On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 19:01:34 +0530 Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 08, 2021 at 10:10:59AM +0100, Boris Brezillon wrote: > > On Mon, 8 Mar 2021 11:14:46 +0530 > > Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > On a typical end product, a vendor may choose to secure some regions in > > > the NAND memory which are supposed to stay intact between FW upgrades. > > > The access to those regions will be blocked by a secure element like > > > Trustzone. So the normal world software like Linux kernel should not > > > touch these regions (including reading). > > > > > > So let's add a property for declaring such secure regions so that the > > > drivers can skip touching them. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Manivannan Sadhasivam <manivannan.sadhasivam@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand-controller.yaml | 7 +++++++ > > > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) > > > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand-controller.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand-controller.yaml > > > index d0e422f4b3e0..15a674bedca3 100644 > > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand-controller.yaml > > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand-controller.yaml > > > @@ -143,6 +143,13 @@ patternProperties: > > > Ready/Busy pins. Active state refers to the NAND ready state and > > > should be set to GPIOD_ACTIVE_HIGH unless the signal is inverted. > > > > > > + secure-regions: > > > + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32-matrix > > > + description: > > > + Regions in the NAND chip which are protected using a secure element > > > + like Trustzone. This property contains the start address and size of > > > + the secure regions present. > > > + > > > > Since you declare this as a generic property, I think it'd be simpler > > to do the check at the core level. > > > > Hmm, so have the parsing logic in qcom driver and check in core or both parsing > and check in core? Both in the core.
