linux-kernel - [tip: x86/microcode] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Remove image loading during init

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Sat, 19 Nov 2022 16:24:12 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Jithu Joseph" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>,
        Jithu Joseph <jithu.joseph@...el.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>, Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/microcode] platform/x86/intel/ifs: Remove image loading during init

The following commit has been merged into the x86/microcode branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     a4c30fa4ead5e6628e5ff5a45664ba7181acf6f1
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/a4c30fa4ead5e6628e5ff5a45664ba7181acf6f1
Author:        Jithu Joseph <jithu.joseph@...el.com>
AuthorDate:    Wed, 16 Nov 2022 19:59:22 -08:00
Committer:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
CommitterDate: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 21:37:04 +01:00

platform/x86/intel/ifs: Remove image loading during init

IFS test image is unnecessarily loaded during driver initialization.
Drop image loading during ifs_init() and improve module load time. With
this change, user has to load one when starting the tests.

As a consequence, make ifs_sem static as it is only used within sysfs.c

Suggested-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jithu Joseph <jithu.joseph@...el.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: Sohil Mehta <sohil.mehta@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: Hans de Goede <hdegoede@...hat.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221117035935.4136738-4-jithu.joseph@intel.com
---
 drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/core.c  | 6 +-----
 drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/ifs.h   | 2 --
 drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/sysfs.c | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/core.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/core.c
index 27204e3..5fb7f65 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/core.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/core.c
@@ -51,12 +51,8 @@ static int __init ifs_init(void)
 	ifs_device.misc.groups = ifs_get_groups();
 
 	if ((msrval & BIT(ifs_device.data.integrity_cap_bit)) &&
-	    !misc_register(&ifs_device.misc)) {
-		down(&ifs_sem);
-		ifs_load_firmware(ifs_device.misc.this_device);
-		up(&ifs_sem);
+	    !misc_register(&ifs_device.misc))
 		return 0;
-	}
 
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/ifs.h b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/ifs.h
index 73c8e91..3ff1d9a 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/ifs.h
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/ifs.h
@@ -229,6 +229,4 @@ void ifs_load_firmware(struct device *dev);
 int do_core_test(int cpu, struct device *dev);
 const struct attribute_group **ifs_get_groups(void);
 
-extern struct semaphore ifs_sem;
-
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/sysfs.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/sysfs.c
index 37d8380..65dd6fe 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/ifs/sysfs.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  * Protects against simultaneous tests on multiple cores, or
  * reloading can file while a test is in progress
  */
-DEFINE_SEMAPHORE(ifs_sem);
+static DEFINE_SEMAPHORE(ifs_sem);
 
 /*
  * The sysfs interface to check additional details of last test