linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 16/32] x86/sgx: Support restricting of enclave page permissions

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Date:   Wed, 2 Mar 2022 03:11:06 +0100
From:   Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
To:     Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
Cc:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        "Dhanraj, Vijay" <vijay.dhanraj@...el.com>,
        "dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com" <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "bp@...en8.de" <bp@...en8.de>,
        "Lutomirski, Andy" <luto@...nel.org>,
        "mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "linux-sgx@...r.kernel.org" <linux-sgx@...r.kernel.org>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "Christopherson,, Sean" <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        "Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@...el.com>,
        "Zhang, Cathy" <cathy.zhang@...el.com>,
        "Xing, Cedric" <cedric.xing@...el.com>,
        "Huang, Haitao" <haitao.huang@...el.com>,
        "Shanahan, Mark" <mark.shanahan@...el.com>,
        "hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 16/32] x86/sgx: Support restricting of enclave page
 permissions

On Wed, Mar 02, 2022 at 03:05:25AM +0100, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > The work that follows this series aimed to do the integration with user
> > space policy.
> 
> What do you mean by "user space policy" anyway exactly? I'm sorry but I
> just don't fully understand this.
> 
> It's too big of a risk to accept this series without X taken care of. Patch
> series should neither have TODO nor TBD comments IMHO. I don't want to ack
> a series based on speculation what might happen in the future.

If I accept this, then I'm kind of pre-acking code that I have no idea what
it looks like, can it be acked, or am I doing the right thing for the
kernel by acking this. 

It's unfortunately force majeure situation for me. I simply could not ack
this, whether I want it or not.

BR, Jarkko