[PATCH v2 4/5] watchdog: rti_wdt: Add support for loading firmware
Jan Kiszka
jan.kiszka at siemens.com
Tue Jul 20 14:57:57 CEST 2021
On 14.07.21 16:15, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi Jan,
>
> On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 at 03:53, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka at siemens.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 05.07.21 17:29, Simon Glass wrote:
>>> Hi Jan,
>>>
>>> On Sun, 27 Jun 2021 at 23:40, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka at siemens.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 27.06.21 20:18, Simon Glass wrote:
>>>>> Hi Jan,
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 27 Jun 2021 at 12:01, Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka at siemens.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 26.06.21 20:29, Simon Glass wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Fri, 11 Jun 2021 at 08:08, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 07:14:21PM +0530, Lokesh Vutla wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi Tom,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 09/06/21 6:47 pm, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On 07.06.21 13:44, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 07.06.21 13:40, Tom Rini wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 03:33:52PM +0530, Lokesh Vutla wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> +Tom,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Tom,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 02/06/21 3:07 pm, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka at siemens.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To avoid the need of extra boot scripting on AM65x for loading a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> watchdog firmware, add the required rproc init and loading logic for the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> first R5F core to the watchdog start handler. In case the R5F cluster is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in lock-step mode, also initialize the second core. The firmware itself
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is embedded into U-Boot binary to ease access to it and ensure it is
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> properly hashed in case of secure boot.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> One possible firmware source is https://github.com/siemens/k3-rti-wdt.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka at siemens.com>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> drivers/watchdog/Kconfig | 20 ++++++++++++
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> drivers/watchdog/Makefile | 5 +++
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> drivers/watchdog/rti_wdt.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> drivers/watchdog/rti_wdt_fw.S | 20 ++++++++++++
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 4 files changed, 102 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> create mode 100644 drivers/watchdog/rti_wdt_fw.S
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> index f0ff2612a6..1a1fddfe9f 100644
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --- a/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +++ b/drivers/watchdog/Kconfig
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @@ -209,6 +209,26 @@ config WDT_K3_RTI
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Say Y here if you want to include support for the K3 watchdog
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> timer (RTI module) available in the K3 generation of processors.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +if WDT_K3_RTI
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +config WDT_K3_RTI_LOAD_FW
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + bool "Load watchdog firmware"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + depends on REMOTEPROC
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + help
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + Automatically load the specified firmware image into the MCU R5F
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + core 0. On the AM65x, this firmware is supposed to handle the expiry
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + of the watchdog timer, typically by resetting the system.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +config WDT_K3_RTI_FW_FILE
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + string "Watchdog firmware image file"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + default "k3-rti-wdt.fw"
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + depends on WDT_K3_RTI_LOAD_FW
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + help
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + Firmware image to be embedded into U-Boot and loaded on watchdog
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + start.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I need your input on this proach. Is it okay to include the linker file unders
>>>>>>>>>>>>> drivers?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Maybe? I suppose the first thing that springs to mind is why aren't we
>>>>>>>>>>>> using binman and including this blob (which I happily see is GPLv2)
>>>>>>>>>>>> similar to how we do things with x86 for one example.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> See https://www.mail-archive.com/u-boot@lists.denx.de/msg377894.html
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Jan
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Did this help to answer open questions? Otherwise, please let me know.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I'd also like to avoid that his patch alone blocks 1-3 of the series
>>>>>>>>>> needless - but I would also not mind getting everything in at once.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Can you provide your reviewed-by if you are okay with this approach?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I was kind of hoping Simon would chime in here on binman usage. So,
>>>>>>>> re-re-reading the above URL, yes, fsloader wouldn't be the right choice
>>>>>>>> for watchdog firmware. But I think binman_entry_find() and related
>>>>>>>> could work, in general, for this case of "need firmware blob embedded in
>>>>>>>> to image". That said, this isn't just any firmware blob, it's the
>>>>>>>> watchdog firmware. The less reliance on other things the safer it is.
>>>>>>>> That means this would be an exception to the general firmware blob
>>>>>>>> loading rule and yeah, OK, we can do it this way. Sorry for the delay.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yes I've been a little tied up recently. But I think this should use
>>>>>>> binman. We really don't want to be building binary firmware into
>>>>>>> U-Boot itself!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Also Tom says, see x86 for a load of binaries of different types and
>>>>>>> how they are accessed at runttime. This is what binman is for.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please take the time and study my arguments. I'm open for better
>>>>>> proposals, but they need to be concrete and addressing my points.
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you mean 'properly hashed' and 'easy access', or something else?
>>>>> What can binman not do?
>>>>
>>>> Binman itself can stick things into binary images. But that is at most
>>>> half of the tasks needed here. I would need concrete guidance how to
>>>>
>>>> - access that binary from u-boot proper in a reasonably simple way
>>>
>>> I thought you wanted to access it from SPL. For that you would use
>>> linker symbols. See 'Access to binman entry offsets at run time
>>> (symbols)' in the binman docs for that.
>>>
>>> But for U-Boot proper, the section is 'Access to binman entry offsets
>>> at run time (fdt)'. There is no mention of the runtime library that
>>> now exists (binman.h) so I will send a patch for that. But basically
>>> you call binman_entry_find("name", &entry) and it returns the offset
>>> and size for you.
>>>
>>>> - make sure the binary can be signed and the signature is evaluated
>>>> before using it
>>>
>>> Do you mean signed or hashed? I think you mean hashed. If you trust
>>> the U-Boot binary then presumably you can put the firmware in a
>>> similar place do you can trust that as well. After all, you seem happy
>>> enough to link it into U-Boot.
>>>
>>> If not, you can ask binman to add a hash:
>>>
>>> my-firmware {
>>> type = "blob";
>>> hash {
>>> algo = "sha256";
>>> };
>>> };
>>>
>>> Then you can add support for that to some sort of helper function in
>>> binman.c, e.g.:
>>>
>>> ofnode node, hashnode;
>>> const u8 *hash;
>>> int size;
>>>
>>> node = binman_section_find_node("name");
>>> if (!ofnode_valid(node))
>>> ...return error
>>> hashnode = ofnode_read_prop(node, "hash");
>>> if (!ofnode_valid(hashnode))
>>> ...return error
>>> hash = ofnode_read_prop(hashnode, "value", &size);
>>>
>>> /* Hash the firmware...need to read it from flash into fwdata/fwlen
>>> using binman_entry_find() ...then: */
>>> u8 digest[SHA256_SUM_LEN];
>>> ret = hash_block("sha256", fwdata, fwlen, digest, sizeof(digest);
>>> if (ret)
>>> return log_msg_ret("hash", ret);
>>>
>>> /* compare the hashes */
>>> if (size != sizeof(digest) || memcmp(hash, digest))
>>> return log_msg_ret("cmp", ret);
>>>
>>
>> Yes, it will likely be a hash that will be signed, and all that will be
>> checked by SPL when loading proper. The infrastructure for that should
>> be there, just not yet plugged for the way of loading things like we do
>> (one of my todos).
>>
>> Obviously, what would be simplest for that is to have the watchdog blob
>> embedded, rather than separately hashed, as that would Just Work. I
>> didn't fully grasp yet what you propose, but it seems right now it will
>> complicate things. I'm not saying it will make it impossible, just harder.
>
> I'm not even sure that is true. In binman, add the entry:
>
> watchdog-firmware {
> type = "blob";
> filename = "...";
> };
>
> In the C code, declare a symbol that will get the image position of the entry:
>
> binman_sym_declare(unsigned long, watchdog_firmware, image_pos);
>
> then read that value when you need it:
>
> int check_it(..)
> {
> ulong pos = binman_sym(ulong, watchdog_firmware, image_pos);
>
> // read from flash offset @pos into a buffer
>
> // check the hash
> };
This function is the extra boilerplate code that is not needed when the
blob is simply part of the U-Boot binary that is loaded and checked by
SPL. The worst part of this: It requires special handling of different
storage media. We currently only have OSPI for out board, but you may
also imagine versions that load U-Boot from filesystems (the TI EVM does
that). So this is the extra complexity without extra value I'm always
talking about.
But I'm happy to take concrete suggestions where to add the firmware
into our board and where to add the necessary code in a simple way.
What we do so far: U-Boot proper and DTBs go into a fit image that SPL
will load (and later also validate). It would be simple to do
diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/k3-am65-iot2050-boot-image.dtsi b/arch/arm/dts/k3-am65-iot2050-boot-image.dtsi
index 96647719df..d3242af70c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/dts/k3-am65-iot2050-boot-image.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/dts/k3-am65-iot2050-boot-image.dtsi
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@
filename = "arch/arm/dts/k3-am6548-iot2050-advanced.dtb";
};
};
+
+ k3-rti-firmware {
+ type = "blob";
+ filename = CONFIG_WDT_K3_RTI_FW_FILE;
+ };
};
configurations {
in [1] (used by [2]).
But now: How do I communicate that blob address from SPL to U-Boot
proper so that I can skip the extra medium-specific loading part and
also reuse the fit image validation of SPL? If there is a simple way for
that, I could indeed switch the model.
Jan
[1] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/f7cf19b1fd2ce52d74c25e590aee452d30a6f1e4.1622626660.git.jan.kiszka@siemens.com/
[2] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/a83aa9023ea9c49cf1efd4a72d85bedb1e388478.1623440557.git.jan.kiszka@siemens.com/
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