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SubjectRe: [PATCH 06/10] x86/cet: Add arch_prctl functions for shadow stack
On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 7:41 AM Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@intel.com> wrote:
>
> The following operations are provided.
>
> ARCH_CET_STATUS:
> return the current CET status
>
> ARCH_CET_DISABLE:
> disable CET features
>
> ARCH_CET_LOCK:
> lock out CET features
>
> ARCH_CET_EXEC:
> set CET features for exec()
>
> ARCH_CET_ALLOC_SHSTK:
> allocate a new shadow stack
>
> ARCH_CET_PUSH_SHSTK:
> put a return address on shadow stack
>
> ARCH_CET_ALLOC_SHSTK and ARCH_CET_PUSH_SHSTK are intended only for
> the implementation of GLIBC ucontext related APIs.

Please document exactly what these all do and why. I don't understand
what purpose ARCH_CET_LOCK and ARCH_CET_EXEC serve. CET is opt in for
each ELF program, so I think there should be no need for a magic
override.

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