Re: [PATCH v4 1/3] x86/sgx: Report SGX memory in /sys/devices/system/node/node*/meminfo

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Fri Sep 10 2021 - 02:52:00 EST


On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 03:17:24AM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> The amount of SGX memory on the system is determined by the BIOS and it
> varies wildly between systems. It can be from dozens of MB's on desktops
> or VM's, up to many GB's on servers. Just like for regular memory, it is
> sometimes useful to know the amount of usable SGX memory in the system.
>
> Add SGX_MemTotal field to /sys/devices/system/node/node*/meminfo,
> showing the total SGX memory in each NUMA node. The total memory for
> each NUMA node is calculated by adding the sizes of contained EPC
> sections together.
>
> Introduce arch_node_read_meminfo(), which can optionally be rewritten by
> the arch code, and rewrite it for x86 so it prints SGX_MemTotal.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v4:
> * A new patch.
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/sgx.h | 6 ++++++
> drivers/base/node.c | 10 +++++++++-
> 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Where is the Documentation/ABI/ update for this new sysfs file?

>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> index 63d3de02bbcc..4c6da5f4a9d4 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> @@ -717,6 +717,7 @@ static bool __init sgx_page_cache_init(void)
> }
>
> sgx_epc_sections[i].node = &sgx_numa_nodes[nid];
> + sgx_numa_nodes[nid].size += size;
>
> sgx_nr_epc_sections++;
> }
> @@ -790,6 +791,19 @@ int sgx_set_attribute(unsigned long *allowed_attributes,
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sgx_set_attribute);
>
> +ssize_t arch_node_read_meminfo(struct device *dev,
> + struct device_attribute *attr,
> + char *buf, int len)
> +{
> + struct sgx_numa_node *node = &sgx_numa_nodes[dev->id];
> +
> + len += sysfs_emit_at(buf, len,
> + "Node %d SGX_MemTotal: %8lu kB\n",
> + dev->id, node->size);

Wait, that is not how sysfs files work. they are "one value per file"
Please do not have multiple values in a single sysfs file, that is not
acceptable at all.

thanks,

greg k-h