[PATCH v5 12/16] riscv/cfi: Store shadow stack information in TLS

Jesse Huang jesse.huang@sifive.com
Sun Jun 28 07:02:37 GMT 2026


Switching between different ucontexts involves two cases.  One case is
when both contexts share the same shadow stack, which requires unwinding.
The other is when each context uses a different shadow stack, which
requires a stack switch using a shadow stack restore token.

By storing the shadow stack base in TLS and comparing it to the value
stored in the context, we can tell the difference and perform the right
action.
---
 sysdeps/riscv/nptl/Makefile        | 1 +
 sysdeps/riscv/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym | 5 +++++
 sysdeps/riscv/nptl/tls.h           | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 sysdeps/riscv/nptl/Makefile
 create mode 100644 sysdeps/riscv/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym

diff --git a/sysdeps/riscv/nptl/Makefile b/sysdeps/riscv/nptl/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b7bf43403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/riscv/nptl/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+gen-as-const-headers += tcb-offsets.sym
diff --git a/sysdeps/riscv/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym b/sysdeps/riscv/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5257acccec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/riscv/nptl/tcb-offsets.sym
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#include <sysdep.h>
+#include <tls.h>
+#include <kernel-features.h>
+
+TLS_SSP_BASE_OFFSET     (offsetof (tcbhead_t, ssp_base) - sizeof (tcbhead_t))
diff --git a/sysdeps/riscv/nptl/tls.h b/sysdeps/riscv/nptl/tls.h
index 1e46e93669..f53863ea05 100644
--- a/sysdeps/riscv/nptl/tls.h
+++ b/sysdeps/riscv/nptl/tls.h
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ typedef struct
 {
   dtv_t *dtv;
   void *private;
+  /* The marker for the current shadow stack.  */
+  unsigned long long int ssp_base;
 } tcbhead_t;
 
 /* This is the size of the initial TCB.  Because our TCB is before the thread
-- 
2.43.7



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