linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 03/11] firmware: xilinx: Add zynqmp IOCTL API for device control

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Date:   Sun, 9 Sep 2018 12:20:09 -0700
From:   Moritz Fischer <moritz.fischer@...us.com>
To:     Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net>
Cc:     Jolly Shah <jolly.shah@...inx.com>,
        "ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org" <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        matt@...eblueprint.co.uk, Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@....com>,
        hkallweit1@...il.com, Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@...il.com>,
        Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>,
        Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org>,
        Michal Simek <michal.simek@...inx.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        linux-clk <linux-clk@...r.kernel.org>, rajanv@...inx.com,
        Linux ARM Mailing List <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        DTML <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>, Jolly Shah <jollys@...inx.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 03/11] firmware: xilinx: Add zynqmp IOCTL API for
 device control

Hi Olof,

On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 6:18 PM, Olof Johansson <olof@...om.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 10:53 AM, Jolly Shah <jolly.shah@...inx.com> wrote:
>> From: Rajan Vaja <rajanv@...inx.com>
>>
>> Add ZynqMP firmware IOCTL API to control and configure
>> devices like PLLs, SD, Gem, etc.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Rajan Vaja <rajanv@...inx.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Jolly Shah <jollys@...inx.com>
>
> This patch worries me somewhat. It's a transparent pass-through ioctl
> driver. Is there a spec available for what the implemented IOCTLs are?
>
> Should some of them be proper drivers instead of an opaque
> pass-through like this? Could some of them have stability impact on
> the platform such that there are security concerns and the list of
> arguments should somehow be sanitized?

I tend to agree with this, good catch.

> What's the intended usecase anyway? Just a debug tool during
> development, or something that you expect heavy use of by some
> userspace middleware?

I suspect it is another attempt to make userspace clocks/plls work? Scary.

Cheers,
Moritz