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Date:   Wed, 24 Jun 2020 08:21:26 -0700
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Cc:     Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>, Fangrui Song <maskray@...gle.com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Peter Collingbourne <pcc@...gle.com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-efi <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/9] efi/libstub: Remove .note.gnu.property

On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 12:46:32PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> I'm not sure if there is a point to having PAC and/or BTI in the EFI
> stub, given that it runs under the control of the firmware, with its
> memory mappings and PAC configuration etc.

Is BTI being ignored when the firmware runs?

-- 
Kees Cook

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