linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 17/28] x86/sgx: fix a NULL pointer

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Date:   Mon, 17 Jul 2023 08:49:03 -0700
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
        Haitao Huang <haitao.huang@...ux.intel.com>,
        dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, tj@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-sgx@...r.kernel.org,
        cgroups@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        x86@...nel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:     kai.huang@...el.com, reinette.chatre@...el.com,
        zhiquan1.li@...el.com, kristen@...ux.intel.com, seanjc@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 17/28] x86/sgx: fix a NULL pointer

On 7/17/23 05:48, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Wed Jul 12, 2023 at 11:01 PM UTC, Haitao Huang wrote:
>> Under heavy load, the SGX EPC reclaimers (ksgxd or future EPC cgroup
>> worker) may reclaim SECS EPC page for an enclave and set
>> encl->secs.epc_page to NULL. But the SECS EPC page is required for EAUG
>> in #PF handler and is used without checking for NULL and reloading.
>>
>> Fix this by checking if SECS is loaded before EAUG and load it if it was
>> reclaimed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Haitao Huang <haitao.huang@...ux.intel.com>
> A bug fix should be 1/*.

No, bug fixes should not even be _part_ of another series.  Send bug
fixes separately, please.