Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] x86/sgx: Replace section->init_laundry_list with a temp list

[Dave Hansen]

...
> -static void sgx_sanitize_section(struct sgx_epc_section *section)
> +static void sgx_sanitize_section(struct list_head *laundry)
>  {

Does this need a better function name now that it's not literally
dealing with sections at *all*?

	sgx_sanitize_pages()

perhaps.

>  	struct sgx_epc_page *page;
>  	LIST_HEAD(dirty);
>  	int ret;
>  
>  	/* init_laundry_list is thread-local, no need for a lock: */
> -	while (!list_empty(&section->init_laundry_list)) {
> +	while (!list_empty(laundry)) {
>  		if (kthread_should_stop())
>  			return;
>  
> -		/* needed for access to ->page_list: */
> -		spin_lock(&section->lock);
> -
> -		page = list_first_entry(&section->init_laundry_list,
> -					struct sgx_epc_page, list);
> +		page = list_first_entry(laundry, struct sgx_epc_page, list);
>  
>  		ret = __eremove(sgx_get_epc_virt_addr(page));
> -		if (!ret)
> -			list_move(&page->list, &section->page_list);
> -		else
> +		if (!ret) {
> +			/* The page is clean - move to the free list. */
> +			list_del(&page->list);
> +			sgx_free_epc_page(page);
> +		} else {
> +			/* The page is not yet clean - move to the dirty list. */
>  			list_move_tail(&page->list, &dirty);
> -
> -		spin_unlock(&section->lock);
> +		}
>  
>  		cond_resched();
>  	}
>  
> -	list_splice(&dirty, &section->init_laundry_list);
> +	list_splice(&dirty, laundry);
>  }
>  
>  static bool sgx_reclaimer_age(struct sgx_epc_page *epc_page)
> @@ -400,6 +398,7 @@ static bool sgx_should_reclaim(unsigned long watermark)
>  
>  static int ksgxd(void *p)
>  {
> +	struct list_head *laundry = p;
>  	int i;
>  
>  	set_freezable();
> @@ -408,16 +407,13 @@ static int ksgxd(void *p)
>  	 * Sanitize pages in order to recover from kexec(). The 2nd pass is
>  	 * required for SECS pages, whose child pages blocked EREMOVE.
>  	 */
> -	for (i = 0; i < sgx_nr_epc_sections; i++)
> -		sgx_sanitize_section(&sgx_epc_sections[i]);
> +	sgx_sanitize_section(laundry);
> +	sgx_sanitize_section(laundry);

Did you intend to call this twice?

> -	for (i = 0; i < sgx_nr_epc_sections; i++) {
> -		sgx_sanitize_section(&sgx_epc_sections[i]);
> +	if (!list_empty(laundry))
> +		WARN(1, "EPC section %d has unsanitized pages.\n", i);
>  
> -		/* Should never happen. */
> -		if (!list_empty(&sgx_epc_sections[i].init_laundry_list))
> -			WARN(1, "EPC section %d has unsanitized pages.\n", i);
> -	}
> +	kfree(laundry);

This is a bit unfortunate.  'laundry' is allocated up in another thread
and the lifetime isn't obvious.  It's just 32 bytes, but this is just
asking to be leaked.

>  	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
>  		if (try_to_freeze())
> @@ -436,11 +432,11 @@ static int ksgxd(void *p)
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -static bool __init sgx_page_reclaimer_init(void)
> +static bool __init sgx_page_reclaimer_init(struct list_head *laundry)
>  {
>  	struct task_struct *tsk;
>  
> -	tsk = kthread_run(ksgxd, NULL, "ksgxd");
> +	tsk = kthread_run(ksgxd, laundry, "ksgxd");
>  	if (IS_ERR(tsk))
>  		return false;
>  
> @@ -614,7 +610,8 @@ void sgx_free_epc_page(struct sgx_epc_page *page)
>  
>  static bool __init sgx_setup_epc_section(u64 phys_addr, u64 size,
>  					 unsigned long index,
> -					 struct sgx_epc_section *section)
> +					 struct sgx_epc_section *section,
> +					 struct list_head *laundry)
>  {

I think this at least need a comment somewhere about what this function
is doing with 'laundry'.

>  	unsigned long nr_pages = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
>  	unsigned long i;
> @@ -632,13 +629,12 @@ static bool __init sgx_setup_epc_section(u64 phys_addr, u64 size,
>  	section->phys_addr = phys_addr;
>  	spin_lock_init(&section->lock);
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&section->page_list);
> -	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&section->init_laundry_list);
>  
>  	for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
>  		section->pages[i].section = index;
>  		section->pages[i].flags = 0;
>  		section->pages[i].owner = NULL;
> -		list_add_tail(&section->pages[i].list, &section->init_laundry_list);
> +		list_add_tail(&section->pages[i].list, laundry);
>  	}
>  
>  	section->free_cnt = nr_pages;
> @@ -656,7 +652,7 @@ static inline u64 __init sgx_calc_section_metric(u64 low, u64 high)
>  	       ((high & GENMASK_ULL(19, 0)) << 32);
>  }
>  
> -static bool __init sgx_page_cache_init(void)
> +static bool __init sgx_page_cache_init(struct list_head *laundry)
>  {
>  	u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx, type;
>  	u64 pa, size;
> @@ -679,7 +675,7 @@ static bool __init sgx_page_cache_init(void)
>  
>  		pr_info("EPC section 0x%llx-0x%llx\n", pa, pa + size - 1);
>  
> -		if (!sgx_setup_epc_section(pa, size, i, &sgx_epc_sections[i])) {
> +		if (!sgx_setup_epc_section(pa, size, i, &sgx_epc_sections[i], laundry)) {
>  			pr_err("No free memory for an EPC section\n");
>  			break;
>  		}

This is a great place for a comment about what is coming back on 'laundry'.

> @@ -697,18 +693,25 @@ static bool __init sgx_page_cache_init(void)
>  
>  static int __init sgx_init(void)
>  {
> +	struct list_head *laundry;
>  	int ret;
>  	int i;
>  
>  	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_SGX))
>  		return -ENODEV;
>  
> -	if (!sgx_page_cache_init()) {
> +	laundry = kzalloc(sizeof(*laundry), GFP_KERNEL);
> +	if (!laundry)
> +		return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +	INIT_LIST_HEAD(laundry);
> +
> +	if (!sgx_page_cache_init(laundry)) {
>  		ret = -ENOMEM;
>  		goto err_page_cache;
>  	}
>  
> -	if (!sgx_page_reclaimer_init()) {
> +	if (!sgx_page_reclaimer_init(laundry)) {
>  		ret = -ENOMEM;
>  		goto err_page_cache;
>  	}

I really don't like this being dynamically allocated, especially since
it's freed in another task in a non-obvious place.

Wouldn't this all just be a lot simpler if we had a global list_head?
That will eat a whopping 16 bytes of space.