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| author | Vladis Dronov <[email protected]> | 2025-03-09 17:22:16 +0000 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> | 2025-03-10 11:29:18 +0000 |
| commit | 65be5c95d08eedda570a6c888a12384c77fe7614 (patch) | |
| tree | fd34ae9a120e078a38e3d42642b92a860865ca0f /tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/nested_exceptions_test.c | |
| parent | Linux 6.14-rc6 (diff) | |
| download | kernel-65be5c95d08eedda570a6c888a12384c77fe7614.tar.gz kernel-65be5c95d08eedda570a6c888a12384c77fe7614.zip | |
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/[email protected]/
[ 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 <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Kai Huang <[email protected]>
Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen <[email protected]>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <[email protected]>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
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