[PATCH v5 00/16] firmware: qcom: Add OP-TEE PAS service support
Sumit Garg
sumit.garg at kernel.org
Mon May 18 00:44:12 PDT 2026
On Wed, May 13, 2026 at 07:14:15PM +0530, Sumit Garg wrote:
> Hi Bjorn,
>
> Just a gentle reminder for any further reviews for this series. If not
> then please help to pick it up this merge window since we have got acks
> from corresponding subsystem maintainer too. There were few minor comments
> addressed by following diff on top of this series. Let me know if you
> need a new version for that or can they be folded in when you pick this
> series?
>
Okay, so I went ahead with v6 [1] for this series including below fixes.
Let me know if I miss anything to get this into linux-next.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260518072856.22790-1-sumit.garg@kernel.org/
-Sumit
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.c b/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.c
> index 025308adf553..bc6c42f2b3c6 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.c
> @@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(qcom_pas_auth_and_reset);
> * qcom_pas_prepare_and_auth_reset() - Prepare, authenticate, and reset the
> * remote processor
> *
> - * @ctx: Context saved during call to qcom_scm_pas_context_init()
> + * @ctx: Context saved during call to devm_qcom_pas_context_alloc()
> *
> * This function performs the necessary steps to prepare a PAS subsystem,
> * authenticate it using the provided metadata, and initiate a reset sequence.
> diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/ahb.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/ahb.c
> index c5ba91e6f95e..dff7fa7027c5 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/ahb.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/ahb.c
> @@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ static void ath12k_ahb_power_down(struct ath12k_base *ab, bool is_suspend)
> ret = qcom_pas_shutdown(pasid);
> if (ret)
> ath12k_err(ab, "pas shutdown failed for userPD%d: %d\n",
> - ab_ahb->userpd_id);
> + ab_ahb->userpd_id, ret);
> }
> }
>
> -Sumit
>
> On Mon, May 04, 2026 at 06:35:47PM +0530, Sumit Garg wrote:
> > From: Sumit Garg <sumit.garg at oss.qualcomm.com>
> >
> > Qcom platforms has the legacy of using non-standard SCM calls
> > splintered over the various kernel drivers. These SCM calls aren't
> > compliant with the standard SMC calling conventions which is a
> > prerequisite to enable migration to the FF-A specifications from Arm.
> >
> > OP-TEE as an alternative trusted OS to Qualcomm TEE (QTEE) can't
> > support these non-standard SCM calls. And even for newer architectures
> > using S-EL2 with Hafnium support, QTEE won't be able to support SCM
> > calls either with FF-A requirements coming in. And with both OP-TEE
> > and QTEE drivers well integrated in the TEE subsystem, it makes further
> > sense to reuse the TEE bus client drivers infrastructure.
> >
> > The added benefit of TEE bus infrastructure is that there is support
> > for discoverable/enumerable services. With that client drivers don't
> > have to manually invoke a special SCM call to know the service status.
> >
> > So enable the generic Peripheral Authentication Service (PAS) provided
> > by the firmware. It acts as the common layer with different TZ
> > backends plugged in whether it's an SCM implementation or a proper
> > TEE bus based PAS service implementation.
> >
> > The TEE PAS service ABI is designed to be extensible with additional API
> > as PTA_QCOM_PAS_CAPABILITIES. This allows to accommodate any future
> > extensions of the PAS service needed while still maintaining backwards
> > compatibility.
> >
> > Currently OP-TEE support is being added to provide the backend PAS
> > service implementation which can be found as part of this PR [1].
> > This implementation has been tested on Kodiak/RB3Gen2 board with lemans
> > EVK board being the next target. In addition to that WIN/IPQ targets
> > planning to use OP-TEE will use this service too. Surely the backwards
> > compatibility is maintained and tested for SCM backend.
> >
> > Note that kernel PAS service support while running in EL2 is at parity
> > among OP-TEE vs QTEE. Especially the media (venus/iris) support depends
> > on proper IOMMU support being worked out on the PAS client end.
> >
> > Patch summary:
> > - Patch #1: adds Kodiak EL2 overlay since boot stack with TF-A/OP-TEE
> > only allow UEFI and Linux to boot in EL2.
> > - Patch #2: adds generic PAS service.
> > - Patch #3: migrates SCM backend to generic PAS service.
> > - Patch #4: adds TEE/OP-TEE backend for generic PAS service.
> > - Patch #5-#14: migrates all client drivers to generic PAS service.
> > - Patch #15: drops legacy PAS SCM exported APIs.
> >
> > The patch-set is based on v7.1-rc1 tag and can be found in git tree here
> > [2].
> >
> > Merge strategy:
> >
> > It is expected due to APIs dependency, the entire patch-set to go via
> > the Qcom tree. All other subsystem maintainers, it will be great if I
> > can get acks for the corresponding subsystem patches.
> >
> > [1] https://github.com/OP-TEE/optee_os/pull/7721 (already merged)
> > [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sumit.garg/linux.git/log/?h=qcom-pas-v5
> >
> > ---
> > Changes in v5:
> > - Incorporated misc. comments from Mukesh.
> > - Split up patch #11 into 2 to add an independent commit for passing
> > proper PAS ID to set_remote_state API.
> > - Picked up tags.
> >
> > Changes in v4:
> > - Incorporate misc. comments on patch #4.
> > - Picked up an ack for patch #10.
> > - Clarify in cover letter about state of media support.
> >
> > Changes in v3:
> > - Incorporated some style and misc. comments for patch #2, #3 and #4.
> > - Add QCOM_PAS Kconfig dependency for various subsystems.
> > - Switch from pseudo TA to proper TA invoke commands.
> >
> > Changes in v2:
> > - Fixed kernel doc warnings.
> > - Polish commit message and comments for patch #2.
> > - Pass proper PAS ID in set_remote_state API for media firmware drivers.
> > - Added Maintainer entry and dropped MODULE_AUTHOR.
> >
> > Mukesh Ojha (1):
> > arm64: dts: qcom: kodiak: Add EL2 overlay
> >
> > Sumit Garg (15):
> > firmware: qcom: Add a generic PAS service
> > firmware: qcom_scm: Migrate to generic PAS service
> > firmware: qcom: Add a PAS TEE service
> > remoteproc: qcom_q6v5_pas: Switch over to generic PAS TZ APIs
> > remoteproc: qcom_q6v5_mss: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
> > soc: qcom: mdtloader: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
> > remoteproc: qcom_wcnss: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
> > remoteproc: qcom: Select QCOM_PAS generic service
> > drm/msm: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
> > media: qcom: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
> > media: qcom: Pass proper PAS ID to set_remote_state API
> > net: ipa: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
> > wifi: ath12k: Switch to generic PAS TZ APIs
> > firmware: qcom_scm: Remove SCM PAS wrappers
> > MAINTAINERS: Add maintainer entry for Qualcomm PAS TZ service
> >
> > MAINTAINERS | 9 +
> > arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/Makefile | 2 +
> > arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/kodiak-el2.dtso | 35 ++
> > drivers/firmware/qcom/Kconfig | 19 +
> > drivers/firmware/qcom/Makefile | 2 +
> > drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.c | 291 +++++++++++
> > drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.h | 50 ++
> > drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas_tee.c | 476 ++++++++++++++++++
> > drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.c | 302 ++++-------
> > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/Kconfig | 1 +
> > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a5xx_gpu.c | 4 +-
> > drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/adreno_gpu.c | 11 +-
> > drivers/media/platform/qcom/iris/Kconfig | 25 +-
> > .../media/platform/qcom/iris/iris_firmware.c | 9 +-
> > drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/Kconfig | 1 +
> > drivers/media/platform/qcom/venus/firmware.c | 11 +-
> > drivers/net/ipa/Kconfig | 2 +-
> > drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c | 13 +-
> > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/Kconfig | 2 +-
> > drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/ahb.c | 8 +-
> > drivers/remoteproc/Kconfig | 4 +-
> > drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_mss.c | 5 +-
> > drivers/remoteproc/qcom_q6v5_pas.c | 51 +-
> > drivers/remoteproc/qcom_wcnss.c | 12 +-
> > drivers/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.c | 12 +-
> > include/linux/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.h | 43 ++
> > include/linux/firmware/qcom/qcom_scm.h | 29 --
> > include/linux/soc/qcom/mdt_loader.h | 6 +-
> > 28 files changed, 1117 insertions(+), 318 deletions(-)
> > create mode 100644 arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/kodiak-el2.dtso
> > create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.c
> > create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.h
> > create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas_tee.c
> > create mode 100644 include/linux/firmware/qcom/qcom_pas.h
> >
> > --
> > 2.51.0
> >
> >
>
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