[PATCH v6 20/26] powerpc/pseries: Turn PSERIES_PLPKS into a hidden option

Andrew Donnellan ajd at linux.ibm.com
Fri Feb 10 19:03:55 AEDT 2023


It seems a bit unnecessary for the PLPKS code to have a user-visible
config option when it doesn't do anything on its own, and there's existing
options for enabling Secure Boot-related features.

It should be enabled by PPC_SECURE_BOOT, which will eventually be what
uses PLPKS to populate keyrings.

However, we can't get of the separate option completely, because it will
also be used for SED Opal purposes.

Change PSERIES_PLPKS into a hidden option, which is selected by
PPC_SECURE_BOOT.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd at linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell Currey <ruscur at russell.cc>
Reviewed-by: Stefan Berger <stefanb at linux.ibm.com>

---

v3: New patch

v5: Change the previous description into a comment (npiggin)
---
 arch/powerpc/Kconfig                   |  1 +
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig | 19 +++++++++----------
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index b8c4ac56bddc..d4ed46101bec 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -1029,6 +1029,7 @@ config PPC_SECURE_BOOT
 	depends on PPC_POWERNV || PPC_PSERIES
 	depends on IMA_ARCH_POLICY
 	imply IMA_SECURE_AND_OR_TRUSTED_BOOT
+	select PSERIES_PLPKS if PPC_PSERIES
 	help
 	  Systems with firmware secure boot enabled need to define security
 	  policies to extend secure boot to the OS. This config allows a user
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
index a3b4d99567cb..e51d65969318 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
@@ -151,16 +151,15 @@ config IBMEBUS
 
 config PSERIES_PLPKS
 	depends on PPC_PSERIES
-	bool "Support for the Platform Key Storage"
-	help
-	  PowerVM provides an isolated Platform Keystore(PKS) storage
-	  allocation for each LPAR with individually managed access
-	  controls to store sensitive information securely. It can be
-	  used to store asymmetric public keys or secrets as required
-	  by different usecases. Select this config to enable
-	  operating system interface to hypervisor to access this space.
-
-	  If unsure, select N.
+	bool
+	# PowerVM provides an isolated Platform Keystore (PKS) storage
+	# allocation for each LPAR with individually managed access
+	# controls to store sensitive information securely. It can be
+	# used to store asymmetric public keys or secrets as required
+	# by different usecases.
+	#
+	# This option is selected by in-kernel consumers that require
+	# access to the PKS.
 
 config PAPR_SCM
 	depends on PPC_PSERIES && MEMORY_HOTPLUG && LIBNVDIMM
-- 
2.39.1



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