RE: [PATCH v26 23/30] x86/cet/shstk: Handle thread shadow stack

David Laight
2021-05-12T08:12:37Z

From: Borislav Petkov
> Sent: 11 May 2021 18:10
>
> On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 03:57:56PM -0700, Yu, Yu-cheng wrote:
> > So this struct will be:
> >
> > struct thread_shstk {
> > u64 shstk_base;
> > u64 shstk_size;
> > u64 locked:1;
> > u64 ibt:1;

No point in bit fields?

> > };
> >
> > Ok?
>
> Pretty much.
>
> You can even remove the "shstk_" from the members and when you call the
> pointer "shstk", accessing the members will read
>
> shstk->base
> shstk->size
> ...
>
> and all is organic and readable :)

And entirely not greppable.

David

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