On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 12:31:03PM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> When the kernel is running in secure boot mode, we lock down the kernel to
> prevent userspace from modifying the running kernel image. Whilst this
> includes prohibiting access to things like /dev/mem, it must also prevent
> access by means of configuring driver modules in such a way as to cause a
> device to access or modify the kernel image.
>
> To this end, annotate module_param* statements that refer to hardware
> configuration and indicate for future reference what type of parameter they
> specify. The parameter parser in the core sees this information and can
> skip such parameters with an error message if the kernel is locked down.
> The module initialisation then runs as normal, but just sees whatever the
> default values for those parameters is.
>
> Note that we do still need to do the module initialisation because some
> drivers have viable defaults set in case parameters aren't specified and
> some drivers support automatic configuration (e.g. PNP or PCI) in addition
> to manually coded parameters.
>
> This patch annotates drivers in drivers/input/.
>
> Suggested-by: One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> cc: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
> cc: linux-input@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Please merge with the rest of patches.
Acked-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> drivers/input/mouse/inport.c | 2 +-
> drivers/input/mouse/logibm.c | 2 +-
> drivers/input/touchscreen/mk712.c | 4 ++--
> 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/inport.c b/drivers/input/mouse/inport.c
> index 3827a22362de..9ce71dfa0de1 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/mouse/inport.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/mouse/inport.c
> @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> #define INPORT_IRQ 5
>
> static int inport_irq = INPORT_IRQ;
> -module_param_named(irq, inport_irq, uint, 0);
> +module_param_hw_named(irq, inport_irq, uint, irq, 0);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(irq, "IRQ number (5=default)");
>
> static struct input_dev *inport_dev;
> diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/logibm.c b/drivers/input/mouse/logibm.c
> index e2413113df22..6f165e053f4d 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/mouse/logibm.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/mouse/logibm.c
> @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> #define LOGIBM_IRQ 5
>
> static int logibm_irq = LOGIBM_IRQ;
> -module_param_named(irq, logibm_irq, uint, 0);
> +module_param_hw_named(irq, logibm_irq, uint, irq, 0);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(irq, "IRQ number (5=default)");
>
> static struct input_dev *logibm_dev;
> diff --git a/drivers/input/touchscreen/mk712.c b/drivers/input/touchscreen/mk712.c
> index 36e57deacd03..bd5352824f77 100644
> --- a/drivers/input/touchscreen/mk712.c
> +++ b/drivers/input/touchscreen/mk712.c
> @@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("ICS MicroClock MK712 TouchScreen driver");
> MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
>
> static unsigned int mk712_io = 0x260; /* Also 0x200, 0x208, 0x300 */
> -module_param_named(io, mk712_io, uint, 0);
> +module_param_hw_named(io, mk712_io, uint, ioport, 0);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(io, "I/O base address of MK712 touchscreen controller");
>
> static unsigned int mk712_irq = 10; /* Also 12, 14, 15 */
> -module_param_named(irq, mk712_irq, uint, 0);
> +module_param_hw_named(irq, mk712_irq, uint, irq, 0);
> MODULE_PARM_DESC(irq, "IRQ of MK712 touchscreen controller");
>
> /* eight 8-bit registers */
>
--
Dmitry
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