/cortex_a57.S \ - lib/cpus/aarch64/cortex_a72.S \ - lib/cpus/aarch64/qemu_max.S \ +BL1_SOURCES += lib/cpus/${ARCH}/aem_generic.S \ + lib/cpus/${ARCH}/cortex_a53.S \ + lib/cpus/${ARCH}/cortex_a57.S \ + lib/cpus/${ARCH}/cortex_a72.S \ + lib/cpus/${ARCH}/qemu_max.S \ else BL1_SOURCES += lib/cpus/${ARCH}/cortex_a15.S diff --git a/plat/qemu/qemu_sbsa/platform.mk b/plat/qemu/qemu_sbsa/platform.mk index 5a6b1e11e812..05a66f81314f 100644 --- a/plat/qemu/qemu_sbsa/platform.mk +++ b/plat/qemu/qemu_sbsa/platform.mk @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ PLAT_INCLUDES := -Iinclude/plat/arm/common/ \ -I${PLAT_QEMU_PATH}/include \ -Iinclude/common/tbbr -PLAT_INCLUDES += -Iinclude/plat/arm/common/${ARCH} +PLAT_INCLUDES += -Iinclude/plat/arm/common/aarch64 PLAT_BL_COMMON_SOURCES := ${PLAT_QEMU_COMMON_PATH}/qemu_common.c \ ${PLAT_QEMU_COMMON_PATH}/qemu_console.c \ -- 2.30.2

2 years, 5 months

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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. 1 new defect(s) introduced to ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware found with Coverity Scan. 2 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 1 of 1 defect(s) ** CID 382227: Error handling issues (CHECKED_RETURN) /plat/intel/soc/common/socfpga_sip_svc.c: 70 in intel_fpga_sdm_write_buffer() ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ *** CID 382227: Error handling issues (CHECKED_RETURN) /plat/intel/soc/common/socfpga_sip_svc.c: 70 in intel_fpga_sdm_write_buffer() 64 current_buffer %= FPGA_CONFIG_BUFFER_SIZE; 65 } else { 66 args[2] = bytes_per_block; 67 } 68 69 buffer->size_written += args[2]; >>> CID 382227: Error handling issues (CHECKED_RETURN) >>> Calling "mailbox_send_cmd_async" without checking return value (as is done elsewhere 9 out of 10 times). 70 mailbox_send_cmd_async(&send_id, MBOX_RECONFIG_DATA, args, 71 3U, CMD_INDIRECT); 72 73 buffer->subblocks_sent++; 74 max_blocks--; 75 } ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ To view the defects in Coverity Scan visit, https://u15810271.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=HRESupC-2F2Czv4BOaCWWCy7my0P…

2 years, 5 months

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