Re: [PATCH v3 03/28] x86/sgx: Add 'struct sgx_epc_lru_lists' to encapsulate lru list(s)

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Mon Jul 17 2023 - 08:45:54 EST


On Wed Jul 12, 2023 at 11:01 PM UTC, Haitao Huang wrote:
> From: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Introduce a data structure to wrap the existing reclaimable list
> and its spinlock in a struct to minimize the code changes needed
> to handle multiple LRUs as well as reclaimable and non-reclaimable
> lists. The new structure will be used in a following set of patches to
> implement SGX EPC cgroups.
>
> The changes to the structure needed for unreclaimable lists will be
> added in later patches.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Haitao Huang <haitao.huang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> V3:
> Removed the helper functions and revised commit messages
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/sgx.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/sgx.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/sgx.h
> index f6e3c5810eef..77fceba73a25 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/sgx.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/sgx.h
> @@ -92,6 +92,23 @@ static inline void *sgx_get_epc_virt_addr(struct sgx_epc_page *page)
> return section->virt_addr + index * PAGE_SIZE;
> }
>
> +/*
> + * This data structure wraps a list of reclaimable EPC pages, and a list of
> + * non-reclaimable EPC pages and is used to implement a LRU policy during
> + * reclamation.
> + */
> +struct sgx_epc_lru_lists {
> + /* Must acquire this lock to access */
> + spinlock_t lock;

Isn't this self-explanatory, why the inline comment?

> + struct list_head reclaimable;
> +};
> +
> +static inline void sgx_lru_init(struct sgx_epc_lru_lists *lrus)
> +{
> + spin_lock_init(&lrus->lock);
> + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&lrus->reclaimable);
> +}
> +
> struct sgx_epc_page *__sgx_alloc_epc_page(void);
> void sgx_free_epc_page(struct sgx_epc_page *page);
>
> --
> 2.25.1


BR, Jarkko