On Thu, 2023-03-09 at 15:12 +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:

On Wed, Mar 08, 2023 at 08:03:17PM +0000, Edgecombe, Rick P wrote:

Btw,

pls try to trim your replies as I need ot scroll through pages of
quoted
text to find the response.

Sure sorry.


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If the default SSP value logic is too hidden, what about some
clearer
code and comments, like this?

The problem with this function is that it needs to return three
things:

* success:
 ** 0
 or
 ** shadow stack address
* failure: due to allocation.

How about this below instead? (totally untested ofc):

Ah, I see what you were saying now. It looks like it will work to me if
you think it is better stylistically.