linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 01/18] nitro_enclaves: Add ioctl interface definition

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Date:   Thu, 25 Jun 2020 14:29:05 +0100
From:   Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>
To:     "Paraschiv, Andra-Irina" <andraprs@...zon.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Anthony Liguori <aliguori@...zon.com>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Colm MacCarthaigh <colmmacc@...zon.com>,
        Bjoern Doebel <doebel@...zon.de>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
        Frank van der Linden <fllinden@...zon.com>,
        Alexander Graf <graf@...zon.de>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Martin Pohlack <mpohlack@...zon.de>,
        Matt Wilson <msw@...zon.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Balbir Singh <sblbir@...zon.com>,
        Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>,
        Stewart Smith <trawets@...zon.com>,
        Uwe Dannowski <uwed@...zon.de>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        ne-devel-upstream@...zon.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 01/18] nitro_enclaves: Add ioctl interface definition

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 05:02:54PM +0300, Paraschiv, Andra-Irina wrote:
> On 23/06/2020 11:56, Stefan Hajnoczi wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 11:03:12PM +0300, Andra Paraschiv wrote:
> > > +/* User memory region flags */
> > > +
> > > +/* Memory region for enclave general usage. */
> > > +#define NE_DEFAULT_MEMORY_REGION (0x00)
> > > +
> > > +/* Memory region to be set for an enclave (write). */
> > > +struct ne_user_memory_region {
> > > +	/**
> > > +	 * Flags to determine the usage for the memory region (write).
> > > +	 */
> > > +	__u64 flags;
> > Where is the write flag defined?
> > 
> > I guess it's supposed to be:
> > 
> >    #define NE_USER_MEMORY_REGION_FLAG_WRITE (0x01)
> 
> For now, the flags field is included in the NE ioctl interface for
> extensions, it is not part of the NE PCI device interface yet.
...
> Ah, and just as a note, that "read" / "write" in parentheses means that a
> certain data structure / field is read / written by user space. I updated to
> use "in" / "out" instead of "read" / "write" in v5.

Oops, I got confused. I thought "(write)" was an example of a flag that
can be set on the memory region. Now I realize "write" means this field
is an input to the ioctl. :)

Thanks for updating the docs.

Stefan

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