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SubjectRe: [PATCH 10/25] x86/sgx: Support enclave page permission changes
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On Mon, 2021-12-06 at 12:19 -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 12/4/21 3:08 PM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > > Enclave page permission changes need to be approached with care and
> > > for this reason this initial support is to allow enclave page
> > > permission changes _only_ if the new permissions are the same or
> > > more restrictive that the permissions originally vetted at the time the
> > > pages were added to the enclave. Support for extending enclave page
> > > permissions beyond what was originally vetted is deferred.
> > This paragraph is out-of-scope for a commit message. You could have
> > this in the cover letter but not here. I would just remove it.
>
> This does convey valuable information, though. It tells the reader that
> this is a sub-optimal implementation. It also acknowledges that there
> is further work to do. Maybe saying that it is "deferred" is not quite
> the verbiage I would use, but the concept is fine.

BTW, should we consistently speak about protection bits instead of
permissions?

/Jarkko

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