linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v4 2/9] x86/cet/ibt: User-mode indirect branch tracking support

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Message-ID: <20181003185802.GE32759@asgard.redhat.com>
Date:   Wed, 3 Oct 2018 20:58:06 +0200
From:   Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@...hat.com>
To:     Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>
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        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4 2/9] x86/cet/ibt: User-mode indirect branch
 tracking support

On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 08:05:46AM -0700, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:

> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
> index bffa9ef47832..230f65ee881e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/common.c

> @@ -434,6 +435,23 @@ static __init int setup_disable_shstk(char *s)
>  __setup("no_cet_shstk", setup_disable_shstk);
>  #endif
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_INTEL_BRANCH_TRACKING_USER
> +static __init int setup_disable_ibt(char *s)
> +{
> +	/* require an exact match without trailing characters */
> +	if (strlen(s))
> +		return 0;

"s[0] (!= '\0')" will do the same check in constant time.