From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 08/11] intel_sgx: in-kernel launch enclave
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 00:36:25 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1711220033040.2399@nanos> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20171121122338.s5kzemsyrfmesc43@linux.intel.com>
On Tue, 21 Nov 2017, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 12:48:26AM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > The launch enclave is part of the kernel, at least that's what the subject
> > line claims. So why and how would it do a syscall? The kernel has it's
> > internal crypto API.
>
> It's part of the kernel in the way as lets say code arch/x86/realmode
> is. It's hosted by kernel but it does not run in the same address space
> as the kernel.
>
> These constraints apply for enclaves:
>
> 1. They only run in ring-3.
> 2. They can only execute code inside their address range.
Can you please explain the whole thing so people not fully familiar with
the inner workings of your stuff can understand it? You are providing only
tiny bits of cryptic information on each question. That's going to take
ages ...
Thanks,
tglx
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-11-21 23:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 78+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-11-13 19:45 [PATCH v5 00/11] Intel SGX Driver Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-13 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 01/11] intel_sgx: updated MAINTAINERS Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-17 21:54 ` Darren Hart
2017-11-24 19:18 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-13 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 02/11] x86: add SGX definition to cpufeature Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-13 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 03/11] x86: define the feature control MSR's SGX enable bit Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-17 21:48 ` Darren Hart
2017-11-13 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 04/11] x86: define the feature control MSR's SGX launch control bit Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-13 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 05/11] x86: add SGX MSRs to msr-index.h Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-13 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 06/11] intel_sgx: driver for Intel Software Guard Extensions Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-13 23:41 ` James Morris
2017-11-14 20:12 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-15 10:04 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-14 17:55 ` [intel-sgx-kernel-dev] " Sean Christopherson
2017-11-14 20:28 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-15 18:20 ` Sean Christopherson
2017-12-13 23:18 ` Christopherson, Sean J
2017-12-15 15:00 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-12-19 18:52 ` Christopherson, Sean J
2017-12-19 23:11 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-12-19 23:24 ` Christopherson, Sean J
2017-12-20 10:13 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-13 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 07/11] intel_sgx: ptrace() support Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-16 9:28 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-11-23 10:25 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-13 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 08/11] intel_sgx: in-kernel launch enclave Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-14 17:05 ` [intel-sgx-kernel-dev] " Sean Christopherson
2017-11-14 20:05 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-20 22:21 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-15 11:50 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-20 22:25 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-20 22:43 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-11-20 23:43 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-20 23:48 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-11-21 12:23 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-21 23:36 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2017-11-13 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 09/11] fs/pipe.c: export create_pipe_files() and replace_fd() Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-16 9:15 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-11-20 22:30 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-13 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 10/11] intel_sgx: glue code for in-kernel LE Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-14 18:16 ` [intel-sgx-kernel-dev] " Sean Christopherson
2017-11-14 20:31 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-15 10:10 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-17 23:07 ` Darren Hart
2017-11-25 12:52 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-25 18:01 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-13 19:45 ` [PATCH v5 11/11] intel_sgx: driver documentation Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-14 3:01 ` [intel-sgx-kernel-dev] " Kai Huang
2017-11-14 19:47 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-14 21:12 ` Kai Huang
2017-11-14 8:36 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-14 20:49 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-14 21:53 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-20 22:37 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-20 22:42 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-20 23:41 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-21 11:10 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-15 11:54 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-11-20 22:46 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-21 12:38 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-21 12:47 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-21 23:45 ` Jethro Beekman
2017-11-22 0:10 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-22 0:27 ` Jethro Beekman
2017-11-22 11:00 ` Borislav Petkov
2017-11-22 16:07 ` Jethro Beekman
2017-11-17 21:43 ` Darren Hart
2017-11-17 23:34 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-11-17 23:46 ` Darren Hart
2017-11-20 23:12 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-20 23:08 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-27 17:03 ` Sean Christopherson
2017-11-27 19:41 ` Sean Christopherson
2017-11-28 20:37 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-28 20:46 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-24 17:26 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
2017-11-15 10:35 ` [PATCH v5 00/11] Intel SGX Driver Thomas Gleixner
2017-11-20 22:20 ` Jarkko Sakkinen
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