Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 1 Aug 2022 11:28:38 +0100 | From | Sudeep Holla <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] dt-bindings: mailbox: arm,mhu: Make secure interrupt optional |
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On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 05:17:26PM -0600, Rob Herring wrote: > On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 5:10 AM Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> wrote:
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> > > > No this doesn't work IMO. Yes standalone everything looks fine, but you can > > insert a module requesting this channel and bring down the system. So I am > > not for this change. > > Not having the interrupt listed in DT doesn't prevent that. Is this > security by obscurity? >
I agree, as I mentioned in the other thread, if we had a way to mark that channel as used elsewhere or disabled or unavailable, it would have been great.
> I don't really care which way this is fixed though.
Understood.
> I just want the warning gone. We've all got better things to worry about.
Agreed.
> The DT not having the interrupt has been that way for years (presumably) > and the kernel never needs the interrupt, so the schema should reflect > reality.
I prefer this approach.
> On the flip side, considering it *can* be present already, there's not > really much argument for not having it. >
Can't disagree/argue that 😄.
-- Regards, Sudeep
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