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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] x86: sgx_vepc: extract sgx_vepc_remove_page
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On Tue, 2021-09-14 at 07:36 +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 13/09/21 23:13, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > > Apart from reclaiming, /dev/sgx_vepc might disappear between the first
> > > open() and subsequent ones.
> >
> > If /dev/sgx_vepc disappears, why is it a problem *for the software*, and
> > not a sysadmin problem?
>
> Rather than disappearing, it could be that a program first gets all the
> resources it needs before it gets malicious input, and then enter a
> restrictive sandbox. In this case open() could be completely forbidden.
>
> I will improve the documentation and changelogs when I post the non-RFC
> version; that could have been done better, sorry.
>

No worries, just trying to get bottom of the actual issue.

/Jarkko

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