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Message-ID: <174159702651.14745.5605222445633760713.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 08:57:06 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for Vladis Dronov" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Vladis Dronov <vdronov@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
 Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>, Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>,
 Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
 Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
 Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
 Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, x86@...nel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: x86/urgent] x86/sgx: Warn explicitly if X86_FEATURE_SGX_LC is
 not enabled

The following commit has been merged into the x86/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     baf6a4fdb5ead6be10aa0a0e620d6078a669fc75
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/baf6a4fdb5ead6be10aa0a0e620d6078a669fc75
Author:        Vladis Dronov <vdronov@...hat.com>
AuthorDate:    Sun, 09 Mar 2025 18:22:16 +01:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:40:38 +01:00

x86/sgx: Warn explicitly if X86_FEATURE_SGX_LC is not enabled

The kernel requires X86_FEATURE_SGX_LC to be able to create SGX enclaves,
not just X86_FEATURE_SGX.

There is quite a number of hardware which has X86_FEATURE_SGX but not
X86_FEATURE_SGX_LC. A kernel running on such hardware does not create
the /dev/sgx_enclave file and does so silently.

Explicitly warn if X86_FEATURE_SGX_LC is not enabled to properly notify
users that the kernel disabled the SGX driver.

The X86_FEATURE_SGX_LC, a.k.a. SGX Launch Control, is a CPU feature
that enables LE (Launch Enclave) hash MSRs to be writable (with
additional opt-in required in the 'feature control' MSR) when running
enclaves, i.e. using a custom root key rather than the Intel proprietary
key for enclave signing.

I've hit this issue myself and have spent some time researching where
my /dev/sgx_enclave file went on SGX-enabled hardware.

Related links:

  https://github.com/intel/linux-sgx/issues/837
  https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/platform-driver-x86/patch/20180827185507.17087-3-jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com/

[ mingo: Made the error message a bit more verbose, and added other cases
         where the kernel fails to create the /dev/sgx_enclave device node. ]

Signed-off-by: Vladis Dronov <vdronov@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Acked-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>
Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250309172215.21777-2-vdronov@redhat.com
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/driver.c | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/driver.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/driver.c
index 22b65a5..40c3347 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/driver.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/driver.c
@@ -150,13 +150,15 @@ int __init sgx_drv_init(void)
 	u64 xfrm_mask;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_SGX_LC))
+	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_SGX_LC)) {
+		pr_err("SGX disabled: SGX launch control CPU feature is not available, /dev/sgx_enclave disabled.\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
+	}
 
 	cpuid_count(SGX_CPUID, 0, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
 
 	if (!(eax & 1))  {
-		pr_err("SGX disabled: SGX1 instruction support not available.\n");
+		pr_err("SGX disabled: SGX1 instruction support not available, /dev/sgx_enclave disabled.\n");
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
@@ -173,8 +175,10 @@ int __init sgx_drv_init(void)
 	}
 
 	ret = misc_register(&sgx_dev_enclave);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("SGX disabled: Unable to register the /dev/sgx_enclave driver (%d).\n", ret);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }