From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Delivery-date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:00:03 +0100 Received: from metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de ([2a0a:edc0:2:b01:1d::104]) by lore.white.stw.pengutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1vIkEN-0005pz-02 for lore@lore.pengutronix.de; Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:00:03 +0100 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([2607:7c80:54:3::133]) by metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1vIkEM-0004Ts-E8 for lore@pengutronix.de; Tue, 11 Nov 2025 10:00:02 +0100 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-Type:In-Reply-To:From:References:To:Subject:MIME-Version:Date: Message-ID:Reply-To:Cc:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From :Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=fy1L4mMlOpEbvSLa0cx+4WaICfwlwsxviWUxFYR/xlY=; b=lZqDSe6ZowmzhQNvsiQKzS/sSC XoN5Y/UtoejPHRR2cg7pFWRGvl7oIYYo5/u6UWTHm6nOioPm8WWm1DEpxVVD6av6TDHZXKuUtyGL0 ltE+muuXYyz/N/mVRe2fSZdMHVQwehaNIyFJPYywveiXAPR1pLO7r4+usxaHt0ppnGNJ3yElDDr45 STeiATUYFWbR0C/5TQZjh2kldonCrPeUcwCkegAtB1VLLWukpuPBsIIv0CcG+OX5bINywGpzZUBNy xvqOp2wMEHKyGP2XBLmdRCev2e+/zc9z+xwH1WZipB9w5vAby5V+n433sl7QMU1qomfeq90+TRckH i/xPlFYw==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vIkDn-00000006ofA-3IMh; Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:59:27 +0000 Received: from metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de ([2a0a:edc0:2:b01:1d::104]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vIkDk-00000006oeN-41NG for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Tue, 11 Nov 2025 08:59:26 +0000 Received: from ptz.office.stw.pengutronix.de ([2a0a:edc0:0:900:1d::77] helo=[127.0.0.1]) by metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1vIkDi-0004On-Dh; Tue, 11 Nov 2025 09:59:22 +0100 Message-ID: <98968c9c-4edf-46d3-a317-01fb79b925f4@pengutronix.de> Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2025 09:59:21 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird To: Fabian Pflug , barebox@lists.infradead.org References: <20251110214648.2738052-1-f.pflug@pengutronix.de> Content-Language: en-US, de-DE, de-BE From: Ahmad Fatoum In-Reply-To: <20251110214648.2738052-1-f.pflug@pengutronix.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20251111_005925_006601_816307FC X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 20.50 ) X-BeenThere: barebox@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "barebox" X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2607:7c80:54:3::133 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: barebox-bounces+lore=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.1 required=4.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Subject: Re: [PATCH] security: policy: allow querying the active policy X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 08 May 2019 21:11:16 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de) Hello Fabian, On 11/10/25 10:46 PM, Fabian Pflug wrote: > Sometimes it is needed from board code to not to check what is allowed, > but what is the currently activated security policy to do some stuff. As you know, security policies were a recent addition in the last month's release and we are still gathering experience with how to best use it. May I ask what you are using the name for? I envisioned the name to be just a descriptive string and that boards would define their own SCONFIG_ symbols if they need to control something. Thanks, Ahmad > > Signed-off-by: Fabian Pflug > --- > include/security/policy.h | 1 + > security/policy.c | 8 ++++++++ > 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/include/security/policy.h b/include/security/policy.h > index c41220ef3b..3eedf6e5ac 100644 > --- a/include/security/policy.h > +++ b/include/security/policy.h > @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ const struct security_policy *security_policy_get(const char *name); > int security_policy_activate(const struct security_policy *policy); > int security_policy_select(const char *name); > void security_policy_list(void); > +bool security_policy_is_active(const char *name); > > #ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_POLICY > int __security_policy_register(const struct security_policy policy[]); > diff --git a/security/policy.c b/security/policy.c > index 85333d9e6f..abb956014d 100644 > --- a/security/policy.c > +++ b/security/policy.c > @@ -225,6 +225,14 @@ static int security_policy_get_name(struct param_d *param, void *priv) > return 0; > } > > +bool security_policy_is_active(const char *name) > +{ > + if (!active_policy) > + return false; > + > + return !strcmp(name, active_policy->name); > +} > + > static int security_init(void) > { > register_device(&security_device); -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |