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On Sun, Mar 06, 2022 at 02:15:32AM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 05, 2022 at 05:19:24AM +0200, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > Sorry, I missed this.
> > 
> > On Thu, Mar 03, 2022 at 01:44:14PM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> > > On 3/3/22 13:23, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> > > > Unfortunately MAP_POPULATE is not supported by SGX VMAs because of their
> > > > VM_IO and VM_PFNMAP flags. When VMAs with such flags obtain this capability
> > > > then I believe that SGX would benefit.
> > > 
> > > Some Intel folks asked for this quite a while ago.  I think it's
> > > entirely doable: add a new vm_ops->populate() function that will allow
> > > ignoring VM_IO|VM_PFNMAP if present.
> > 
> > I'm sorry what I don't understand what you mean by ignoring here,
> > i.e. cannot fully comprehend the last sentece.
> > 
> > And would the vm_ops->populate() be called right after the existing ones
> > involved with the VMA creation process?
> > 
> > > Or, if nobody wants to waste all of the vm_ops space, just add an
> > > arch_vma_populate() or something which can call over into SGX.
> > > 
> > > I'll happily review the patches if anyone can put such a beast together.
> > 
> > I'll start with vm_ops->populate() and check the feedback first for
> > that.
> 
> I would instead extend populate() in file_operations into:
> 
> int (*populate)(struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *, bool populate);
> 
> This does not add to memory consumption.

Ugh, mixing my words, sorry :-) I meant:

int (*mmap)(struct file *, struct vm_area_struct *, bool populate);

BR, Jarkko