Re: [PATCH v4 13/15] dt-bindings: crypto: ice: document the hwkm property

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On 29.01.2024 09:18, Krzysztof Kozlowski wrote:
> On 28/01/2024 00:14, Gaurav Kashyap wrote:
>> When Qualcomm's Inline Crypto Engine (ICE) contains Hardware
>> Key Manager (HWKM), and the 'HWKM' mode is enabled, it
>> supports wrapped keys. However, this also requires firmware
>> support in Trustzone to work correctly, which may not be available
>> on all chipsets. In the above scenario, ICE needs to support standard
>> keys even though HWKM is integrated from a hardware perspective.
>>
>> Introducing this property so that Hardware wrapped key support
>> can be enabled/disabled from software based on chipset firmware,
>> and not just based on hardware version.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Gaurav Kashyap <quic_gaurkash@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Tested-by: Neil Armstrong <neil.armstrong@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  .../bindings/crypto/qcom,inline-crypto-engine.yaml     | 10 ++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/qcom,inline-crypto-engine.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/qcom,inline-crypto-engine.yaml
>> index 09e43157cc71..6415d7be9b73 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/qcom,inline-crypto-engine.yaml
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/crypto/qcom,inline-crypto-engine.yaml
>> @@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ properties:
>>    clocks:
>>      maxItems: 1
>>  
>> +  qcom,ice-use-hwkm:
>> +    type: boolean
>> +    description:
>> +      Use the supported Hardware Key Manager (HWKM) in Qualcomm ICE
>> +      to support wrapped keys. Having this entry helps scenarios where
>> +      the ICE hardware supports HWKM, but the Trustzone firmware does
>> +      not have the full capability to use this HWKM and support wrapped
> 
> How does it help in this scenario? You enable this property, Trustzone
> does not support it, so what happens?
> 
> Also, which SoCs have incomplete Trustzone support? I expect this to be
> a quirk, thus limited to specific SoCs with issues.

Can we simply evaluate the return value of the secure calls?

Konrad




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