linux-kernel - [PATCH v7 1/6] docs: staging/tee.rst: add a section on OP-TEE notifications

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Date:   Tue, 26 Oct 2021 10:31:33 +0200
From:   Jens Wiklander <jens.wiklander@...aro.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        op-tee@...ts.trustedfirmware.org, devicetree@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jerome Forissier <jerome@...issier.org>,
        Etienne Carriere <etienne.carriere@...aro.org>,
        Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@...aro.org>,
        Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>, jens.vankeirsbilck@...euven.be,
        Jens Wiklander <jens.wiklander@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH v7 1/6] docs: staging/tee.rst: add a section on OP-TEE notifications

Adds a section on notifications used by OP-TEE, synchronous and
asynchronous.

Reviewed-by: Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@...aro.org>
Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jens Wiklander <jens.wiklander@...aro.org>
---
 Documentation/staging/tee.rst | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/staging/tee.rst b/Documentation/staging/tee.rst
index 4d4b5f889603..3c63d8dcd61e 100644
--- a/Documentation/staging/tee.rst
+++ b/Documentation/staging/tee.rst
@@ -184,6 +184,36 @@ order to support device enumeration. In other words, OP-TEE driver invokes this
 application to retrieve a list of Trusted Applications which can be registered
 as devices on the TEE bus.
 
+OP-TEE notifications
+--------------------
+
+There are two kinds of notifications that secure world can use to make
+normal world aware of some event.
+
+1. Synchronous notifications delivered with ``OPTEE_RPC_CMD_NOTIFICATION``
+   using the ``OPTEE_RPC_NOTIFICATION_SEND`` parameter.
+2. Asynchronous notifications delivered with a combination of a non-secure
+   edge-triggered interrupt and a fast call from the non-secure interrupt
+   handler.
+
+Synchronous notifications are limited by depending on RPC for delivery,
+this is only usable when secure world is entered with a yielding call via
+``OPTEE_SMC_CALL_WITH_ARG``. This excludes such notifications from secure
+world interrupt handlers.
+
+An asynchronous notification is delivered via a non-secure edge-triggered
+interrupt to an interrupt handler registered in the OP-TEE driver. The
+actual notification value are retrieved with the fast call
+``OPTEE_SMC_GET_ASYNC_NOTIF_VALUE``. Note that one interrupt can represent
+multiple notifications.
+
+One notification value ``OPTEE_SMC_ASYNC_NOTIF_VALUE_DO_BOTTOM_HALF`` has a
+special meaning. When this value is received it means that normal world is
+supposed to make a yielding call ``OPTEE_MSG_CMD_DO_BOTTOM_HALF``. This
+call is done from the thread assisting the interrupt handler. This is a
+building block for OP-TEE OS in secure world to implement the top half and
+bottom half style of device drivers.
+
 AMD-TEE driver
 ==============
 
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