Re: [PATCH v2 01/39] Documentation/x86: Add CET description
From: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Date: 2022-09-30 13:33:20
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Bagas Sanjaya [off-list ref] writes:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
The documentation above can be improved (both grammar and formatting): ---- >8 ----diff --git a/Documentation/x86/cet.rst b/Documentation/x86/cet.rst index 6b270a24ebc3a2..f691f7995cf088 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/cet.rst +++ b/Documentation/x86/cet.rst@@ -15,92 +15,101 @@ in the 64-bit kernel. CET introduces Shadow Stack and Indirect Branch Tracking. Shadow stack is a secondary stack allocated from memory and cannot be directly modified by -applications. When executing a CALL instruction, the processor pushes the +applications. When executing a ``CALL`` instruction, the processor pushes the
Just to be clear, not everybody is fond of sprinkling lots of ``literal text`` throughout the documentation in this way. Heavy use of it will certainly clutter the plain-text file and can be a net negative overall. Thanks, jon