Re: [PATCH] x86/sgx: Declare sgx_set_attribute() for !CONFIG_X86_SGX

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Tue Sep 07 2021 - 09:37:57 EST


On Mon, 2021-09-06 at 10:35 +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 03/09/21 17:58, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > > Eh, it doesn't really simplify the usage. If anything it makes it more convoluted
> > > because the capability check in kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension() still needs an
> > > #ifdef, e.g. readers will wonder why the check is conditional but the usage is not.
> > It does objectively a bit, since it's one ifdef less.
>
> But you're effectively replacing #ifdef CONFIG_X86_SGX_KVM with #ifdef
> CONFIG_X86_SGX; so the patch is not a no-op as far as KVM is concerned.
>
> So NACK for the KVM parts (yeah I know it's RFC but just to be clearer),
> but I agree that adding a stub inline version of the function is
> standard practice and we do it a lot in KVM too.

OK, this is perfectly fine for me (I care most that we can do this in
SGX side).

/Jarkko