On Fri, 2 Apr 2021 15:42:51 +0000 Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 02, 2021, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 08:23:02PM +1300, 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 <dave.han...@intel.com>
> > > Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <sea...@google.com>
> > > Signed-off-by: Kai Huang <kai.hu...@intel.com>
> > > ---
> > >  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 6a734f484aa7..b73114150ff8 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> > > @@ -743,7 +743,15 @@ 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();
> > 
> > This is a silly way of writing:
> > 
> >         if (sgx_drv_init() && sgx_vepc_init())
> >                 goto err_kthread;
> > 
> > methinks.
> 
> Nope!  That's wrong, as sgx_epc_init() will not be called if sgx_drv_init()
> succeeds.  And writing it as "if (sgx_drv_init() || sgx_vepc_init())" is also
> wrong since that would kill SGX when one of the drivers is alive and well.

Right. Thanks for pointing out.

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