Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] x86/sgx: Add SGX_MemTotal to /proc/meminfo

From: Kai Huang
Date: Fri Aug 27 2021 - 08:03:45 EST



> > > -/* The free page list lock protected variables prepend the lock. */
> > > +/* The number of usable EPC pages in the system. */
> > > +unsigned long sgx_nr_all_pages;
> > > +
> > > +/* The number of free EPC pages in all nodes. */
> > > static unsigned long sgx_nr_free_pages;
> > >
> > > /* Nodes with one or more EPC sections. */
> > > @@ -656,6 +659,8 @@ static bool __init sgx_setup_epc_section(u64 phys_addr, u64 size,
> > > list_add_tail(&section->pages[i].list, &sgx_dirty_page_list);
> > > }
> > >
> > > + sgx_nr_all_pages += nr_pages;
> > > +
> >
> > EPC sections can be freed again in sgx_init() after they are successfully
> > initialized, when any further initialization fails (i.e. when fails to create
> > ksgxd, or fails to register /dev/sgx_provision). In which case, I think
> > sgx_nr_all_pages should also be cleared. But current sgx_init() seems doesn't
> > reset it. Do you need to fix that too?
>
> sgx_nr_all_pages tells just the total pages in the system, i.e. it's a constant.
>
> Maybe a rename to "sgx_nr_total_pages" would be a good idea? Would match with
> the meminfo field better too.

I don't have preference on name. I just think if there's no actual user of
EPC (when both driver and KVM SGX cannot be enabled), it's pointless to print
number of EPC pages.

>
> >
> > > return true;
> > > }
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
> > > index ad8a5c586a35..82bb09c298de 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
> > > @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
> > > #include <asm/proto.h>
> > > #include <asm/memtype.h>
> > > #include <asm/set_memory.h>
> > > +#include <asm/sgx.h>
> >
> > How about only include <asm/sgx.h> when CONFIG_X86_SGX is on, then you don't
> > have to do #ifdef CONFIG_X86_SGX changes to sgx.h?
>
> Why do it that way instead of doing it once in sgx.h for every site that wants
> to include the file?

Just my preference. You only need sgx_nr_all_pages here, while <asm/sgx.h>
has bunch of others such as SGX data structures. It seems it's not worth to
include <asm/sgx.h> directly.