[PATCH v5 7/7] security: kernel_pinctrl: fixup pinctrl in kernel dts

Fabian Pflug f.pflug at pengutronix.de
Fri Mar 20 00:17:33 PDT 2026


Going through the kernel dts and replacing
barebox,policy-<active_policy> with default in order to change pinctrl
not only for barebox, but also for kernel when booting with security
profiles.

Signed-off-by: Fabian Pflug <f.pflug at pengutronix.de>
---
 security/Makefile         |  1 +
 security/kernel_pinctrl.c | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 68 insertions(+)

diff --git a/security/Makefile b/security/Makefile
index 1096cbfb9b..2e8cdfe7c2 100644
--- a/security/Makefile
+++ b/security/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_POLICY)		+= policy.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_POLICY_NAMES)	+= sconfig_names.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SECURITY_POLICY_PINCTRL)	+= kernel_pinctrl.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CRYPTO_KEYSTORE)	+= keystore.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_JWT)		+= jwt.o
 obj-pbl-$(CONFIG_HAVE_OPTEE)	+= optee.o
diff --git a/security/kernel_pinctrl.c b/security/kernel_pinctrl.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f02acdfd55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/security/kernel_pinctrl.c
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
+#include <pinctrl.h>
+#include <security/policy.h>
+#include <security/config.h>
+
+/* Maximun number of names to be available in pinctrl-names. Best guess.*/
+#define MAX_NAMES	10
+
+
+/**
+ * Replace 'default' with 'old_default' and 'barebox,policy-<active_policy>-default'
+ * with 'default', if both are found in pinctrl.
+ * Same for every other name, that starts with barebox,policy-<active_policy>- and
+ * has another name without the prefix.
+ */
+static int kernel_of_fixup_pinctrl(struct device_node *root, void *unused)
+{
+	char *basename;
+	int base_len;
+	struct device_node *node;
+	const struct security_policy *active_policy = security_policy_get_active();
+
+	if (!active_policy || !active_policy->name)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	basename = basprintf("barebox,policy-%s-", active_policy->name);
+	base_len = strlen(basename);
+
+	list_for_each_entry(node, &root->list, list) {
+		const char *names[MAX_NAMES];
+		int num_read;
+		bool changed = false;
+
+		num_read = of_property_read_string_array(node, "pinctrl-names", names, MAX_NAMES);
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < num_read; i++) {
+			if (strncmp(basename, names[i], base_len) == 0) {
+				const char *name = names[i] + base_len;
+
+				for (int ii = 0; ii < num_read; ii++) {
+					if (strcmp(name, names[ii]) == 0) {
+						/* this never gets freed,
+						 * but we are starting the kernel,
+						 * so there should be no problem.
+						 */
+						names[ii] = basprintf("old_%s", name);
+						names[i] = name;
+						changed = true;
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if (changed)
+			of_property_write_string_array(node, "pinctrl-names", names, num_read);
+	}
+	free(basename);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int policy_console_pinctrl_init(void)
+{
+	return of_register_fixup(kernel_of_fixup_pinctrl, NULL);
+}
+late_initcall(policy_console_pinctrl_init);

-- 
2.47.3




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