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From: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
	<dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>, <jarkko@kernel.org>,
	<tglx@linutronix.de>, <bp@alien8.de>, <luto@kernel.org>,
	<mingo@redhat.com>, <linux-sgx@vger.kernel.org>, <x86@kernel.org>
Cc: <seanjc@google.com>, <kai.huang@intel.com>,
	<cathy.zhang@intel.com>, <cedric.xing@intel.com>,
	<haitao.huang@intel.com>, <mark.shanahan@intel.com>,
	<hpa@zytor.com>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/25] x86/sgx: Support enclave page permission changes
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2021 10:18:17 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a4c8f423-372c-9ec5-8e8a-52e212f0ddc6@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <24447a03-139a-c7e0-9ad5-34e2019c4df5@intel.com>

Hi Dave,

On 12/2/2021 3:48 PM, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 12/1/21 11:23 AM, Reinette Chatre wrote:
>> + * EPCM permissions can be extended anytime directly from the enclave with
>> + * no visibility from the OS. This is accomplished with ENCLU[EMODPE]
>> + * run from within enclave. Accessing pages with the new, extended,
>> + * permissions requires the OS to update the PTE to handle the subsequent
>> + * #PF correctly.
> 
> Hi Reinette,
> 
> I really dislike the Intel nomenclature here.  I know the Intel docs are
> all written around permission "extension", but I find it ambiguous.
> 
> I've been looking at these instructions literally for years now and
> permission extension to me can mean either:
>   1. The set of things you can do is extended
>   2. The set of things you can *NOT* do is extended
> 
> I much rather prefer nomenclature like:
> 
> 	EPCM permissions can be relaxed anytime directly from the
> 	enclave with no visibility from the OS. This is accomplished
> 	with ENCLU[EMODPE] run from within enclave. Accessing pages with
> 	the new, relaxed permissions requires the OS to update the PTE
> 	to handle the subsequent correctly.
> 
> "Relax" is less ambiguous.  Relaxing a restriction and relaxing
> permissions both mean doing things less strictly.  Extending
> restrictions and extending what is allowed are opposites.

Very good point.

> Maybe it's just me and I need to get this through my thick skull at some
> point.  But, I do think it's OK to improve on the architecture names for
> things when they go into the kernel.  The XSAVE XSTATE_BV->xfeatures
> rename comes to mind.
> 
> Anyway, I'd appreciate if you could keep this in mind and consider
> changing it if a future revision is needed if you believe it is more clear.
> 

Will do. I see that there is opportunity to use this terminology in my 
reply to your other message in response to this patch. I'll do so and we 
can then further judge how it sounds.

Reinette

  reply	other threads:[~2021-12-03 18:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 155+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-12-01 19:22 [PATCH 00/25] x86/sgx and selftests/sgx: Support SGX2 Reinette Chatre
2021-12-01 19:22 ` [PATCH 01/25] x86/sgx: Add shortlog descriptions to ENCLS wrappers Reinette Chatre
2021-12-04 18:30   ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-06 21:13     ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-11  5:28       ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-13 22:06         ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 02/25] x86/sgx: Add wrappers for SGX2 functions Reinette Chatre
2021-12-04 22:04   ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-06 21:15     ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 03/25] x86/sgx: Support VMA permissions exceeding enclave permissions Reinette Chatre
2021-12-04 22:25   ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-04 22:27     ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-06 21:16       ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-11  5:39         ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-13 22:08           ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 04/25] x86/sgx: Add pfn_mkwrite() handler for present PTEs Reinette Chatre
2021-12-04 22:43   ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-06 21:18     ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-11  7:37       ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-13 22:09         ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-28 14:51           ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 05/25] x86/sgx: Introduce runtime protection bits Reinette Chatre
2021-12-03 19:28   ` Andy Lutomirski
2021-12-03 22:12     ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-04  0:38       ` Andy Lutomirski
2021-12-04  1:14         ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-04 17:56           ` Andy Lutomirski
2021-12-04 23:55             ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-13 22:34               ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-04 23:57     ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-06 21:20       ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-11  7:42         ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-13 22:10           ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-28 14:52             ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-06 17:46               ` Reinette Chatre
2022-01-07 12:16                 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-07 16:14                   ` Haitao Huang
2022-01-08 15:45                     ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-08 15:51                       ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-08 16:22                         ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-10 22:05                           ` Haitao Huang
2022-01-11  1:53                             ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-11  1:55                               ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-11  2:03                                 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-11  2:15                                   ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-11  3:48                                     ` Haitao Huang
2022-01-12 23:48                                       ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-13  2:41                                         ` Haitao Huang
2022-01-14 21:36                                           ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-11 17:13                               ` Reinette Chatre
2022-01-12 23:50                                 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-12 23:56                                   ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-13 20:09                                     ` Nathaniel McCallum
2022-01-13 21:42                                       ` Reinette Chatre
2022-01-14 21:53                                         ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-14 21:57                                           ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-14 22:00                                             ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-14 22:17                                           ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-14 22:23                                             ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-14 22:34                                               ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-14 23:05                                           ` Reinette Chatre
2022-01-14 23:15                                             ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-15  0:01                                               ` Reinette Chatre
2022-01-15  0:27                                                 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-15  0:41                                                   ` Reinette Chatre
2022-01-15  1:18                                                     ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-15 11:56                                                       ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-15 11:59                                                         ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-17 13:13                                                         ` Nathaniel McCallum
2022-01-18  1:59                                                           ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-18  2:22                                                             ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-18  3:31                                                               ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-18 20:59                                                               ` Reinette Chatre
2022-01-20 12:53                                                                 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-20 16:52                                                                   ` Reinette Chatre
2022-01-26 14:41                                                                     ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-15 16:49                                               ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-18 21:18                                                 ` Reinette Chatre
2022-01-17 13:27                                         ` Nathaniel McCallum
2022-01-18 21:11                                           ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-04 22:50   ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-06 21:28     ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 06/25] x86/sgx: Use more generic name for enclave cpumask function Reinette Chatre
2021-12-04 22:56   ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-06 21:29     ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 07/25] x86/sgx: Move PTE zap code to separate function Reinette Chatre
2021-12-04 22:59   ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-06 21:30     ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-11  7:52       ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-13 22:11         ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-28 14:55           ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-01-06 17:46             ` Reinette Chatre
2022-01-07 12:26               ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 08/25] x86/sgx: Make SGX IPI callback available internally Reinette Chatre
2021-12-04 23:00   ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-06 21:36     ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-11  7:53       ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 09/25] x86/sgx: Keep record of SGX page type Reinette Chatre
2021-12-04 23:03   ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 10/25] x86/sgx: Support enclave page permission changes Reinette Chatre
2021-12-02 23:48   ` Dave Hansen
2021-12-03 18:18     ` Reinette Chatre [this message]
2021-12-03  0:32   ` Dave Hansen
2021-12-03 18:18     ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-03 18:14   ` Dave Hansen
2021-12-03 18:49     ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-03 19:38   ` Andy Lutomirski
2021-12-03 22:34     ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-04  0:42       ` Andy Lutomirski
2021-12-04  1:35         ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-04 23:08   ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-06 20:19     ` Dave Hansen
2021-12-11  5:17       ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-06 21:42     ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-11  7:57       ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-13 22:12         ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-28 14:56           ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 11/25] selftests/sgx: Add test for EPCM " Reinette Chatre
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 12/25] selftests/sgx: Add test for TCS page " Reinette Chatre
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 13/25] x86/sgx: Support adding of pages to initialized enclave Reinette Chatre
2021-12-03  0:38   ` Dave Hansen
2021-12-03 18:47     ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-04 23:13   ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-06 21:44     ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-11  8:00       ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-13 22:12         ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-28 14:57           ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-03-01 15:13   ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2022-03-01 17:08     ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 14/25] x86/sgx: Tighten accessible memory range after enclave initialization Reinette Chatre
2021-12-04 23:14   ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-06 21:45     ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-11  8:01       ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 15/25] selftests/sgx: Test two different SGX2 EAUG flows Reinette Chatre
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 16/25] x86/sgx: Support modifying SGX page type Reinette Chatre
2021-12-04 23:45   ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-06 21:48     ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-11  8:02       ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-13 17:43         ` Dave Hansen
2021-12-21  8:52           ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 17/25] x86/sgx: Support complete page removal Reinette Chatre
2021-12-04 23:45   ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-06 21:49     ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 18/25] selftests/sgx: Introduce dynamic entry point Reinette Chatre
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 19/25] selftests/sgx: Introduce TCS initialization enclave operation Reinette Chatre
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 20/25] selftests/sgx: Test complete changing of page type flow Reinette Chatre
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 21/25] selftests/sgx: Test faulty enclave behavior Reinette Chatre
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 22/25] selftests/sgx: Test invalid access to removed enclave page Reinette Chatre
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 23/25] selftests/sgx: Test reclaiming of untouched page Reinette Chatre
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 24/25] x86/sgx: Free up EPC pages directly to support large page ranges Reinette Chatre
2021-12-04 23:47   ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-12-06 22:07     ` Reinette Chatre
2021-12-01 19:23 ` [PATCH 25/25] selftests/sgx: Page removal stress test Reinette Chatre
2021-12-02 18:30 ` [PATCH 00/25] x86/sgx and selftests/sgx: Support SGX2 Dave Hansen
2021-12-02 20:38   ` Nathaniel McCallum

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