Re: [PATCH V3 17/30] x86/sgx: Support modifying SGX page type

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Wed Apr 06 2022 - 07:03:42 EST


On Tue, 2022-04-05 at 11:59 -0700, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> Hi Jarkko,
>
> On 4/5/2022 11:41 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > On Tue, 2022-04-05 at 10:05 -0700, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> > > Hi Jarkko,
> > >
> > > On 4/5/2022 8:34 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > > > On Tue, 2022-04-05 at 10:06 +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > To be coherent with other names, this should be
> > > > > SGX_IOC_ENCLAVE_MODIFY_TYPES.
> > >
> > > This is not such a clear change request to me:
> > >
> > > SGX_IOC_ENCLAVE_ADD_PAGES - add multiple pages
> > > SGX_IOC_ENCLAVE_RESTRICT_PERMISSIONS - restrict multiple permissions
> > > SGX_IOC_ENCLAVE_REMOVE_PAGES - remove multiple pages
> > > SGX_IOC_ENCLAVE_MODIFY_TYPE - set a single type
> > >
> > > Perhaps it should rather be SGX_IOC_ENCLAVE_SET_TYPE to indicate that
> > > there is a single target type as opposed to the possibility
> > > of multiple source types (TCS and regular pages can be trimmed).
> > >
> > > >
>
> What is your opinion about what the ioctl() name should be? I prefer
> to obtain a confirmation from you since you originally [1] requested
> SGX_IOC_ENCLAVE_MODIFY_TYPE.

s/TYPE/TYPES/g i.e. SGX_IOC_ENCLAVE_MODIFY_TYPES is fine.
>
> > > > This should take only page type given that flags are zeroed:
> > > >
> > > > EPCM(DS:RCX).R := 0;
> > > > EPCM(DS:RCX).W := 0;
> > > > EPCM(DS:RCX).X := 0;
> > > >
> > >
> > > ok, this was how it was done in V1 [1] and I can go back to that.
> >
> > I would name the fields as "flags" and "page_type" just to align
> > names with SGX instead of trying to mimim "posix names". Otherwise, 
> > I support that.
>
> I will move this ioctl() to use "page_type" instead of "secinfo"
> within struct sgx_enclave_modify_type.
>
> Your guidance of "flags" is not clear to me. I assume that you
> refer to the field for struct sgx_enclave_restrict_permissions
> where I think "permissions" to only contain the new permissions
> would be more appropriate. None of the other values in
> secinfo.flags are relevant.

I'm fine with your permissions field to the restrict ioctl.

>
> Reinette
>
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-sgx/Yav9g4+L8zg48DRf@xxxxxx/
>

BR, Jarkko