Thread (107 messages) 107 messages, 6 authors, 2023-01-05

Re: [PATCH v4 20/39] mm/mmap: Add shadow stack pages to memory accounting

From: Kees Cook <hidden>
Date: 2022-12-03 02:38:08
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On Fri, Dec 02, 2022 at 04:35:47PM -0800, Rick Edgecombe wrote:
From: Yu-cheng Yu <redacted>

The x86 Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) feature includes a new
type of memory called shadow stack. This shadow stack memory has some
unusual properties, which requires some core mm changes to function
properly.

Account shadow stack pages to stack memory.

Tested-by: Pengfei Xu <redacted>
Tested-by: John Allen <john.allen@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Yu-cheng Yu <redacted>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <redacted>

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Kees Cook
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