netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 02/15] ice: cache NVM module bank information

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:   Fri, 29 Jan 2021 13:32:18 -0800
From:   Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
To:     Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>,
        Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
Cc:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        sassmann@...hat.com, Tony Brelinski <tonyx.brelinski@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 02/15] ice: cache NVM module bank information



On 1/29/2021 1:04 PM, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 4:01 PM Willem de Bruijn
> <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 7:46 PM Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> From: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
>>>
>>> The ice flash contains two copies of each of the NVM, Option ROM, and
>>> Netlist modules. Each bank has a pointer word and a size word. In order
>>> to correctly read from the active flash bank, the driver must calculate
>>> the offset manually.
>>>
>>> During NVM initialization, read the Shadow RAM control word and
>>> determine which bank is active for each NVM module. Additionally, cache
>>> the size and pointer values for use in calculating the correct offset.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@...el.com>
>>> Tested-by: Tony Brelinski <tonyx.brelinski@...el.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Tony Nguyen <anthony.l.nguyen@...el.com>
>>> ---
>>>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c  | 151 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_type.h |  37 ++++++
>>>  2 files changed, 188 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c
>>> index b0f0b4fc266b..308344045397 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_nvm.c
>>> @@ -603,6 +603,151 @@ static enum ice_status ice_discover_flash_size(struct ice_hw *hw)
>>>         return status;
>>>  }
>>>
>>> +/**
>>> + * ice_read_sr_pointer - Read the value of a Shadow RAM pointer word
>>> + * @hw: pointer to the HW structure
>>> + * @offset: the word offset of the Shadow RAM word to read
>>> + * @pointer: pointer value read from Shadow RAM
>>> + *
>>> + * Read the given Shadow RAM word, and convert it to a pointer value specified
>>> + * in bytes. This function assumes the specified offset is a valid pointer
>>> + * word.
>>> + *
>>> + * Each pointer word specifies whether it is stored in word size or 4KB
>>> + * sector size by using the highest bit. The reported pointer value will be in
>>> + * bytes, intended for flat NVM reads.
>>> + */
>>> +static enum ice_status
>>> +ice_read_sr_pointer(struct ice_hw *hw, u16 offset, u32 *pointer)
>>> +{
>>> +       enum ice_status status;
>>> +       u16 value;
>>> +
>>> +       status = ice_read_sr_word(hw, offset, &value);
>>> +       if (status)
>>> +               return status;
>>> +
>>> +       /* Determine if the pointer is in 4KB or word units */
>>> +       if (value & ICE_SR_NVM_PTR_4KB_UNITS)
>>> +               *pointer = (value & ~ICE_SR_NVM_PTR_4KB_UNITS) * 4 * 1024;
>>> +       else
>>> +               *pointer = value * 2;
>>
>> Should this be << 2, for 4B words?
> 
> Never mind, sorry. I gather from patch 3 that wordsize is 16b.
> 


Ah, yes that could have been explained a bit better. In this context, a
word is indeed 2 bytes.

Perhaps we could have used "<< 1" and "<< 12" or similar instead of the
multiplication, but I felt this was a bit more clear.

Thanks,
Jake