[PATCH 1/1] x86: Add NT_X86_SHSTK note
Schimpe, Christina
christina.schimpe@intel.com
Thu Dec 28 15:46:52 GMT 2023
Hi H.J.,
Thank you for the review.
As this my first time contributing: Could you commit on my behalf?
BR,
Christina
> -----Original Message-----
> From: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2023 4:59 PM
> To: Schimpe, Christina <christina.schimpe@intel.com>
> Cc: binutils@sourceware.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86: Add NT_X86_SHSTK note
>
> On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 6:20 AM Schimpe, Christina
> <christina.schimpe@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > Define NT_X86_SHSTK which is the note for x86 Shadow Stack (SHSTK) to
> > support Intel SHSTK in Linux kernel.
> > For now only userspace shadow stack and kernel IBT are supported by
> > the linux kernel. This note should be used instead of NT_X86_CET
> > introduced in the commit "x86: Add NT_X86_CET note", as it is outdated
> > and only used by old binutils versions.
> > ---
> > binutils/readelf.c | 2 ++
> > include/elf/common.h | 3 +++
> > 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/binutils/readelf.c b/binutils/readelf.c index
> > 775106fb99c..a464692e1b7 100644
> > --- a/binutils/readelf.c
> > +++ b/binutils/readelf.c
> > @@ -20079,6 +20079,8 @@ get_note_type (Filedata * filedata, unsigned
> e_type)
> > return _("NT_X86_XSTATE (x86 XSAVE extended state)");
> > case NT_X86_CET:
> > return _("NT_X86_CET (x86 CET state)");
> > + case NT_X86_SHSTK:
> > + return _("NT_X86_SHSTK (x86 SHSTK state)");
> > case NT_S390_HIGH_GPRS:
> > return _("NT_S390_HIGH_GPRS (s390 upper register halves)");
> > case NT_S390_TIMER:
> > diff --git a/include/elf/common.h b/include/elf/common.h index
> > 244b13361e5..690d78010c4 100644
> > --- a/include/elf/common.h
> > +++ b/include/elf/common.h
> > @@ -645,6 +645,9 @@
> > /* note name must be "LINUX". */
> > #define NT_X86_CET 0x203 /* x86 CET state. */
> > /* note name must be "LINUX". */
> > +#define NT_X86_SHSTK 0x204 /* x86 SHSTK state. */
> > + /* This replaces NT_X86_CET (0x203). */
> > + /* note name must be "LINUX". */
> > #define NT_S390_HIGH_GPRS 0x300 /* S/390 upper halves of
> GPRs */
> > /* note name must be "LINUX". */
> > #define NT_S390_TIMER 0x301 /* S390 timer */
> > --
> > 2.34.1
> >
> >
>
> OK.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> H.J.
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