Re: [PATCH v14 5/5] x86/sgx: Enable automatic SVN updates for SGX enclaves

From: Huang, Kai
Date: Thu Aug 14 2025 - 17:40:44 EST


On Thu, 2025-08-14 at 09:50 -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 8/14/25 00:34, Elena Reshetova wrote:
> > +/* 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) {
> > + ret = sgx_update_svn();
> > + if (ret)
> > + return ret;
> > + }
> > +
> > + sgx_usage_count++;
> > +
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > void sgx_dec_usage_count(void)
> > {
> > - return;
> > + sgx_usage_count--;
> > }
>
> How is a plain int-- safe?
>
> Where's the locking?

Sorry I missed this during review too.