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SubjectRE: [PATCH v3 1/7] x86/sgx: Provide indication of life-cycle of EPC pages
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> Wouldn't it be safer to do something like:
>
> page->owner = owner ? owner : (void *)-1;
>
> -1 is non-NULL, but also invalid, which makes it harder for us to poke
> ourselves in the eye.

Does Linux have some #define INVALID_POINTER thing that
provides a guaranteed bad (e.g. non-canonical) value?

(void *)-1 seems hacky.

-Tony
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