From: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
To: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org, nvdimm@lists.linux.dev,
dan.j.williams@intel.com, bwidawsk@kernel.org,
ira.weiny@intel.com, vishal.l.verma@intel.com,
alison.schofield@intel.com, Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 19/19] cxl: add dimm_id support for __nvdimm_create()
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 09:18:03 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ef36340d-6bd3-34f4-c728-d7f434f672c1@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220923103108.wt62gzebnyovpjjr@offworld>
On 9/23/2022 3:31 AM, Davidlohr Bueso wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Sep 2022, Dave Jiang wrote:
>
>> Set the cxlds->serial as the dimm_id to be fed to __nvdimm_create(). The
>> security code uses that as the key description for the security key
>> of the
>> memory device. The nvdimm unlock code cannot find the respective key
>> without the dimm_id.
>
> Maybe I'm being daft but I don't see why cxlds->serial could not just be
> used for __nvdimm_create() instead of adding a new member.
>
The reason is cxlds->serial is a u64 and __nvdimm_create() wants a
string for dimm_id. And also __nvdimm_create() just points to the
original string instead of duplicating it. So we need a string member
defined instead of creating a temp string derived from cxlds->serial for
__nvdimm_create().
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-23 16:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-09-21 15:31 [PATCH v2 00/19] Introduce security commands for CXL pmem device Dave Jiang
2022-09-21 15:31 ` [PATCH v2 01/19] memregion: Add cpu_cache_invalidate_memregion() interface Dave Jiang
2022-10-13 0:14 ` [PATCH v3] " Davidlohr Bueso
2022-09-21 15:31 ` [PATCH v2 02/19] cxl/pmem: Introduce nvdimm_security_ops with ->get_flags() operation Dave Jiang
2022-09-21 21:07 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2022-09-21 15:31 ` [PATCH v2 03/19] tools/testing/cxl: Add "Get Security State" opcode support Dave Jiang
2022-11-04 12:28 ` Jonathan Cameron
2022-09-21 15:31 ` [PATCH v2 04/19] cxl/pmem: Add "Set Passphrase" security command support Dave Jiang
2022-09-21 20:06 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2022-09-21 15:31 ` [PATCH v2 05/19] tools/testing/cxl: Add "Set Passphrase" opcode support Dave Jiang
2022-11-04 13:56 ` Jonathan Cameron
2022-09-21 15:32 ` [PATCH v2 06/19] cxl/pmem: Add Disable Passphrase security command support Dave Jiang
2022-09-21 20:09 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2022-09-21 15:32 ` [PATCH v2 07/19] tools/testing/cxl: Add "Disable" security opcode support Dave Jiang
2022-11-07 14:36 ` Jonathan Cameron
2022-09-21 15:32 ` [PATCH v2 08/19] cxl/pmem: Add "Freeze Security State" security command support Dave Jiang
2022-09-21 20:25 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2022-09-21 15:32 ` [PATCH v2 09/19] tools/testing/cxl: Add "Freeze Security State" security opcode support Dave Jiang
2022-11-07 14:44 ` Jonathan Cameron
2022-11-07 19:01 ` Dave Jiang
2022-11-11 10:27 ` Jonathan Cameron
2022-09-21 15:32 ` [PATCH v2 10/19] cxl/pmem: Add "Unlock" security command support Dave Jiang
2022-09-21 21:49 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2022-11-07 14:55 ` Jonathan Cameron
2022-09-21 15:32 ` [PATCH v2 11/19] tools/testing/cxl: Add "Unlock" security opcode support Dave Jiang
2022-11-07 15:00 ` Jonathan Cameron
2022-09-21 15:32 ` [PATCH v2 12/19] cxl/pmem: Add "Passphrase Secure Erase" security command support Dave Jiang
2022-09-21 20:15 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2022-09-21 21:23 ` Dave Jiang
2022-09-29 16:56 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2022-11-07 15:25 ` Jonathan Cameron
2022-11-07 20:19 ` Dave Jiang
2022-09-21 15:32 ` [PATCH v2 13/19] tools/testing/cxl: Add "passphrase secure erase" opcode support Dave Jiang
2022-11-07 15:35 ` Jonathan Cameron
2022-11-07 21:58 ` Dave Jiang
2022-09-21 15:32 ` [PATCH v2 14/19] nvdimm/cxl/pmem: Add support for master passphrase disable security command Dave Jiang
2022-11-07 15:38 ` Jonathan Cameron
2022-09-21 15:32 ` [PATCH v2 15/19] cxl/pmem: add id attribute to CXL based nvdimm Dave Jiang
2022-11-07 15:41 ` Jonathan Cameron
2022-09-21 15:33 ` [PATCH v2 16/19] tools/testing/cxl: add mechanism to lock mem device for testing Dave Jiang
2022-11-07 15:56 ` Jonathan Cameron
2022-11-07 22:33 ` Dave Jiang
2022-09-21 15:33 ` [PATCH v2 17/19] cxl/pmem: add provider name to cxl pmem dimm attribute group Dave Jiang
2022-11-07 15:58 ` Jonathan Cameron
2022-11-07 23:46 ` Dave Jiang
2022-09-21 15:33 ` [PATCH v2 18/19] libnvdimm: Introduce CONFIG_NVDIMM_SECURITY_TEST flag Dave Jiang
2022-11-07 16:01 ` Jonathan Cameron
2022-11-07 23:46 ` Dave Jiang
2022-09-21 15:33 ` [PATCH v2 19/19] cxl: add dimm_id support for __nvdimm_create() Dave Jiang
2022-09-23 10:31 ` Davidlohr Bueso
2022-09-23 16:18 ` Dave Jiang [this message]
2022-11-07 16:05 ` Jonathan Cameron
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