Re: [PATCH v4 12/13] selftests/sgx: Remove redundant enclave base address save/restore
From: Huang, Kai
Date: Tue Aug 29 2023 - 07:01:54 EST
On Fri, 2023-08-25 at 15:32 +0200, Jo Van Bulck wrote:
> Remove redundant push/pop pair that stores and restores the enclave base
> address in the test enclave, as it is never used after the pop and can
> anyway be easily retrieved via the __encl_base symbol.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jo Van Bulck <jo.vanbulck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
Nit below...
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/sgx/test_encl_bootstrap.S | 3 ---
> 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sgx/test_encl_bootstrap.S b/tools/testing/selftests/sgx/test_encl_bootstrap.S
> index 4e55d91566c4..28fe5d2ac0af 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/sgx/test_encl_bootstrap.S
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/sgx/test_encl_bootstrap.S
> @@ -58,12 +58,9 @@ encl_entry_core:
> push %rax
>
> push %rcx # push the address after EENTER
> - push %rbx # push the enclave base address
>
> call encl_body
>
> - pop %rbx # pop the enclave base address
> -
> /* Clear volatile GPRs, except RAX (EEXIT function). */
> xor %rcx, %rcx
> xor %rdx, %rdx
... please move this patch before patch 2?
Otherwise, strictly speaking patch 2 isn't complete, because after you apply
patch 2 you still have this code which is obviously wrong -- %rbx is no longer
enclave base address (although it never was even in the current upstream code).