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Message-ID: <20210319160920.GM6251@zn.tnic>
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:09:20 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
linux-sgx@...r.kernel.org, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/sgx: Avoid returning NULL in __sgx_alloc_epc_page()
On Fri, Mar 19, 2021 at 08:59:46AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> It's probably best to squash my patch in. The uninitialized value could
> *theoretically* cause the search to start at the wrong node and then end
> before every node has been visited. That could cause premature
> allocation failures.
>
> But, I seriously doubt anyone will notice either way.
Yeah, I think too that we should be on the safe side, just in case.
Lemme redo the branch with the new changes and test.
Thx.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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