From: Vladis Dronov Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2025 17:22:16 +0000 (+0100) Subject: x86/sgx: Warn explicitly if X86_FEATURE_SGX_LC is not enabled X-Git-Url: https://www.infradead.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=65be5c95d08eedda570a6c888a12384c77fe7614;p=users%2Fhch%2Fmisc.git x86/sgx: Warn explicitly if X86_FEATURE_SGX_LC is not enabled The kernel requires X86_FEATURE_SGX_LC to be able to create SGX enclaves, not just X86_FEATURE_SGX. There is quite a number of hardware which has X86_FEATURE_SGX but not X86_FEATURE_SGX_LC. A kernel running on such hardware does not create the /dev/sgx_enclave file and does so silently. Explicitly warn if X86_FEATURE_SGX_LC is not enabled to properly notify users that the kernel disabled the SGX driver. The X86_FEATURE_SGX_LC, a.k.a. SGX Launch Control, is a CPU feature that enables LE (Launch Enclave) hash MSRs to be writable (with additional opt-in required in the 'feature control' MSR) when running enclaves, i.e. using a custom root key rather than the Intel proprietary key for enclave signing. I've hit this issue myself and have spent some time researching where my /dev/sgx_enclave file went on SGX-enabled hardware. Related links: https://github.com/intel/linux-sgx/issues/837 https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/platform-driver-x86/patch/20180827185507.17087-3-jarkko.sakkinen@linux.intel.com/ [ mingo: Made the error message a bit more verbose, and added other cases where the kernel fails to create the /dev/sgx_enclave device node. ] Signed-off-by: Vladis Dronov Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Acked-by: Kai Huang Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Sean Christopherson Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250309172215.21777-2-vdronov@redhat.com --- diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/driver.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/driver.c index 22b65a5f5ec6..7f8d1e11dbee 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/driver.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/driver.c @@ -150,13 +150,15 @@ int __init sgx_drv_init(void) u64 xfrm_mask; int ret; - if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_SGX_LC)) + if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_SGX_LC)) { + pr_info("SGX disabled: SGX launch control CPU feature is not available, /dev/sgx_enclave disabled.\n"); return -ENODEV; + } cpuid_count(SGX_CPUID, 0, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx); if (!(eax & 1)) { - pr_err("SGX disabled: SGX1 instruction support not available.\n"); + pr_info("SGX disabled: SGX1 instruction support not available, /dev/sgx_enclave disabled.\n"); return -ENODEV; } @@ -173,8 +175,10 @@ int __init sgx_drv_init(void) } ret = misc_register(&sgx_dev_enclave); - if (ret) + if (ret) { + pr_info("SGX disabled: Unable to register the /dev/sgx_enclave driver (%d).\n", ret); return ret; + } return 0; }