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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/837https://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 <vdronov@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@intel.com>
Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250309172215.21777-2-vdronov@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
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