Re: [RFC PATCH 3/9] x86/sgx: Allow userspace to add multiple pages in single ioctl()

[Sean Christopherson]

On Mon, Jun 03, 2019 at 04:45:45PM -0700, Xing, Cedric wrote:
> > From: Christopherson, Sean J
> > Sent: Monday, June 03, 2019 1:40 PM
> > 
> > On Mon, Jun 03, 2019 at 01:08:04PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jun 02, 2019 at 11:26:09PM -0700, Xing, Cedric wrote:
> > > > > From: Christopherson, Sean J
> > > > > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2019 4:32 PM
> > > > >
> > > > > +/**
> > > > > + * sgx_ioc_enclave_add_pages - handler for
> > > > > +%SGX_IOC_ENCLAVE_ADD_PAGES
> > > > > + *
> > > > > + * @filep:	open file to /dev/sgx
> > > > > + * @cmd:	the command value
> > > > > + * @arg:	pointer to an &sgx_enclave_add_page instance
> > > > > + *
> > > > > + * Add a range of pages to an uninitialized enclave (EADD), and
> > > > > +optionally
> > > > > + * extend the enclave's measurement with the contents of the page
> > (EEXTEND).
> > > > > + * The range of pages must be virtually contiguous.  The SECINFO
> > > > > +and
> > > > > + * measurement maskare applied to all pages, i.e. pages with
> > > > > +different
> > > > > + * properties must be added in separate calls.
> > > > > + *
> > > > > + * EADD and EEXTEND are done asynchronously via worker threads.
> > > > > +A successful
> > > > > + * sgx_ioc_enclave_add_page() only indicates the pages have been
> > > > > +added to the
> > > > > + * work queue, it does not guarantee adding the pages to the
> > > > > +enclave will
> > > > > + * succeed.
> > > > > + *
> > > > > + * Return:
> > > > > + *   0 on success,
> > > > > + *   -errno otherwise
> > > > > + */
> > > > > +static long sgx_ioc_enclave_add_pages(struct file *filep,
> > unsigned int cmd,
> > > > > +				      unsigned long arg)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +	struct sgx_enclave_add_pages *addp = (void *)arg;
> > > > > +	struct sgx_encl *encl = filep->private_data;
> > > > > +	struct sgx_secinfo secinfo;
> > > > > +	unsigned int i;
> > > > > +	int ret;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +	if (copy_from_user(&secinfo, (void __user *)addp->secinfo,
> > > > > +			   sizeof(secinfo)))
> > > > > +		return -EFAULT;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +	for (i = 0, ret = 0; i < addp->nr_pages && !ret; i++) {
> > > > > +		if (signal_pending(current))
> > > > > +			return -ERESTARTSYS;
> > > >
> > > > If interrupted, how would user mode code know how many pages have
> > been EADD'ed?
> > >
> > > Hmm, updating nr_pages would be fairly simple and shouldn't confuse
> > > userspace, e.g. as opposed to overloading the return value.
> > 
> > Or maybe update @addr and @src as well?  That would allow userspace to
> > re-invoke the ioctl() without having to modify the struct.
> 
> How about returning the number of pages (or bytes) EADD'ed, similar to
> write() syscall? 

I thought about that as well, but I think it'd be useful to update the
offset on any failure, not just -ERESTARTSYS.