Re: [PATCH v38 21/24] x86/vdso: Implement a vDSO for Intel SGX enclave call

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Sun Sep 27 2020 - 19:37:10 EST


On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 10:28:07AM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > > I can see why you would write "TCS" though - there's a thread control
> > > structure thing too in that patch.
> >
> > Renamed.
>
> See Sean's reply.

I did not get Sean's reply, and neither can find it from lore:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-sgx/20200915112842.897265-1-jarkko.sakkinen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#t

> > * typedef sgx_enclave_exit_handler_t - Exit handler function accepted by
> > * __vdso_sgx_enter_enclave()
> > * @rdi: RDI snapshot
> > * @rsi: RSI snapshot
> > * @rdx: RDX snapshot
> > * @rsp: RSP snapshot (untrusted stack)
> > * @r8: R8 snapshot
> > * @r9: R9 snapshot
>
> I'd say here:
>
> "The registers' content is the snapshot made at enclave exit."

I'd make that a description and take away individual parameter
descriptions. Is that fine?

> > Also, I renamed 'r' as 'run' in some places.
> >
> > End result:
> >
> > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jarkko/linux-sgx.git/tree/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/sgx.h
> >
> > I'm wondering this sentence:
> >
> > "The calling convention is custom and does not follow System V x86-64 ABI."
>
> Yeah, I was wondering what that meant too.

I'll refine that one based on my own and Jethro's feedback.

> --
> Regards/Gruss,
> Boris.
>
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/Jarkko