On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 09:05:36PM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 01:44:58PM -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 09, 2021, Kai Huang wrote:
> > > Modify sgx_init() to always try to initialize the virtual EPC driver,
> > > even if the SGX driver is disabled.  The SGX driver might be disabled
> > > if SGX Launch Control is in locked mode, or not supported in the
> > > hardware at all.  This allows (non-Linux) guests that support non-LC
> > > configurations to use SGX.
> > > 
> > > Acked-by: Dave Hansen <[email protected]>
> > > Signed-off-by: Kai Huang <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > >  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c | 10 +++++++++-
> > >  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c 
> > > b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> > > index 44fe91a5bfb3..8c922e68274d 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> > > @@ -712,7 +712,15 @@ static int __init sgx_init(void)
> > >           goto err_page_cache;
> > >   }
> > >  
> > > - ret = sgx_drv_init();
> > > + /*
> > > +  * Always try to initialize the native *and* KVM drivers.
> > > +  * The KVM driver is less picky than the native one and
> > > +  * can function if the native one is not supported on the
> > > +  * current system or fails to initialize.
> > > +  *
> > > +  * Error out only if both fail to initialize.
> > > +  */
> > > + ret = !!sgx_drv_init() & !!sgx_vepc_init();
> > 
> > I love this code.
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <[email protected]>
> 
> I'm still wondering why this code let's go through when sgx_drv_init()
> succeeds and sgx_vepc_init() fails.
> 
> The inline comment explains only the mirrored case (which does make
> sense).

I.e. if sgx_drv_init() succeeds, I'd expect that sgx_vepc_init() must
succeed. Why expect legitly anything else?

/Jarkko

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