linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/25] x86/sgx: Wipe out EREMOVE from sgx_free_epc

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Date:   Mon, 1 Mar 2021 09:29:46 -0800
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, linux-sgx@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jarkko@...nel.org, luto@...nel.org,
        dave.hansen@...el.com, rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com,
        haitao.huang@...el.com, pbonzini@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de,
        tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/25] x86/sgx: Wipe out EREMOVE from sgx_free_epc_page()

On Mon, Mar 01, 2021, Kai Huang wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c
> index 7449ef33f081..a7dc86e87a09 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c
> @@ -381,6 +381,26 @@ const struct vm_operations_struct sgx_vm_ops = {
>  	.access = sgx_vma_access,
>  };
>  
> +static void sgx_encl_free_epc_page(struct sgx_epc_page *epc_page)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	WARN_ON_ONCE(epc_page->flags & SGX_EPC_PAGE_RECLAIMER_TRACKED);
> +
> +	ret = __eremove(sgx_get_epc_virt_addr(epc_page));
> +	if (WARN_ONCE(ret, "EREMOVE returned %d (0x%x)", ret, ret)) {

This can be ENCLS_WARN, especially if you're printing a separate error message
about leaking the page.  That being said, I'm not sure a seperate error message
is a good idea.  If other stuff gets dumped to the kernel log between the WARN
and the pr_err_once(), it may not be clear to admins that the two events are
directly connected.  It's even possible the prints could come from two different
CPUs.

Why not dump a short blurb in the WARN itself?  The error message can be thrown
in a define if the line length is too obnoxious (it's ~109 chars if embedded
directly).

#define EREMOVE_ERROR_MESSAGE \
	"EREMOVE returned %d (0x%x).  EPC page leaked, reboot recommended."

	if (WARN_ONCE(ret, EREMOVE_ERROR_MESSAGE, ret, ret))

> +		/*
> +		 * Give a message to remind EPC page is leaked, and requires
> +		 * machine reboot to get leaked pages back. This can be improved
> +		 * in the future by adding stats of leaked pages, etc.
> +		 */
> +		pr_err_once("EPC page is leaked. Require machine reboot to get leaked pages back.\n");
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	sgx_free_epc_page(epc_page);
> +}
> +
>  /**
>   * sgx_encl_release - Destroy an enclave instance
>   * @kref:	address of a kref inside &sgx_encl