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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v26 10/22] x86/sgx: Linux Enclave Driver
    On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 09:32:34AM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
    > On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 02:59:52PM +0100, Jethro Beekman wrote:
    > > Besides only partially measuring a page, there are some other fringe
    > > cases that are technically possible, although I haven't seen any
    > > toolchains that do that. These include not interleaving EADD and
    > > EEXTEND, not using logical ordering for the EEXTENDs, and call EEXTEND
    > > multiple times on the same chunk. Maximum interoperability would
    > > require supporting any EADD/EEXTEND sequence.
    >
    > The reason why EEXTEND deals with chunks is nothing to do with the
    > granularity but just to amortize the algorithm. I did ask about this
    > and this is the answer that I got.

    I mean asked from people who have been involed in the development of
    this CPU feature.

    /Jarkko

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