Thread (222 messages) 222 messages, 21 authors, 2022-11-03

Re: [PATCH v2 02/39] x86/cet/shstk: Add Kconfig option for Shadow Stack

From: "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Date: 2022-10-03 19:53:18
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On Mon, 2022-10-03 at 10:25 -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
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+config X86_SHADOW_STACK
+     prompt "X86 Shadow Stack"
+     def_bool n
I hope we can switch this to "default y" soon, given it's a hardware
feature that is disabled at runtime when not available.
Hmm, yes. Not sure on this. I'm inclined to leave it as is for now.
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+     depends on ARCH_HAS_SHADOW_STACK
Doesn't this depend on AS_WRUSS too?
Yes, this got messed up when this patch went to and from the CET KVM
series.

Thanks!
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