[PATCH v4 00/11] FWU: Add support for FWU Multi Bank Update feature

Sughosh Ganu sughosh.ganu at linaro.org
Tue Feb 8 13:09:36 CET 2022


On Tue, 8 Feb 2022 at 16:36, Michal Simek <monstr at monstr.eu> wrote:
>
> po 7. 2. 2022 v 19:21 odesílatel Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu at linaro.org> napsal:
> >
> >
> >
> > The patchset adds support for the FWU Multi Bank Update[1]
> > feature. Certain aspects of the Dependable Boot[2] specification have
> > also been implemented.
> >
> > The FWU multi bank update feature is used for supporting multiple
> > sets(also called banks) of firmware image(s), allowing the platform to
> > boot from a different bank, in case it fails to boot from the active
> > bank. This functionality is supported by keeping the relevant
> > information in a structure called metadata, which provides information
> > on the images. Among other parameters, the metadata structure contains
> > information on the currect active bank that is being used to boot
> > image(s).
> >
> > Functionality is being added to work with the UEFI capsule driver in
> > u-boot. The metadata is read to gather information on the update bank,
> > which is the bank to which the firmware images would be flashed to. On
> > a successful completion of the update of all components, the active
> > bank field in the metadata is updated, to reflect the bank from which
> > the platform will boot on the subsequent boots.
> >
> > Currently, the feature is being enabled on the STM32MP157C-DK2
> > board which boots a FIP image from a uSD card partitioned with the GPT
> > partioning scheme. This also requires changes in the previous stage of
> > bootloader, which parses the metadata and selects the bank to boot the
> > image(s) from. Support is being added in tf-a(BL2 stage) for the
> > STM32MP157C-DK2 board to boot the active bank images. These changes
> > have been merged to the upstream tf-a's integration branch[3].
> >
> > These patches are based on top of the series from Takahiro to add
> > Authentication support to mkeficapsule utility[4] and a couple of
> > other patches[5][6]
> >
> > TODO's
> > ------
> > * Add a unit test case for the newly added FWU_MDATA uclass. Some
> >   involved effort is needed on this since the host device interface on
> >   sandbox cannot be used with the UT framework.
> > * Add test case for the feature with the python test suite, along the
> >   lines of capsule update testing.
> >
> > [1] - https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0118/a
> > [2] - https://git.codelinaro.org/linaro/dependable-boot/mbfw/uploads/6f7ddfe3be24e18d4319e108a758d02e/mbfw.pdf
> > [3] - https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a.git/log/?h=integration
> > [4] - https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/list/?series=281549
> > [5] - https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/164388019634.446835.18271480521485569016.stgit@localhost/
> > [6] - https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/20220129192108.6618-1-sughosh.ganu@linaro.org/
> >
> >
> > Changes since V3:
> > * Move the FWU metadata access to driver model
> > * Get the storage device containing the metadata from a device tree
> >   property instead of a platform helper function
> > * Move the metadata access driver for GPT partitioned block devices
> >   under drivers/fwu-mdata/ directory, complying with driver model.
> > * Move functionality to get the active index under the common function
> >   instead of the GPT block device specific driver.
> > * Remove function for getting the storage device containing the
> >   metadata as the information is now obtained from the device tree.
> > * Define a weak function fill_image_type_guid_array for populating the
> >   image descriptor array with u-boot's raw and fit image GUIDs
> > * Define the function fill_image_type_guid_array for the ST DK2 board
> >   for GPT partitioned devices.
> > * Change the TrialStateCtr efi variable attribute to remove the
> >   runtime attribute
> > * Rebase the change on top of the patch from Masami to call
> >   efi_capsule_update_firmware directly.
> > * Put the FWU related checks which were earlier in efi_update_capsule
> >   function to separate functions fwu_empty_capsule and
> >   fwu_empty_capsule_process.
> > * Use the device model api uclass_get_device to probe and get the FWU
> >   Metadata device.
> > * Add related documentation for empty capsules in the mkeficapsule man
> >   page.
> > * Add separate usage for empty capsules, with corresponding valid
> >   options.
> > * Use ternary operators where possible.
> > * Put a exclusivity check for the empty capsule options.
> >
> >
> > Sughosh Ganu (11):
> >   FWU: Add FWU metadata structure and driver for accessing metadata
> >   FWU: Add FWU metadata access driver for GPT partitioned block devices
> >   FWU: stm32mp1: Add helper functions for accessing FWU metadata
> >   FWU: STM32MP1: Add support to read boot index from backup register
> >   EFI: FMP: Add provision to update image's ImageTypeId in image
> >     descriptor
> >   stm32mp1: Populate ImageTypeId values in EFI_FIRMWARE_IMAGE_DESCRIPTOR
> >     array
> >   FWU: Add boot time checks as highlighted by the FWU specification
> >   FWU: Add support for FWU Multi Bank Update feature
> >   FWU: cmd: Add a command to read FWU metadata
> >   mkeficapsule: Add support for generating empty capsules
> >   FWU: doc: Add documentation for the FWU feature
> >
> >  arch/arm/dts/stm32mp157c-dk2-u-boot.dtsi      |   7 +
> >  board/st/stm32mp1/stm32mp1.c                  | 178 +++++++
> >  cmd/Kconfig                                   |   7 +
> >  cmd/Makefile                                  |   1 +
> >  cmd/fwu_mdata.c                               |  74 +++
> >  common/board_r.c                              |   6 +
> >  doc/develop/uefi/fwu_updates.rst              | 142 +++++
> >  doc/develop/uefi/index.rst                    |   1 +
> >  doc/develop/uefi/uefi.rst                     |   2 +
> >  .../firmware/fwu-mdata.txt                    |  18 +
> >  doc/mkeficapsule.1                            |  23 +-
> >  drivers/Kconfig                               |   2 +
> >  drivers/Makefile                              |   1 +
> >  drivers/fwu-mdata/Kconfig                     |  16 +
> >  drivers/fwu-mdata/Makefile                    |   7 +
> >  drivers/fwu-mdata/fwu-mdata-uclass.c          | 434 +++++++++++++++
> >  drivers/fwu-mdata/fwu_mdata_gpt_blk.c         | 501 ++++++++++++++++++
> >  include/dm/uclass-id.h                        |   1 +
> >  include/efi_loader.h                          |   2 +
> >  include/fwu.h                                 |  70 +++
> >  include/fwu_mdata.h                           |  67 +++
> >  lib/Kconfig                                   |   6 +
> >  lib/Makefile                                  |   1 +
> >  lib/efi_loader/efi_capsule.c                  | 221 +++++++-
> >  lib/efi_loader/efi_firmware.c                 |  71 ++-
> >  lib/efi_loader/efi_setup.c                    |   3 +-
> >  lib/fwu_updates/Kconfig                       |  31 ++
> >  lib/fwu_updates/Makefile                      |   6 +
> >  lib/fwu_updates/fwu.c                         | 204 +++++++
> >  tools/eficapsule.h                            |   8 +
> >  tools/mkeficapsule.c                          | 131 ++++-
> >  31 files changed, 2208 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100644 cmd/fwu_mdata.c
> >  create mode 100644 doc/develop/uefi/fwu_updates.rst
> >  create mode 100644 doc/device-tree-bindings/firmware/fwu-mdata.txt
> >  create mode 100644 drivers/fwu-mdata/Kconfig
> >  create mode 100644 drivers/fwu-mdata/Makefile
> >  create mode 100644 drivers/fwu-mdata/fwu-mdata-uclass.c
> >  create mode 100644 drivers/fwu-mdata/fwu_mdata_gpt_blk.c
> >  create mode 100644 include/fwu.h
> >  create mode 100644 include/fwu_mdata.h
> >  create mode 100644 lib/fwu_updates/Kconfig
> >  create mode 100644 lib/fwu_updates/Makefile
> >  create mode 100644 lib/fwu_updates/fwu.c
> >
> > --
> > 2.17.1
> >
> >
>
> What's the git base you use for this series?

You can clone my linaro git repo branch[1] to get the entire series.

-sughosh

[1] - https://git.linaro.org/people/sughosh.ganu/u-boot.git/log/?h=non_rfc_v1_mdata_dm
>
> Thanks,
> Michal
>
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