On Thu, 23 Oct 2025, Deepak Gupta via B4 Relay wrote:
> From: Deepak Gupta <[email protected]>
>
> As discussed extensively in the changelog for the addition of this
> syscall on x86 ("x86/shstk: Introduce map_shadow_stack syscall") the
> existing mmap() and madvise() syscalls do not map entirely well onto the
> security requirements for shadow stack memory since they lead to windows
> where memory is allocated but not yet protected or stacks which are not
> properly and safely initialised. Instead a new syscall map_shadow_stack()
> has been defined which allocates and initialises a shadow stack page.
>
> This patch implements this syscall for riscv. riscv doesn't require token
> to be setup by kernel because user mode can do that by itself. However to
> provide compatibility and portability with other architectues, user mode
> can specify token set flag.
>
> Reviewed-by: Zong Li <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Deepak Gupta <[email protected]>
This patch introduces a 'checkpatch.pl --strict' message:
CHECK: Lines should not end with a '('
#78: FILE: arch/riscv/kernel/usercfi.c:36:
+ asm goto(
I'll fix it up here in the event that v22 goes in, but please do the same
on your side in case a new version is needed.
thanks,
- Paul
