Re: [PATCH 3/5] selftests/sgx: Ensure correct secinfo struct alignment in test enclave.

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Fri Jul 28 2023 - 15:05:59 EST


On Mon Jul 24, 2023 at 4:58 PM UTC, Jo Van Bulck wrote:
> Declare the secinfo struct as volatile to prevent compiler optimizations
> from passing an unaligned pointer to ENCLU.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jo Van Bulck <jo.vanbulck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/sgx/test_encl.c | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sgx/test_encl.c b/tools/testing/selftests/sgx/test_encl.c
> index 4e31a6c3d673..aba301abefb8 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/sgx/test_encl.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/sgx/test_encl.c
> @@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ enum sgx_enclu_function {
>
> static void do_encl_emodpe(void *_op)
> {
> - struct sgx_secinfo secinfo __aligned(sizeof(struct sgx_secinfo)) = {0};
> + /* declare secinfo volatile to preserve alignment */
> + volatile struct sgx_secinfo secinfo __aligned(sizeof(struct sgx_secinfo)) = {0};
> struct encl_op_emodpe *op = _op;
>
> secinfo.flags = op->flags;
> @@ -32,7 +33,8 @@ static void do_encl_emodpe(void *_op)
>
> static void do_encl_eaccept(void *_op)
> {
> - struct sgx_secinfo secinfo __aligned(sizeof(struct sgx_secinfo)) = {0};
> + /* declare secinfo volatile to preserve alignment */
> + volatile struct sgx_secinfo secinfo __aligned(sizeof(struct sgx_secinfo)) = {0};
> struct encl_op_eaccept *op = _op;
> int rax;
>
> --
> 2.34.1

Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>

BR, Jarkko