Re: [PATCH v2 02/15] firmware: qcom: Add a generic PAS service

Sumit Garg via OP-TEE
2026-03-23T13:13:32Z

On Sun, Mar 15, 2026 at 10:03:16PM +0530, Harshal Dev wrote:
>
>
> On 3/12/2026 11:57 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
> > with S-EL2 and 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.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@oss.qualcomm.com>
> > ---
> > drivers/firmware/qcom/Kconfig | 8 +
> > drivers/firmware/qcom/Makefile | 1 +
> > drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.c | 298 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.h | 53 +++++
> > include/linux/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.h | 41 ++++
> > 5 files changed, 401 insertions(+)
> > create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.c
> > create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.h
> > create mode 100644 include/linux/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.h
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qcom/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/qcom/Kconfig
> > index b477d54b495a..8653639d06db 100644
> > --- a/drivers/firmware/qcom/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/firmware/qcom/Kconfig
> > @@ -6,6 +6,14 @@
> >
> > menu "Qualcomm firmware drivers"
> >
> > +config QCOM_PAS
> > + tristate
> > + help
> > + 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.
> > +
> > config QCOM_SCM
> > select QCOM_TZMEM
> > tristate
> > diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qcom/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/qcom/Makefile
> > index 0be40a1abc13..dc5ab45f906a 100644
> > --- a/drivers/firmware/qcom/Makefile
> > +++ b/drivers/firmware/qcom/Makefile
> > @@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ qcom-scm-objs += qcom_scm.o qcom_scm-smc.o qcom_scm-legacy.o
> > obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_TZMEM) += qcom_tzmem.o
> > obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_QSEECOM) += qcom_qseecom.o
> > obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_QSEECOM_UEFISECAPP) += qcom_qseecom_uefisecapp.o
> > +obj-$(CONFIG_QCOM_PAS) += qcom_pas.o
> > diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.c b/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..beb1bae55546
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,298 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > +/*
> > + * Copyright (c) Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
> > + */
> > +
> > +#include <linux/device/devres.h>
> > +#include <linux/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.h>
> > +#include <linux/kernel.h>
> > +#include <linux/module.h>
> > +
> > +#include "qcom_pas.h"
> > +
> > +struct qcom_pas_ops *ops_ptr;
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * devm_qcom_pas_context_alloc() - Allocate peripheral authentication service
> > + * context for a given peripheral
> > + *
> > + * PAS context is device-resource managed, so the caller does not need
> > + * to worry about freeing the context memory.
> > + *
> > + * @dev: PAS firmware device
> > + * @pas_id: peripheral authentication service id
> > + * @mem_phys: Subsystem reserve memory start address
> > + * @mem_size: Subsystem reserve memory size
> > + *
> > + * Return: The new PAS context, or ERR_PTR() on failure.
> > + */
> > +struct qcom_pas_context *devm_qcom_pas_context_alloc(struct device *dev,
> > + u32 pas_id,
> > + phys_addr_t mem_phys,
> > + size_t mem_size)
> > +{
> > + struct qcom_pas_context *ctx;
> > +
> > + ctx = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
> > + if (!ctx)
> > + return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
> > +
> > + ctx->dev = dev;
> > + ctx->pas_id = pas_id;
> > + ctx->mem_phys = mem_phys;
> > + ctx->mem_size = mem_size;
> > +
> > + return ctx;
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_qcom_pas_context_alloc);
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * qcom_pas_init_image() - Initialize peripheral authentication service state
> > + * machine for a given peripheral, using the metadata
> > + * @pas_id: peripheral authentication service id
> > + * @metadata: pointer to memory containing ELF header, program header table
> > + * and optional blob of data used for authenticating the metadata
> > + * and the rest of the firmware
> > + * @size: size of the metadata
> > + * @ctx: optional pas context
> > + *
> > + * Return: 0 on success.
> > + *
> > + * Upon successful return, the PAS metadata context (@ctx) will be used to
> > + * track the metadata allocation, this needs to be released by invoking
> > + * qcom_pas_metadata_release() by the caller.
> > + */
> > +int qcom_pas_init_image(u32 pas_id, const void *metadata, size_t size,
> > + struct qcom_pas_context *ctx)
> > +{
>
> I think we should check for !ctx everywhere the way we are doing in qcom_pas_metadata_release().
> !ctx->ptr may be checked conditionally based on whether the underlying implementation
> uses it.

The ctx for this API is optional, that means the backend should check
apporpriately for it. I will add that check for TEE backend though.

>
> > + if (ops_ptr)
> > + return ops_ptr->init_image(ops_ptr->dev, pas_id,
> > + metadata, size, ctx);
> > +
> > + return -ENODEV;
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qcom_pas_init_image);
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * qcom_pas_metadata_release() - release metadata context
> > + * @ctx: pas context
> > + */
> > +void qcom_pas_metadata_release(struct qcom_pas_context *ctx)
> > +{
> > + if (!ctx || !ctx->ptr)
> > + return;
> > +
> > + if (ops_ptr)
> > + ops_ptr->metadata_release(ops_ptr->dev, ctx);
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qcom_pas_metadata_release);
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * qcom_pas_mem_setup() - Prepare the memory related to a given peripheral
> > + * for firmware loading
> > + * @pas_id: peripheral authentication service id
> > + * @addr: start address of memory area to prepare
> > + * @size: size of the memory area to prepare
> > + *
> > + * Return: 0 on success.
> > + */
> > +int qcom_pas_mem_setup(u32 pas_id, phys_addr_t addr, phys_addr_t size)
> > +{
> > + if (ops_ptr)
> > + return ops_ptr->mem_setup(ops_ptr->dev, pas_id, addr, size);
> > +
> > + return -ENODEV;
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qcom_pas_mem_setup);
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * qcom_pas_get_rsc_table() - Retrieve the resource table in passed output buffer
> > + * for a given peripheral.
> > + *
> > + * Qualcomm remote processor may rely on both static and dynamic resources for
> > + * its functionality. Static resources typically refer to memory-mapped
> > + * addresses required by the subsystem and are often embedded within the
> > + * firmware binary and dynamic resources, such as shared memory in DDR etc.,
> > + * are determined at runtime during the boot process.
> > + *
> > + * On Qualcomm Technologies devices, it's possible that static resources are
> > + * not embedded in the firmware binary and instead are provided by TrustZone.
> > + * However, dynamic resources are always expected to come from TrustZone. This
> > + * indicates that for Qualcomm devices, all resources (static and dynamic) will
> > + * be provided by TrustZone PAS service.
> > + *
> > + * If the remote processor firmware binary does contain static resources, they
> > + * should be passed in input_rt. These will be forwarded to TrustZone for
> > + * authentication. TrustZone will then append the dynamic resources and return
> > + * the complete resource table in output_rt_tzm.
> > + *
> > + * If the remote processor firmware binary does not include a resource table,
> > + * the caller of this function should set input_rt as NULL and input_rt_size
> > + * as zero respectively.
> > + *
> > + * More about documentation on resource table data structures can be found in
> > + * include/linux/remoteproc.h
> > + *
> > + * @ctx: PAS context
> > + * @pas_id: peripheral authentication service id
> > + * @input_rt: resource table buffer which is present in firmware binary
> > + * @input_rt_size: size of the resource table present in firmware binary
> > + * @output_rt_size: TrustZone expects caller should pass worst case size for
> > + * the output_rt_tzm.
> > + *
> > + * Return:
> > + * On success, returns a pointer to the allocated buffer containing the final
> > + * resource table and output_rt_size will have actual resource table size from
> > + * TrustZone. The caller is responsible for freeing the buffer. On failure,
> > + * returns ERR_PTR(-errno).
> > + */
> > +struct resource_table *qcom_pas_get_rsc_table(struct qcom_pas_context *ctx,
> > + void *input_rt,
> > + size_t input_rt_size,
> > + size_t *output_rt_size)
> > +{
>
> Check for !ctx here as well.

Ack.

>
> > + if (ops_ptr)
> > + return ops_ptr->get_rsc_table(ops_ptr->dev, ctx, input_rt,
> > + input_rt_size, output_rt_size);
> > +
> > + return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qcom_pas_get_rsc_table);
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * qcom_pas_auth_and_reset() - Authenticate the given peripheral firmware
> > + * and reset the remote processor
> > + * @pas_id: peripheral authentication service id
> > + *
> > + * Return: 0 on success.
> > + */
> > +int qcom_pas_auth_and_reset(u32 pas_id)
> > +{
> > + if (ops_ptr)
> > + return ops_ptr->auth_and_reset(ops_ptr->dev, pas_id);
> > +
> > + return -ENODEV;
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qcom_pas_auth_and_reset);
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * qcom_pas_prepare_and_auth_reset() - Prepare, authenticate, and reset the
> > + * remote processor
> > + *
> > + * @ctx: Context saved during call to qcom_scm_pas_context_init()
> > + *
> > + * This function performs the necessary steps to prepare a PAS subsystem,
> > + * authenticate it using the provided metadata, and initiate a reset sequence.
> > + *
> > + * It should be used when Linux is in control setting up the IOMMU hardware
> > + * for remote subsystem during secure firmware loading processes. The
> > + * preparation step sets up a shmbridge over the firmware memory before
> > + * TrustZone accesses the firmware memory region for authentication. The
> > + * authentication step verifies the integrity and authenticity of the firmware
> > + * or configuration using secure metadata. Finally, the reset step ensures the
> > + * subsystem starts in a clean and sane state.
> > + *
> > + * Return: 0 on success, negative errno on failure.
> > + */
> > +int qcom_pas_prepare_and_auth_reset(struct qcom_pas_context *ctx)
> > +{
>
> Same here.

Ack.

-Sumit