From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-sgx@vger.kernel.org,
dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, yang.zhong@intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: sgx_vepc: extract sgx_vepc_remove_page
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 07:36:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <734abf89-8be2-dd13-b649-fde5744ba465@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3409573ac76aad2e7c3363343fc067d5b4621185.camel@kernel.org>
On 13/09/21 23:13, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
>> Apart from reclaiming, /dev/sgx_vepc might disappear between the first
>> open() and subsequent ones.
>
> If /dev/sgx_vepc disappears, why is it a problem *for the software*, and
> not a sysadmin problem?
Rather than disappearing, it could be that a program first gets all the
resources it needs before it gets malicious input, and then enter a
restrictive sandbox. In this case open() could be completely forbidden.
I will improve the documentation and changelogs when I post the non-RFC
version; that could have been done better, sorry.
Paolo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-14 5:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-09-13 13:11 [RFC/RFT PATCH 0/2] x86: sgx_vepc: implement ioctl to EREMOVE all pages Paolo Bonzini
2021-09-13 13:11 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86: sgx_vepc: extract sgx_vepc_remove_page Paolo Bonzini
2021-09-13 14:05 ` Dave Hansen
2021-09-13 14:24 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-09-13 14:55 ` Dave Hansen
2021-09-13 15:14 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-09-13 15:29 ` Dave Hansen
2021-09-13 18:35 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-09-13 19:25 ` Dave Hansen
2021-09-13 21:16 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-09-13 21:15 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-09-13 21:13 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-09-14 5:36 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2021-09-14 16:05 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-09-13 21:12 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-09-13 21:00 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-09-13 20:33 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-09-13 13:11 ` [PATCH 2/2] x86: sgx_vepc: implement SGX_IOC_VEPC_REMOVE ioctl Paolo Bonzini
2021-09-13 19:33 ` Dave Hansen
2021-09-13 21:11 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-09-13 22:43 ` Dave Hansen
2021-09-14 10:55 ` Kai Huang
2021-09-14 7:10 ` [RFC/RFT PATCH 0/2] x86: sgx_vepc: implement ioctl to EREMOVE all pages Yang Zhong
2021-09-14 10:19 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-09-14 16:42 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-09-14 17:07 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-09-14 17:40 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-09-14 17:44 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-09-15 8:28 ` Yang Zhong
2021-09-20 12:53 [PATCH " Paolo Bonzini
2021-09-20 12:54 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86: sgx_vepc: extract sgx_vepc_remove_page Paolo Bonzini
2021-09-21 19:44 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-09-21 19:46 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2021-09-23 12:08 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-09-23 20:33 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
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