[PATCH v9 1/8] powerpc: detect the secure boot mode of the system

Nayna Jain nayna at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Sat Oct 26 03:49:37 AEDT 2019


On 10/24/19 12:26 PM, Lakshmi Ramasubramanian wrote:
> On 10/23/2019 8:47 PM, Nayna Jain wrote:
>> This patch defines a function to detect the secure boot state of a
>> PowerNV system.
>
>> +bool is_ppc_secureboot_enabled(void)
>> +{
>> +    struct device_node *node;
>> +    bool enabled = false;
>> +
>> +    node = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "ibm,secvar-v1");
>> +    if (!of_device_is_available(node)) {
>> +        pr_err("Cannot find secure variable node in device tree; 
>> failing to secure state\n");
>> +        goto out;
>
> Related to "goto out;" above:
>
> Would of_find_compatible_node return NULL if the given node is not found?
>
> If of_device_is_available returns false (say, because node is NULL or 
> it does not find the specified node) would it be correct to call 
> of_node_put?

of_node_put() handles NULL.

Thanks & Regards,

      - Nayna



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