RFC: Update x86 psABI to support shadow stac

Shanbhogue, Vedvyas vedvyas.shanbhogue@intel.com
Sun Jan 1 00:00:00 GMT 2017


>> Is there a requirement that the return address is popped from the same 
>> stack location where it was pushed by the call instruction?  Or could 
>> you return with an elevated stack pointer if you copied the address first?

> Stack location isn't checked.  Only the popped return address is checked.
> Vedvyas can confirm it.

Yes. That’s correct. 


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