linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 17/27] x86/cet/shstk: User-mode shadow stack support

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Message-ID: <65f46bde-b197-6198-2e38-5692f5ca53af@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 10 Jul 2018 16:40:27 -0700
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        Balbir Singh <bsingharora@...il.com>,
        Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@...il.com>,
        Florian Weimer <fweimer@...hat.com>,
        "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omiun.org>,
        Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com>,
        Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Ravi V. Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        Vedvyas Shanbhogue <vedvyas.shanbhogue@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 17/27] x86/cet/shstk: User-mode shadow stack
 support

On 07/10/2018 03:26 PM, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
> +static __init int setup_disable_shstk(char *s)
> +{
> +	/* require an exact match without trailing characters */
> +	if (strlen(s))
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SHSTK))
> +		return 1;
> +
> +	setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_SHSTK);
> +	pr_info("x86: 'no_cet_shstk' specified, disabling Shadow Stack\n");
> +	return 1;
> +}
> +__setup("no_cet_shstk", setup_disable_shstk);

Why do we need a boot-time disable for this?