[PATCH v2 5/8] firmware: smccc: lfa: Register ACPI notification

From: Andre Przywara

Date: Tue Mar 17 2026 - 06:43:26 EST


From: Vedashree Vidwans <vvidwans@xxxxxxxxxx>

The Arm LFA spec describes an ACPI notification mechanism, where the
platform (firmware) can notify an LFA client about newly available
firmware imag updates ("pending images" in LFA terms).

Add a faux device after discovering the existence of an LFA agent via
the SMCCC discovery mechnism, and use that device to check for the ACPI
notification description. Register this when one is provided.

The notification just conveys the fact that at least one firmware image
has now a pending update, it doesn't say which, also there could be more
than one pending. Loop through all images to find every which needs to
be activated, and trigger the activation. We need to do this is a loop,
since an activation might change the number and the status of available
images.

Signed-off-by: Vedashree Vidwans <vvidwans@xxxxxxxxxx>
[Andre: convert from platform driver to faux device]
Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywar@xxxxxxx>
---
drivers/firmware/smccc/lfa_fw.c | 147 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 147 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/smccc/lfa_fw.c b/drivers/firmware/smccc/lfa_fw.c
index d1b5cd29b8a0..f20ea45cdbd9 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/smccc/lfa_fw.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/smccc/lfa_fw.c
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
* Copyright (C) 2025 Arm Limited
*/

+#include <linux/acpi.h>
#include <linux/arm-smccc.h>
#include <linux/array_size.h>
#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/device/faux.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/kobject.h>
#include <linux/ktime.h>
#include <linux/list.h>
@@ -17,11 +20,13 @@
#include <linux/stop_machine.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/sysfs.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/uuid.h>
#include <linux/workqueue.h>

#include <uapi/linux/psci.h>

+#define DRIVER_NAME "ARM_LFA"
#undef pr_fmt
#define pr_fmt(fmt) "Arm LFA: " fmt

@@ -702,6 +707,139 @@ static int update_fw_images_tree(void)
return 0;
}

+/*
+ * Go through all FW images in a loop and trigger activation
+ * of all activatible and pending images.
+ * We have to restart enumeration after every triggered activation,
+ * since the firmware images might have changed during the activation.
+ */
+static int activate_pending_image(void)
+{
+ struct kobject *kobj;
+ bool found_pending = false;
+ struct fw_image *image;
+ int ret;
+
+ spin_lock(&lfa_kset->list_lock);
+ list_for_each_entry(kobj, &lfa_kset->list, entry) {
+ image = kobj_to_fw_image(kobj);
+
+ if (image->fw_seq_id == -1)
+ continue; /* Invalid FW component */
+
+ update_fw_image_pending(image);
+ if (image->activation_capable && image->activation_pending) {
+ found_pending = true;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ spin_unlock(&lfa_kset->list_lock);
+
+ if (!found_pending)
+ return -ENOENT;
+
+ ret = prime_fw_image(image);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ ret = activate_fw_image(image);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ pr_info("%s: automatic activation succeeded\n", get_image_name(image));
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
+static void lfa_acpi_notify_handler(acpi_handle handle, u32 event, void *data)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ while (!(ret = activate_pending_image()))
+ ;
+
+ if (ret != -ENOENT)
+ pr_warn("notified image activation failed: %d\n", ret);
+}
+
+static int lfa_register_acpi(struct device *dev)
+{
+ struct acpi_device *acpi_dev;
+ acpi_handle handle;
+ acpi_status status;
+
+ acpi_dev = acpi_dev_get_first_match_dev("ARML0003", NULL, -1);
+ if (!acpi_dev)
+ return -ENODEV;
+ handle = acpi_device_handle(acpi_dev);
+ if (!handle) {
+ acpi_dev_put(acpi_dev);
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
+
+ /* Register notify handler that indicates LFA updates are available */
+ status = acpi_install_notify_handler(handle, ACPI_DEVICE_NOTIFY,
+ lfa_acpi_notify_handler, NULL);
+ if (ACPI_FAILURE(status)) {
+ acpi_dev_put(acpi_dev);
+ return -EIO;
+ }
+
+ ACPI_COMPANION_SET(dev, acpi_dev);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void lfa_remove_acpi(struct device *dev)
+{
+ struct acpi_device *acpi_dev = ACPI_COMPANION(dev);
+ acpi_handle handle = acpi_device_handle(acpi_dev);
+
+ if (handle)
+ acpi_remove_notify_handler(handle,
+ ACPI_DEVICE_NOTIFY,
+ lfa_acpi_notify_handler);
+ acpi_dev_put(acpi_dev);
+}
+#else /* !CONFIG_ACPI */
+static int lfa_register_acpi(struct device *dev)
+{
+ return -ENODEV;
+}
+
+static void lfa_remove_acpi(struct device *dev)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
+static int lfa_faux_probe(struct faux_device *fdev)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ if (!acpi_disabled) {
+ ret = lfa_register_acpi(&fdev->dev);
+ if (ret != -ENODEV) {
+ if (!ret)
+ pr_info("registered LFA ACPI notification\n");
+ return ret;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void lfa_faux_remove(struct faux_device *fdev)
+{
+ lfa_remove_acpi(&fdev->dev);
+}
+
+static struct faux_device *lfa_dev;
+static struct faux_device_ops lfa_device_ops = {
+ .probe = lfa_faux_probe,
+ .remove = lfa_faux_remove,
+};
+
static int __init lfa_init(void)
{
struct arm_smccc_1_2_regs reg = { 0 };
@@ -731,6 +869,14 @@ static int __init lfa_init(void)
if (!lfa_kset)
return -ENOMEM;

+ /*
+ * This faux device is just used for the optional notification
+ * mechanism, to register the ACPI notification or interrupt.
+ * If the firmware tables do not contain this information, the
+ * driver will still work.
+ */
+ lfa_dev = faux_device_create("arm-lfa", NULL, &lfa_device_ops);
+
err = update_fw_images_tree();
if (err != 0) {
kset_unregister(lfa_kset);
@@ -747,6 +893,7 @@ static void __exit lfa_exit(void)
destroy_workqueue(fw_images_update_wq);
clean_fw_images_tree();
kset_unregister(lfa_kset);
+ faux_device_destroy(lfa_dev);
}
module_exit(lfa_exit);

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