Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] x86/sgx: Convert encl->flags from an unsigned int to an atomic

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On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 04:09:29PM +0300, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 12:27:13PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > @@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ static int sgx_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
> >  	};
> >  
> >  	mutex_lock(&encl->lock);
> > -	encl->flags |= SGX_ENCL_DEAD;
> > +	atomic_or(SGX_ENCL_DEAD, &encl->flags);
> >  	mutex_unlock(&encl->lock);
> 
> Had a couple of checkpatch.pl errors (not a biggie, just a remark).
> 
> Is there reason to keep lock there?

Yes, I couldn't convince myself the reclaim flows would work correctly
if SGX_ENCL_DEAD could be set while the reclaimer held encl->lock.  But
I'm also not 100% certain holding encl->lock is strictly necessary in
this case, so I didn't add a comment either.



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