Re: [RFC PATCH v3 08/27] x86/sgx: Initialize virtual EPC driver even when SGX driver is disabled

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On Thu, Feb 04, 2021, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 01:49:06PM +1300, Kai Huang wrote:
> > What working *incorrectly* thing is related to SGX virtualization? The things
> > SGX virtualization requires (basically just raw EPC allocation) are all in
> > sgx/main.c. 
> 
> States:
> 
> A. SGX driver is unsupported.
> B. SGX driver is supported and initialized correctly.
> C. SGX driver is supported and failed to initialize.
> 
> I just thought that KVM should support SGX when we are either in states A
> or B.  Even the short summary implies this. It is expected that SGX driver
> initializes correctly if it is supported in the first place. If it doesn't,
> something is probaly seriously wrong. That is something we don't expect in
> a legit system behavior.

It's legit behavior, and something we (you?) explicitly want to support.  See
patch 05, x86/cpu/intel: Allow SGX virtualization without Launch Control support.



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