linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v30 08/20] x86/sgx: Add functions to allocate and free EPC pages

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Message-ID: <20200529081258.GA1376838@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 29 May 2020 11:12:58 +0300
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko.sakkinen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Cc:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        x86@...nel.org, linux-sgx@...r.kernel.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, dave.hansen@...el.com,
        nhorman@...hat.com, npmccallum@...hat.com, haitao.huang@...el.com,
        andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        kai.svahn@...el.com, josh@...htriplett.org, luto@...nel.org,
        kai.huang@...el.com, rientjes@...gle.com, cedric.xing@...el.com,
        puiterwijk@...hat.com, Jethro Beekman <jethro@...tanix.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v30 08/20] x86/sgx: Add functions to allocate and free
 EPC pages

On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 08:37:16PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 06:28:16AM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 12:59:17PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > > On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 10:07:18PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > > >  * sgx_grab_page() - Grab a free EPC page
> > > >  * @owner:	the owner of the EPC page
> > > >  * @reclaim:	reclaim pages if necessary
> > > >  *
> > > >  * Iterate through EPC sections and borrow a free EPC page to the caller. When a
> > > >  * page is no longer needed it must be released with sgx_free_page(). If
> > > >  * @reclaim is set to true, directly reclaim pages when we are out of pages. No
> > > >  * mm's can be locked when @reclaim is set to true.
> > > >  *
> > > >  * Finally, wake up ksgxswapd when the number of pages goes below the watermark
> > > >  * before returning back to the caller.
> > > >  *
> > > >  * Return:
> > > >  *   an EPC page,
> > > >  *   -errno on error
> > > >  */
> > > > 
> > > > I also rewrote the kdoc.
> > > > 
> > > > I do agree that sgx_try_grab_page() should be renamed as __sgx_grab_page().
> > > 
> > > FWIW, I really, really dislike "grab".  The nomenclature for normal memory
> > > and pages uses "alloc" when taking a page off a free list, and "grab" when
> > > elevating the refcount.  I don't understand the motivation for diverging
> > > from that.  SGX is weird enough as is, using names that don't align with
> > > exist norms will only serve to further obfuscate the code.
> > 
> > OK, what would be a better name then? The semantics are not standard
> > memory allocation semantics in the first place. And kdoc in v30 speaks
> > about grabbing.
> 
> In what way are they not standard allocation semantics?  sgx_alloc_page()
> is an API to allocate (EPC) memory on-demand, sgx_free_page() is its partner
> to free that memory when it is no longer needed.  There are many different
> ways to manage and allocate memory, but the basic premise is the same for
> all and no different than what we're doing.

I end up to (ignoring unchanged names):

- __sgx_alloc_epc_page_from_section() (static)
- __sgx_alloc_epc_page()
- sgx_alloc_epc_page()
- sgx_setup_epc_section()

/Jarkko