[PATCH] boot: specify SPL_FIT_FULL_CHECK applies to SPL

Mattijs Korpershoek mkorpershoek at kernel.org
Fri Oct 31 16:14:56 CET 2025


Hi Quentin,

Thank you for the patch.

On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 12:08, Quentin Schulz <foss+uboot at 0leil.net> wrote:

> From: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz at cherry.de>
>
> SPL_FIT_FULL_CHECK currently shares its description and help text with
> FIT_FULL_CHECK which is quite confusing, so let's specify this applies
> to SPL.
>
> Fixes: 6f3c2d8aa5e6 ("image: Add an option to do a full check of the FIT")
> Signed-off-by: Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz at cherry.de>

Reviewed-by: Mattijs Korpershoek <mkorpershoek at kernel.org>

> ---
>  boot/Kconfig | 10 +++++-----
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/boot/Kconfig b/boot/Kconfig
> index 9adb051400f..db114baa077 100644
> --- a/boot/Kconfig
> +++ b/boot/Kconfig
> @@ -193,13 +193,13 @@ config SPL_FIT_PRINT
>  	  Support printing the content of the fitImage in a verbose manner in SPL.
>  
>  config SPL_FIT_FULL_CHECK
> -	bool "Do a full check of the FIT before using it"
> +	bool "Do a full check of the FIT within SPL before using it"
>  	depends on SPL_FIT
>  	help
> -	  Enable this do a full check of the FIT to make sure it is valid. This
> -	  helps to protect against carefully crafted FITs which take advantage
> -	  of bugs or omissions in the code. This includes a bad structure,
> -	  multiple root nodes and the like.
> +	  Enable this do a full check of the FIT within SPL to make sure it is
> +	  valid. This helps to protect against carefully crafted FITs which take
> +	  advantage of bugs or omissions in the code. This includes a bad
> +	  structure, multiple root nodes and the like.
>  
>  config SPL_FIT_SIGNATURE
>  	bool "Enable signature verification of FIT firmware within SPL"
>
> ---
> base-commit: 4cad9faf8d2887b8851f0ced5194ffbaa92ca71e
> change-id: 20251029-spl-fit-full-check-desc-15d43348db55
>
> Best regards,
> -- 
> Quentin Schulz <quentin.schulz at cherry.de>


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