Re: [PATCH v13 5/5] x86/sgx: Enable automatic SVN updates for SGX enclaves

From: Huang, Kai
Date: Wed Aug 13 2025 - 07:08:36 EST


>
> Note: while in such cases the underlying crypto assets are regenrated, it
^
regenerated


[...]

> +/* Mutex to ensure no concurrent EPC accesses during EUPDATESVN */
> +static DEFINE_MUTEX(sgx_svn_lock);
> +
> int sgx_inc_usage_count(void)
> {
> + int ret;
> +
> + guard(mutex)(&sgx_svn_lock);
> +
> + if (sgx_usage_count++ == 0) {
> + ret = sgx_update_svn();
> + if (ret)
> + sgx_usage_count--;
> + return ret;
> + }
> +

To me, I would prefer:

int sgx_inc_usage_count(void)
{
guard(mutex)(&sgx_svn_lock);

if (!sgx_usage_count) {
int ret = sgx_update_svn();
if (ret)
return ret;
}

sgx_usage_count++;

return 0;
}