linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v28 04/32] x86/cpufeatures: Introduce CPU setup and option parsing for CET

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Date:   Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:39:00 -0700
From:   "Yu, Yu-cheng" <yu-cheng.yu@...el.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v28 04/32] x86/cpufeatures: Introduce CPU setup and option
 parsing for CET

On 8/9/2021 9:06 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 01:51:51PM -0700, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
>>   /*
>>    * Some CPU features depend on higher CPUID levels, which may not always
>>    * be available due to CPUID level capping or broken virtualization
>> @@ -1249,6 +1257,11 @@ static void __init cpu_parse_early_param(void)
>>   	if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "noxsaves"))
>>   		setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES);
>>   
>> +	if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "no_user_shstk"))
>> +		setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_SHSTK);
>> +	if (cmdline_find_option_bool(boot_command_line, "no_user_ibt"))
>> +		setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_IBT);
> 
> Patch 1 says:
> 
> "Disabling shadow stack also disables IBT."
> 
> I don't see that here.
> 

We have X86_FEATURE_IBT dependent on X86_FEATURE_SHSTK (patch #3).