From: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>
To: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Lorenzo Pieralisi <lpieralisi@kernel.org>,
Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@kernel.org>
Cc: Salman Nabi <salman.nabi@arm.com>,
Vedashree Vidwans <vvidwans@nvidia.com>,
Trilok Soni <trilokkumar.soni@oss.qualcomm.com>,
Nirmoy Das <nirmoyd@nvidia.com>,
vsethi@nvidia.com, Varun Wadekar <vwadekar@nvidia.com>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
Conor Dooley <conor+dt@kernel.org>,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 5/8] firmware: smccc: lfa: Add auto_activate sysfs file
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 15:44:45 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260706134455.132091-6-andre.przywara@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260706134455.132091-1-andre.przywara@arm.com>
The Arm LFA spec places control over the actual activation process in
the hands of the non-secure host OS. An platform initiated interrupt or
notification signals the availability of an updateable firmware image,
but does not necessarily need to trigger it automatically.
Add a sysfs control file that guards such automatic activation. If an
administrator wants to allow automatic platform initiated updates, they
can activate that by echoing a "1" into the auto_activate file in the
respective sysfs directory. Any incoming notification would then result
in the activation triggered.
Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>
---
drivers/firmware/smccc/lfa_fw.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/smccc/lfa_fw.c b/drivers/firmware/smccc/lfa_fw.c
index 5b7f9b07f6c8..ce4f966db475 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/smccc/lfa_fw.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/smccc/lfa_fw.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ enum image_attr_names {
LFA_ATTR_FORCE_CPU_RENDEZVOUS,
LFA_ATTR_ACTIVATE,
LFA_ATTR_CANCEL,
+ LFA_ATTR_AUTO_ACTIVATE,
LFA_ATTR_NR_IMAGES
};
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ struct fw_image {
bool may_reset_cpu;
bool cpu_rendezvous;
bool cpu_rendezvous_forced;
+ bool auto_activate;
struct kobj_attribute image_attrs[LFA_ATTR_NR_IMAGES];
};
@@ -550,6 +552,28 @@ static ssize_t cancel_store(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobj_attribute *attr,
return count;
}
+static ssize_t auto_activate_store(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ struct fw_image *image = kobj_to_fw_image(kobj);
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = kstrtobool(buf, &image->auto_activate);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ return count;
+}
+
+static ssize_t auto_activate_show(struct kobject *kobj,
+ struct kobj_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+ struct fw_image *image = kobj_to_fw_image(kobj);
+
+ return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", image->auto_activate);
+}
+
static struct kobj_attribute image_attrs_group[LFA_ATTR_NR_IMAGES] = {
[LFA_ATTR_NAME] = __ATTR_RO(name),
[LFA_ATTR_CURRENT_VERSION] = __ATTR_RO(current_version),
@@ -560,7 +584,8 @@ static struct kobj_attribute image_attrs_group[LFA_ATTR_NR_IMAGES] = {
[LFA_ATTR_CPU_RENDEZVOUS] = __ATTR_RO(cpu_rendezvous),
[LFA_ATTR_FORCE_CPU_RENDEZVOUS] = __ATTR_RW(force_cpu_rendezvous),
[LFA_ATTR_ACTIVATE] = __ATTR_WO(activate),
- [LFA_ATTR_CANCEL] = __ATTR_WO(cancel)
+ [LFA_ATTR_CANCEL] = __ATTR_WO(cancel),
+ [LFA_ATTR_AUTO_ACTIVATE] = __ATTR_RW(auto_activate),
};
static void init_image_default_attrs(void)
@@ -631,6 +656,7 @@ static int update_fw_image_node(char *fw_uuid, int seq_id,
image->kobj.kset = lfa_kset;
image->image_name = image_name;
image->cpu_rendezvous_forced = true;
+ image->auto_activate = false;
set_image_flags(image, seq_id, image_flags, reg_current_ver,
reg_pending_ver);
if (kobject_init_and_add(&image->kobj, &image_ktype, NULL,
@@ -700,7 +726,8 @@ static int update_fw_images_tree(void)
/*
* Go through all FW images in a loop and trigger activation
- * of all activatible and pending images.
+ * of all activatible and pending images, but only if automatic
+ * activation for that image is allowed.
* We have to restart enumeration after every triggered activation,
* since the firmware images might have changed during the activation.
*/
@@ -719,7 +746,8 @@ static int activate_pending_image(void)
continue; /* Invalid FW component */
update_fw_image_pending(image);
- if (image->activation_capable && image->activation_pending) {
+ if (image->activation_capable && image->activation_pending &&
+ image->auto_activate) {
found_pending = true;
break;
}
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-06 13:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-06 13:44 [PATCH v3 0/8] Arm Live Firmware Activation (LFA) support Andre Przywara
2026-07-06 13:44 ` [PATCH v3 1/8] dt-bindings: arm: Add Live Firmware Activation Andre Przywara
2026-07-06 13:44 ` [PATCH v3 2/8] firmware: smccc: Add support for Live Firmware Activation (LFA) Andre Przywara
2026-07-06 13:44 ` [PATCH v3 3/8] firmware: smccc: lfa: Add timeout and trigger watchdog Andre Przywara
2026-07-06 13:44 ` [PATCH v3 4/8] firmware: smccc: lfa: Register ACPI notification Andre Przywara
2026-07-06 13:44 ` Andre Przywara [this message]
2026-07-06 13:44 ` [PATCH v3 6/8] firmware: smccc: lfa: Register DT interrupt Andre Przywara
2026-07-06 13:44 ` [PATCH v3 7/8] firmware: smccc: lfa: introduce SMC access lock Andre Przywara
2026-07-06 13:44 ` [PATCH v3 8/8] firmware: smccc: lfa: add sysfs ABI documentation Andre Przywara
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