From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: "Choong Yong Liang" <yong.liang.choong@linux.intel.com>,
"Simon Horman" <horms@kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v7 3/7] arch: x86: add IPC mailbox accessor function and add SoC register access
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2025 23:48:18 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9f6f009d-a2c0-4a6c-b9df-4045f767f8ab@lunn.ch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <063bd012-d377-4d3d-9dcc-57e360d8f462@intel.com>
On Thu, Feb 06, 2025 at 08:46:24AM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 2/6/25 05:18, Choong Yong Liang wrote:
> >
> > - Exports intel_pmc_ipc() for host access to the PMC IPC mailbox
> > - Add support to use IPC command allows host to access SoC registers
> > through PMC firmware that are otherwise inaccessible to the host due
> > to security policies.
>
> I'm not quite parsing that second bullet as a complete sentence.
>
> But that sounds scary! Why is the fact that they are "otherwise
> inaccessible" relevant here?
And i wounder what other interesting things can be accessed in this
indirect manor, which the security policy would not otherwise allow.
Somebody is going to have fun here. Or is already have fun here.
Andrew
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-02-06 22:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-02-06 13:18 [PATCH net-next v7 0/7] Enable SGMII and 2500BASEX interface mode switching for Intel platforms Choong Yong Liang
2025-02-06 13:18 ` [PATCH net-next v7 1/7] net: phylink: use pl->link_interface in phylink_expects_phy() Choong Yong Liang
2025-02-06 13:18 ` [PATCH net-next v7 2/7] net: pcs: xpcs: re-initiate clause 37 Auto-negotiation Choong Yong Liang
2025-02-06 15:30 ` Russell King (Oracle)
2025-02-07 9:20 ` Choong Yong Liang
2025-02-07 13:32 ` Andrew Lunn
2025-02-08 3:33 ` Choong Yong Liang
2025-02-20 2:12 ` Choong Yong Liang
2025-02-06 13:18 ` [PATCH net-next v7 3/7] arch: x86: add IPC mailbox accessor function and add SoC register access Choong Yong Liang
2025-02-06 16:46 ` Dave Hansen
2025-02-06 22:48 ` Andrew Lunn [this message]
2025-02-19 17:01 ` David E. Box
2025-02-20 2:29 ` Choong Yong Liang
2025-02-06 13:18 ` [PATCH net-next v7 4/7] stmmac: intel: configure SerDes according to the interface mode Choong Yong Liang
2025-02-06 13:31 ` Ilpo Järvinen
2025-02-07 9:53 ` Choong Yong Liang
2025-02-06 13:18 ` [PATCH net-next v7 5/7] net: stmmac: configure SerDes on mac_finish Choong Yong Liang
2025-02-06 13:18 ` [PATCH net-next v7 6/7] stmmac: intel: interface switching support for EHL platform Choong Yong Liang
2025-02-06 13:18 ` [PATCH net-next v7 7/7] stmmac: intel: interface switching support for ADL-N platform Choong Yong Liang
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