Thread (73 messages) 73 messages, 9 authors, 2018-09-14

Re: [RFC PATCH v3 05/24] Documentation/x86: Add CET description

From: Yu-cheng Yu <hidden>
Date: 2018-09-14 21:21:43
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On Thu, 2018-08-30 at 22:39 +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
Hi!
quoted
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 9871e649ffef..b090787188b4 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -2764,6 +2764,12 @@
 			noexec=on: enable non-executable mappings (default)
 			noexec=off: disable non-executable mappings
 
+	no_cet_ibt	[X86-64] Disable indirect branch tracking for
user-mode
+			applications
+
+	no_cet_shstk	[X86-64] Disable shadow stack support for user-
mode
+			applications
Hmm, not too consistent with "nosmap" below. Would it make sense to
have cet=on/off/ibt/shstk instead?
We also have noxsave, noxsaveopt, noxsaves, etc.  This style is more decisive?
If "cet=" is preferred, we can change it later?

Yu-cheng
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