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Date:   Tue, 2 Feb 2021 23:57:08 +0200
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
To:     Tianjia Zhang <tianjia.zhang@linux.alibaba.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
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        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>, x86@kernel.org,
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        Jia Zhang <zhang.jia@linux.alibaba.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 4/5] x86/sgx: Allows ioctl PROVISION to execute before
 CREATE
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On Mon, Feb 01, 2021 at 09:26:52PM +0800, Tianjia Zhang wrote:
> In the function sgx_create_enclave(), the direct assignment
> operation of attributes_mask determines that the ioctl PROVISION
> operation must be executed after the ioctl CREATE operation,
> which will limit the flexibility of sgx developers.

Please write acronyms correctly. It's not 'sgx'. It's 'SGX'.

Who are the "sgx developers" and how do they benefit from this?

/Jarkko