Re: [RFC PATCH v2 11/26] x86/sgx: Add encls_faulted() helper

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On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 02:12:21PM +1300, Kai Huang wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Jan 2021 03:08:18 +0200 Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 21, 2021 at 12:43:59PM +1300, Kai Huang wrote:
> > > On Wed, 20 Jan 2021 14:03:08 +0200 Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 04:28:04PM +1300, Kai Huang wrote:
> > > > > From: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > 
> > > > > Add a helper to extract the fault indicator from an encoded ENCLS return
> > > > > value.  SGX virtualization will also need to detect ENCLS faults.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encls.h | 14 +++++++++++++-
> > > > >  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/ioctl.c |  2 +-
> > > > >  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > > 
> > > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encls.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encls.h
> > > > > index be5c49689980..55919a2b01b0 100644
> > > > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encls.h
> > > > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encls.h
> > > > > @@ -40,6 +40,18 @@
> > > > >  	} while (0);							  \
> > > > >  }
> > > > >  
> > > > > +/*
> > > > > + * encls_faulted() - Check if an ENCLS leaf faulted given an error code
> > > > > + * @ret		the return value of an ENCLS leaf function call
> > > > > + *
> > > > > + * Return:
> > > > > + *	%true if @ret indicates a fault, %false otherwise
> > > > 
> > > > Follow here the style of commenting as in ioctl.c, for the return value.
> > > > It has optimal readability both as text, and also when converted to HTML.
> > > > See sgx_ioc_enclave_add_pages() for an example.
> > > 
> > > You mean something like below?
> > > 
> > > Return:
> > > - %true:  @ret indicates a fault.
> > > - %false: @ret indicates no fault.
> > 
> > Yeah, with '\t' indentation. I'd remove also '%'. Also '@ret' is redudant.
> > 
> > To put this all together:
> > 
> > * Return:
> > * - true:       ENCLS leaf faulted.
> > * - false:      Otherwise.
> > 
> > I tried various ways and this was the best way to document return values
> > that i've found. It's easy to read as plain text, and also has the benefit
> > that return values get nicely lined up in htmldocs.
> > 
> > I've been even considering a patch for
> > 
> > https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/kernel-doc-nano-HOWTO.txt
> > 
> > The only advice given ATM is: "Take a look around the source tree for
> > examples."
> 
> OK. Will change to yours. Thanks for the info.
 
There's also two examples of patterns that *do not* work in that
file :-)

I think I'll post a patch for that file.

/Jarkko



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