From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
linux-sgx@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
dave.hansen@intel.com, nhorman@redhat.com, npmccallum@redhat.com,
haitao.huang@intel.com, andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com,
tglx@linutronix.de, kai.svahn@intel.com, bp@alien8.de,
josh@joshtriplett.org, luto@kernel.org, kai.huang@intel.com,
rientjes@google.com, cedric.xing@intel.com,
puiterwijk@redhat.com, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>,
Haitao Huang <haitao.huang@linux.intel.com>,
Jethro Beekman <jethro@fortanix.com>,
Chunyang Hui <sanqian.hcy@antfin.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v28 11/22] x86/sgx: Linux Enclave Driver
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2020 20:58:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200306185804.GE7472@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200305174015.GJ11500@linux.intel.com>
On Thu, Mar 05, 2020 at 09:40:15AM -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Would it make sense to add reserved fields to the structs so that new
> features can be added in a backwards compatible way? E.g. if we want to
> allow userspace to control the backing store by passing in a file
> descriptor ENCLAVE_CREATE.
It would not really be a huge win even if you did that since old
software would not be aware of the new fields. Sounds somewhat
messy to me.
Even a new ioctl later on is in my opinion always a better option
than reserved fields when you add ioctl's.
/Jarkko
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-06 18:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 110+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-03 23:35 [PATCH v28 00/22] Intel SGX foundations Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-03 23:35 ` [PATCH v28 01/22] x86/sgx: Update MAINTAINERS Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-03 23:35 ` [PATCH v28 02/22] x86/cpufeatures: x86/msr: Add Intel SGX hardware bits Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-03 23:35 ` [PATCH v28 03/22] x86/cpufeatures: x86/msr: Intel SGX Launch Control " Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-03 23:35 ` [PATCH v28 04/22] x86/mm: x86/sgx: Signal SIGSEGV with PF_SGX Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-03 23:35 ` [PATCH v28 05/22] x86/sgx: Add SGX microarchitectural data structures Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-03 23:35 ` [PATCH v28 06/22] x86/sgx: Add wrappers for ENCLS leaf functions Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-09 21:14 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-03 23:35 ` [PATCH v28 07/22] x86/cpu/intel: Detect SGX supprt Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-09 21:56 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-11 17:03 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-03 23:35 ` [PATCH v28 08/22] x86/sgx: Enumerate and track EPC sections Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-03 23:35 ` [PATCH v28 09/22] x86/sgx: Add functions to allocate and free EPC pages Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-03 23:35 ` [PATCH v28 10/22] mm: Introduce vm_ops->may_mprotect() Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-03 23:35 ` [PATCH v28 11/22] x86/sgx: Linux Enclave Driver Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-05 17:40 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-05 18:24 ` Jethro Beekman
2020-03-05 19:04 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-06 19:00 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-19 18:22 ` Dr. Greg
2020-03-06 18:58 ` Jarkko Sakkinen [this message]
2020-03-03 23:35 ` [PATCH v28 12/22] docs: x86/sgx: Document SGX micro architecture and kernel internals Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-03 23:36 ` [PATCH v28 13/22] selftests/x86: Recurse into subdirectories Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-03 23:36 ` [PATCH v28 14/22] selftests/x86: Add a selftest for SGX Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-04 19:27 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2020-03-05 11:33 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-06 15:42 ` Dr. Greg
2020-03-06 19:07 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-07 17:42 ` Dr. Greg
2020-03-10 13:08 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-11 13:28 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-11 16:40 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-13 19:24 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-04 19:44 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2020-03-04 19:51 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2020-03-06 5:32 ` Dr. Greg
2020-03-06 19:04 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-10 19:29 ` Haitao Huang
2020-03-11 9:13 ` Dr. Greg
2020-03-11 17:15 ` Haitao Huang
2020-03-17 1:07 ` Dr. Greg
2020-03-03 23:36 ` [PATCH v28 15/22] x86/sgx: Add provisioning Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-03 23:36 ` [PATCH v28 16/22] x86/sgx: Add a page reclaimer Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-05 19:03 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-06 18:47 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-12 18:38 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-15 0:27 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-15 1:17 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-09 21:16 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-03 23:36 ` [PATCH v28 17/22] x86/sgx: ptrace() support for the SGX driver Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-03 23:36 ` [PATCH v28 18/22] x86/vdso: Add support for exception fixup in vDSO functions Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-03 23:36 ` [PATCH v28 19/22] x86/fault: Add helper function to sanitize error code Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-03 23:36 ` [PATCH v28 20/22] x86/traps: Attempt to fixup exceptions in vDSO before signaling Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-03 23:36 ` [PATCH v28 21/22] x86/vdso: Implement a vDSO for Intel SGX enclave call Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-11 17:30 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2020-03-11 17:38 ` Jethro Beekman
2020-03-11 19:15 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2020-03-13 15:48 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2020-03-13 16:46 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-13 18:32 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2020-03-13 18:44 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-13 20:14 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2020-03-13 22:08 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-14 14:10 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2020-03-18 23:40 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-19 0:38 ` Xing, Cedric
2020-03-19 1:03 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-20 13:55 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2020-03-15 1:25 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-15 17:53 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2020-03-16 13:31 ` Jethro Beekman
2020-03-16 13:57 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2020-03-16 13:59 ` Jethro Beekman
2020-03-16 14:03 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2020-03-16 17:17 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-16 21:27 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-16 21:29 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-16 22:55 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-16 23:56 ` Xing, Cedric
2020-03-18 22:01 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-18 22:18 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-16 13:56 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-16 14:01 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2020-03-16 21:38 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-16 22:53 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-16 23:50 ` Xing, Cedric
2020-03-16 23:59 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-17 0:18 ` Xing, Cedric
2020-03-17 0:27 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-17 16:37 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2020-03-17 16:50 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2020-03-17 21:40 ` Xing, Cedric
2020-03-17 22:09 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-17 22:36 ` Xing, Cedric
2020-03-17 23:57 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-17 22:23 ` Xing, Cedric
2020-03-18 13:01 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2020-03-20 15:53 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2020-03-17 16:28 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2020-03-18 22:58 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-18 22:39 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-11 19:30 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2020-03-13 0:52 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-13 16:07 ` Nathaniel McCallum
2020-03-13 16:33 ` Sean Christopherson
2020-03-03 23:36 ` [PATCH v28 22/22] selftests/x86: Add vDSO selftest for SGX Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-04 19:24 ` [PATCH v28 00/22] Intel SGX foundations Nathaniel McCallum
2020-03-17 16:00 ` Jordan Hand
2020-03-18 21:56 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2020-03-19 17:16 ` Dr. Greg
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