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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

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-03-06 18:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20200303233609.713348-1-jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com>
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 23:36 ` [PATCH v28 15/22] x86/sgx: Add provisioning Jarkko Sakkinen

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