linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/6] scs: Move DEFINE

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Date:   Mon, 18 May 2020 14:26:12 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
To:     Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@...com>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, kernel-team@...roid.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] scs: Move DEFINE_SCS macro into core code

On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 01:14:41PM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 06:27:56PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> > Defining static shadow call stacks is not architecture-specific, so move
> > the DEFINE_SCS() macro into the core header file.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
> 
> I think that we'll have to pull this back into arch code if/when we deal
> with VMAP'd stacks, so I'm not sure this is worthwhile given the
> diffstat is balanced.

I dunno, if another architecture wants to use this then having the stuff
in the core code makes sense to me. I also want to kill asm/scs.h entirely
and move our asm macros somewhere else where they're not mixed up with the
C headers.

Will