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 19:50:36
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On Mon, 2022-10-03 at 12:42 -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
On 9/29/22 15:28, Rick Edgecombe wrote:
quoted
+config X86_SHADOW_STACK
+     prompt "X86 Shadow Stack"
+     def_bool n
+     depends on ARCH_HAS_SHADOW_STACK
+     select ARCH_USES_HIGH_VMA_FLAGS
+     help
+       Shadow Stack protection is a hardware feature that detects
function
+       return address corruption. Today the kernel's support is
limited to
+       virtualizing it in KVM guests.
+
Is this help text up to date?  It seems a bit at odds with the series
title.
Arg, yes. This patch got screwed up when I converted it back and forth
for the KVM series.
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