Re: [PATCH, RFC 45/62] mm: Add the encrypt_mprotect() system call for MKTME

[Kai Huang]

> > > 
> > > I'm having a hard time imagining that ever working -- wouldn't it blow
> > > up if someone did:
> > > 
> > > fd = open("/dev/anything987");
> > > ptr1 = mmap(fd);
> > > ptr2 = mmap(fd);
> > > sys_encrypt(ptr1);
> > > 
> > > So I think it really has to be:
> > > fd = open("/dev/anything987");
> > > ioctl(fd, ENCRYPT_ME);
> > > mmap(fd);
> > 
> > This requires "/dev/anything987" to support ENCRYPT_ME ioctl, right?
> > 
> > So to support NVDIMM (DAX), we need to add ENCRYPT_ME ioctl to DAX?
> 
> Yes and yes, or we do it with layers -- see below.
> 
> I don't see how we can credibly avoid this.  If we try to do MKTME
> behind the DAX driver's back, aren't we going to end up with cache
> coherence problems?

I am not sure whether I understand correctly but how is cache coherence problem related to putting
MKTME concept to different layers? To make MKTME work with DAX/NVDIMM, I think no matter which layer
MKTME concept resides, eventually we need to put keyID into PTE which maps to NVDIMM, and kernel
needs to manage cache coherence for NVDIMM just like for normal memory showed in this series? 

Thanks,
-Kai