linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] x86: Add SGX_IOC_ENCLAVE_AUGMENT

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Date:   Fri, 4 Mar 2022 09:08:20 -0800
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>, linux-sgx@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
        Nathaniel McCallum <nathaniel@...fian.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "open list:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)" 
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] x86: Add SGX_IOC_ENCLAVE_AUGMENT_PAGES

On 3/4/22 04:28, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> Explicit EAUG ioctl is a better choice than an implicit EAUG from a page
> fault handler because it allows to have O(1) number of kernel-enclave round
> trips for EAUG-EACCEPT{COPY} process, instead of O(n), as it is in the case
> when a page fault handler EAUG single page at a time.

So this is basically an optimization?  It's MADV_WILLNEED or
MAP_POPULATE to the cost of avoid future faults?