Re: [PATCH 25/26] x86/sgx: Add support for misc cgroup controller

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On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 10:35:30AM -0800, Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote:
> Implement support for cgroup control of SGX Enclave Page Cache (EPC)
> memory using the misc cgroup controller. EPC memory is independent
> from normal system memory, e.g. must be reserved at boot from RAM and
> cannot be converted between EPC and normal memory while the system is
> running. EPC is managed by the SGX subsystem and is not accounted by
> the memory controller.
> 
> Much like normal system memory, EPC memory can be overcommitted via
> virtual memory techniques and pages can be swapped out of the EPC to
> their backing store (normal system memory, e.g. shmem).  The SGX EPC
> subsystem is analogous to the memory subsytem and the SGX EPC controller
> is in turn analogous to the memory controller; it implements limit and
> protection models for EPC memory.
> 
> The misc controller provides a mechanism to set a hard limit of EPC
> usage via the "sgx_epc" resource in "misc.max". The total EPC memory
> available on the system is reported via the "sgx_epc" resource in
> "misc.capacity".
> 
> This patch was modified from its original version to use the misc cgroup
> controller instead of a custom controller.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>

This looks fine from cgroup POV.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun



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