Re: [PATCH 25/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/pci/hotplug/

From	Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 25/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/pci/hotplug/
Date	2016-12-07 19:40 +0100
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On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 12:32:58PM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> When the kernel is running in secure boot mode, we lock down the kernel to
> prevent userspace from modifying the running kernel image.  Whilst this
> includes prohibiting access to things like /dev/mem, it must also prevent
> access by means of configuring driver modules in such a way as to cause a
> device to access or modify the kernel image.
> 
> To this end, annotate module_param* statements that refer to hardware
> configuration and indicate for future reference what type of parameter they
> specify.  The parameter parser in the core sees this information and can
> skip such parameters with an error message if the kernel is locked down.
> The module initialisation then runs as normal, but just sees whatever the
> default values for those parameters is.
> 
> Note that we do still need to do the module initialisation because some
> drivers have viable defaults set in case parameters aren't specified and
> some drivers support automatic configuration (e.g. PNP or PCI) in addition
> to manually coded parameters.
> 
> This patch annotates drivers in drivers/pci/hotplug/.
> 
> Suggested-by: One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
> cc: Scott Murray <scott@spiteful.org>
> cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>
> cc: linux-pci@vger.kernel.org

Acked-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>

I assume you'll merge this via some non-PCI tree.  Let me know if you
need anything else from me.

> ---
> 
>  drivers/pci/hotplug/cpcihp_generic.c |    2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpcihp_generic.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpcihp_generic.c
> index 88a44a707b96..bbf9cf8aeaad 100644
> --- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpcihp_generic.c
> +++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/cpcihp_generic.c
> @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ module_param(first_slot, byte, 0);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(first_slot, "Hotswap bus first slot number");
>  module_param(last_slot, byte, 0);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(last_slot, "Hotswap bus last slot number");
> -module_param(port, ushort, 0);
> +module_param_hw(port, ushort, ioport, 0);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(port, "#ENUM signal I/O port");
>  module_param(enum_bit, uint, 0);
>  MODULE_PARM_DESC(enum_bit, "#ENUM signal bit (0-7)");
> 
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[PATCH 00/39] Annotate hw config module params for future lockdown David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:30 +0100
  [PATCH 01/39] Annotate module params that specify hardware  parameters (eg. ioport) David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:30 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 01/39] Annotate module params that specify hardware  parameters (eg. ioport) Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-12-01 16:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 01/39] Annotate module params that specify hardware parameters (eg. ioport) David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 17:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 01/39] Annotate module params that specify hardware  parameters (eg. ioport) One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> - 2016-12-05 22:20 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 01/39] Annotate module params that specify hardware  parameters (eg. ioport) Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-12-06 08:20 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 01/39] Annotate module params that specify hardware parameters (eg. ioport) David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-06 11:50 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 01/39] Annotate module params that specify hardware  parameters (eg. ioport) Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-12-06 12:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 01/39] Annotate module params that specify hardware  parameters (eg. ioport) Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> - 2016-12-02 04:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 01/39] Annotate module params that specify hardware  parameters (eg. ioport) Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-12-02 08:00 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 01/39] Annotate module params that specify hardware  parameters (eg. ioport) Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org> - 2016-12-02 08:20 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 01/39] Annotate module params that specify hardware  parameters (eg. ioport) One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> - 2016-12-05 22:30 +0100
          Re: [PATCH 01/39] Annotate module params that specify hardware parameters (eg. ioport) David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-02 16:00 +0100
            Re: [PATCH 01/39] Annotate module params that specify hardware  parameters (eg. ioport) Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-12-05 16:50 +0100
              Re: [PATCH 01/39] Annotate module params that specify hardware parameters (eg. ioport) David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-06 12:00 +0100
  [PATCH 20/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/net/hamradio/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 34/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/watchdog/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 34/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/watchdog/ Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net> - 2016-12-01 14:00 +0100
  [PATCH 03/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/char/ipmi/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 03/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/char/ipmi/ Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> - 2016-12-01 14:20 +0100
  [PATCH 05/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/char/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 28/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/staging/i4l/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 07/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/cpufreq/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 07/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/cpufreq/ "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@kernel.org> - 2016-12-01 15:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 07/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/cpufreq/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 15:20 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 07/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/cpufreq/ "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@rjwysocki.net> - 2016-12-01 15:30 +0100
  [PATCH 39/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  sound/pci/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 35/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  fs/pstore/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 11/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/input/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 11/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/input/ Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com> - 2016-12-03 20:00 +0100
  [PATCH 21/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/net/irda/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 31/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/staging/vme/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 33/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/video/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 04/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/char/mwave/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 38/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  sound/oss/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 06/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/clocksource/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 12/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/isdn/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 23/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/net/wireless/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 23/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/net/wireless/ Kalle Valo <kvalo@codeaurora.org> - 2016-12-02 06:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 23/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/net/wireless/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-07 14:50 +0100
  [PATCH 29/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/staging/media/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 29/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/staging/media/ Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> - 2016-12-01 16:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 29/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/staging/media/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 16:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 29/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/staging/media/ Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@s-opensource.com> - 2016-12-01 16:20 +0100
  [PATCH 09/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/i2c/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 09/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/i2c/ Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> - 2016-12-01 14:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 09/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/i2c/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 15:20 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 09/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/i2c/ Jean Delvare <jdelvare@suse.de> - 2016-12-01 17:10 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 09/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/i2c/ One Thousand Gnomes <gnomes@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> - 2016-12-05 22:20 +0100
  [PATCH 19/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/net/ethernet/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 18/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/net/can/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 18/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/net/can/ Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@pengutronix.de> - 2016-12-01 14:10 +0100
  [PATCH 25/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/pci/hotplug/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 25/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/pci/hotplug/ Bjorn Helgaas <helgaas@kernel.org> - 2016-12-07 19:40 +0100
  [PATCH 27/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/scsi/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 27/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/scsi/ Finn Thain <fthain@telegraphics.com.au> - 2016-12-01 23:10 +0100
  [PATCH 26/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/pcmcia/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 08/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/gpio/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 08/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/gpio/ William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@gmail.com> - 2016-12-01 14:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 08/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/gpio/ Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> - 2016-12-02 14:00 +0100
  [PATCH 32/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/tty/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 32/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/tty/ Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> - 2016-12-01 16:10 +0100
  [PATCH 13/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/media/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 36/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  sound/drivers/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 17/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/net/arcnet/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 24/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/parport/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 15/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/mmc/host/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 02/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  arch/x86/mm/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 16/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/net/appletalk/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 37/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  sound/isa/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 30/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/staging/speakup/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 22/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/net/wan/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
  [PATCH 10/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/iio/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 10/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/iio/ William Breathitt Gray <vilhelm.gray@gmail.com> - 2016-12-01 15:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 10/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/iio/ Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org> - 2016-12-03 15:40 +0100
        Re: [PATCH 10/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in drivers/iio/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-07 14:50 +0100
  [PATCH 14/39] Annotate hardware config module parameters in  drivers/misc/ David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2016-12-01 13:40 +0100

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