Re: RFC: userspace exception fixups

From: Dave Hansen
Date: Tue Nov 06 2018 - 12:03:11 EST


On 11/6/18 8:57 AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> Iâm assuming itâs way too late for the SGX SDK to be changed to use a
> normal RPC mechanism? Iâm a bit disappointed that enclaves can even
> manipulate outside state like this. I assume Intel had some reason
> for making it possible, but still.

Just because it's architecturally possible doesn't mean it has to be a
part of the ABI for running enclaves under Linux.

It's not too late to change the SDK. Intel does not and can not depend
on any behavior of Linux until code gets merged.