[RFC RESEND 2/4] ARM: OMAP3: Dynamically disable secure timer nodes for secure devices

[Vaibhav Hiremath]

On 7/14/2012 3:56 AM, Jon Hunter wrote:
> OMAP3 devices may or may not have security features enabled. Security enabled
> devices are known as high-secure (HS) and devices without security are known as
> general purpose (GP).
> 
> For OMAP3 devices there are 12 general purpose timers available. On secure
> devices the 12th timer is reserved for secure usage and so cannot be used by
> the kernel, where as for a GP device it is available. We can detect the OMAP
> device type, secure or GP, at runtime via an on-chip register. Today, when not
> using DT, we do not register the 12th timer as a linux device if the device is
> secure.
> 
> When using device tree, device tree is going to register all the timer devices
> it finds in the device tree blob. To prevent device tree from registering 12th
> timer on a secure OMAP3 device we can add a status property to the timer
> binding with the value "disabled" at boot time. Note that timer 12 on a OMAP3
> device has a property "ti,timer-secure" to indicate that it will not be
> available on a secure device and so for secure OMAP3 devices, we search for
> timers with this property and then disable them. Using the prom_add_property()
> function to dynamically add a property was a recommended approach suggested by
> Rob Herring [1].
> 
> I have tested this on an OMAP3 GP device and faking it to pretend to be a
> secure device to ensure that any timers marked with "ti,timer-secure" are not
> registered on boot. I have also made sure that all timers are registered as
> expected on a GP device by default.
> 
> [1] http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ports.arm.omap/79203
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jon Hunter <jon-hunter at ti.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c |    1 +
>  arch/arm/mach-omap2/common.h        |    1 +
>  arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c         |   36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 38 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c
> index 6f93a20..20124d7 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c
> @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ static struct of_device_id omap_dt_match_table[] __initdata = {
>  static void __init omap_generic_init(void)
>  {
>  	omap_sdrc_init(NULL, NULL);
> +	omap_dmtimer_init();
>  
>  	of_platform_populate(NULL, omap_dt_match_table, NULL, NULL);
>  }
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common.h b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common.h
> index 1f65b18..d6a4875 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/common.h
> @@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ extern void omap_sdrc_init(struct omap_sdrc_params *sdrc_cs0,
>  				      struct omap_sdrc_params *sdrc_cs1);
>  struct omap2_hsmmc_info;
>  extern int omap4_twl6030_hsmmc_init(struct omap2_hsmmc_info *controllers);
> +extern void omap_dmtimer_init(void);
>  
>  #endif /* __ASSEMBLER__ */
>  #endif /* __ARCH_ARM_MACH_OMAP2PLUS_COMMON_H */
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
> index 13d20c8..e3b9931 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/timer.c
> @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
>  #include <linux/clocksource.h>
>  #include <linux/clockchips.h>
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
> +#include <linux/of.h>
>  
>  #include <asm/mach/time.h>
>  #include <plat/dmtimer.h>
> @@ -482,6 +483,41 @@ static int __init omap2_dm_timer_init(void)
>  }
>  arch_initcall(omap2_dm_timer_init);
>  
> +static struct property timer_disabled = {
> +	.name = "status",
> +	.length = sizeof("disabled"),
> +	.value = "disabled",
> +};
> +
> +static struct of_device_id omap3_timer_match[] __initdata = {
> +	{ .compatible = "ti,omap3-timer", },
> +	{ }
> +};
> +
> +/**
> + * omap_dmtimer_init - initialisation function when device tree is used
> + *
> + * For secure OMAP3 devices, timers with device type "timer-secure" cannot
> + * be used by the kernel as they are reserved. Therefore, to prevent the
> + * kernel registering these devices remove them dynamically from the device
> + * tree on boot.
> + */
> +void __init omap_dmtimer_init(void)
> +{
> +	struct device_node *np;
> +
> +	if (!cpu_is_omap34xx())
> +		return;
> +

Sorry for responding so late, but why only omap34xx check here?
Isn't this applicable to all omap & non-omap devices?

Thanks,
Vaibhav

> +	/* If we are a secure device, remove any secure timer nodes */
> +	if ((omap_type() != OMAP2_DEVICE_TYPE_GP)) {
> +		for_each_matching_node(np, omap3_timer_match) {
> +			if (of_get_property(np, "ti,timer-secure", NULL))
> +				prom_add_property(np, &timer_disabled);
> +		}
> +	}
> +}
> +
>  /**
>   * omap2_override_clocksource - clocksource override with user configuration
>   *
>