Re: [PATCH 1/6] x86/sgx: Do not consider unsanitized pages an error

["jarkko@kernel.org" <jarkko@kernel.org>]

On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 11:35:10AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> Jarkko, Kai and Haitao,
> 
> Can you three please start trimming your replies?  You don't need to and
> should not quote the entirety of your messages every time you reply.
> 
> On 8/31/22 11:28, jarkko@kernel.org wrote:
> >> Will it cause racing if we expose dev nodes to user space before
> >> ksgxd is started and sensitization done?
> > I'll to explain this.
> > 
> > So the point is to fix the issue at hand, and fix it locally.
> > 
> > Changing initialization order is simply out of context. It's
> > not really an argument for or against changing it
> > 
> > We are fixing sanitization here, and only that with zero
> > side-effects to any other semantics.
> > 
> > It's dictated by the development process [*] but more
> > importantly it's also just plain common sense.
> 
> Kai, I think your suggestion is reasonable.  You make a good point about
> not needing ksgxd for vepc.
> 
> *But*, I think it's a bit too much for a bugfix that's headed to
> -stable.  I'm concerned that it will have unintended side effects,
> *especially* when there's a working, tested alternative.

Yeah, I also actually *do* agree that the suggestions could
be reasonable.

BR, Jarkko