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Message-ID: <20251020211342.GG6174@frogsfrogsfrogs>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 14:13:42 -0700
From: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>
To: Deepak Gupta <debug@...osinc.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v22 00/28] riscv control-flow integrity for usermode

On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 01:53:06PM -0700, Deepak Gupta wrote:
> I am getting below error on my end for all recipients. That's the reason for
> partial delivery. I have to figure out issue and then I'll re-send.
> 
> """
> The user you are trying to contact is receiving mail at a rate that\n
> 4.2.1 prevents additional messages from being delivered. Please resend your\n
> 4.2.1 message at a later time. If the user is able to receive mail at that\n
> 4.2.1 time, your message will be delivered. For more information, go to\n
> 4.2.1  https://support.google.com/mail/?p=ReceivingRate 98e67ed59e1d1-33dfb7f8310sm153460a91.5 - gsmtp')
> """

A MTA says "You're sending too much email too fast, please stop" and
your response is to send everyone the entire patchset A SECOND TIME?!

Please stop.

--D

> On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 01:22:29PM -0700, Deepak Gupta wrote:
> > v22: fixing build error due to -march=zicfiss being picked in gcc-13 and above
> > but not actually doing any codegen or recognizing instruction for zicfiss.
> > Change in v22 makes dependence on `-fcf-protection=full` compiler flag to
> > ensure that toolchain has support and then only CONFIG_RISCV_USER_CFI will be
> > visible in menuconfig.
> > 
> > v21: fixed build errors.
> > 
> > Basics and overview
> > ===================
> > 
> > Software with larger attack surfaces (e.g. network facing apps like databases,
> > browsers or apps relying on browser runtimes) suffer from memory corruption
> > issues which can be utilized by attackers to bend control flow of the program
> > to eventually gain control (by making their payload executable). Attackers are
> > able to perform such attacks by leveraging call-sites which rely on indirect
> > calls or return sites which rely on obtaining return address from stack memory.
> > 
> > To mitigate such attacks, risc-v extension zicfilp enforces that all indirect
> > calls must land on a landing pad instruction `lpad` else cpu will raise software
> > check exception (a new cpu exception cause code on riscv).
> > Similarly for return flow, risc-v extension zicfiss extends architecture with
> > 
> > - `sspush` instruction to push return address on a shadow stack
> > - `sspopchk` instruction to pop return address from shadow stack
> >  and compare with input operand (i.e. return address on stack)
> > - `sspopchk` to raise software check exception if comparision above
> >  was a mismatch
> > - Protection mechanism using which shadow stack is not writeable via
> >  regular store instructions
> > 
> > More information an details can be found at extensions github repo [1].
> > 
> > Equivalent to landing pad (zicfilp) on x86 is `ENDBRANCH` instruction in Intel
> > CET [3] and branch target identification (BTI) [4] on arm.
> > Similarly x86's Intel CET has shadow stack [5] and arm64 has guarded control
> > stack (GCS) [6] which are very similar to risc-v's zicfiss shadow stack.
> > 
> > x86 and arm64 support for user mode shadow stack is already in mainline.
> > 
> > Kernel awareness for user control flow integrity
> > ================================================
> > 
> > This series picks up Samuel Holland's envcfg changes [2] as well. So if those are
> > being applied independently, they should be removed from this series.
> > 
> > Enabling:
> > 
> > In order to maintain compatibility and not break anything in user mode, kernel
> > doesn't enable control flow integrity cpu extensions on binary by default.
> > Instead exposes a prctl interface to enable, disable and lock the shadow stack
> > or landing pad feature for a task. This allows userspace (loader) to enumerate
> > if all objects in its address space are compiled with shadow stack and landing
> > pad support and accordingly enable the feature. Additionally if a subsequent
> > `dlopen` happens on a library, user mode can take a decision again to disable
> > the feature (if incoming library is not compiled with support) OR terminate the
> > task (if user mode policy is strict to have all objects in address space to be
> > compiled with control flow integirty cpu feature). prctl to enable shadow stack
> > results in allocating shadow stack from virtual memory and activating for user
> > address space. x86 and arm64 are also following same direction due to similar
> > reason(s).
> > 
> > clone/fork:
> > 
> > On clone and fork, cfi state for task is inherited by child. Shadow stack is
> > part of virtual memory and is a writeable memory from kernel perspective
> > (writeable via a restricted set of instructions aka shadow stack instructions)
> > Thus kernel changes ensure that this memory is converted into read-only when
> > fork/clone happens and COWed when fault is taken due to sspush, sspopchk or
> > ssamoswap. In case `CLONE_VM` is specified and shadow stack is to be enabled,
> > kernel will automatically allocate a shadow stack for that clone call.
> > 
> > map_shadow_stack:
> > 
> > x86 introduced `map_shadow_stack` system call to allow user space to explicitly
> > map shadow stack memory in its address space. It is useful to allocate shadow
> > for different contexts managed by a single thread (green threads or contexts)
> > risc-v implements this system call as well.
> > 
> > signal management:
> > 
> > If shadow stack is enabled for a task, kernel performs an asynchronous control
> > flow diversion to deliver the signal and eventually expects userspace to issue
> > sigreturn so that original execution can be resumed. Even though resume context
> > is prepared by kernel, it is in user space memory and is subject to memory
> > corruption and corruption bugs can be utilized by attacker in this race window
> > to perform arbitrary sigreturn and eventually bypass cfi mechanism.
> > Another issue is how to ensure that cfi related state on sigcontext area is not
> > trampled by legacy apps or apps compiled with old kernel headers.
> > 
> > In order to mitigate control-flow hijacting, kernel prepares a token and place
> > it on shadow stack before signal delivery and places address of token in
> > sigcontext structure. During sigreturn, kernel obtains address of token from
> > sigcontext struture, reads token from shadow stack and validates it and only
> > then allow sigreturn to succeed. Compatiblity issue is solved by adopting
> > dynamic sigcontext management introduced for vector extension. This series
> > re-factor the code little bit to allow future sigcontext management easy (as
> > proposed by Andy Chiu from SiFive)
> > 
> > config and compilation:
> > 
> > Introduce a new risc-v config option `CONFIG_RISCV_USER_CFI`. Selecting this
> > config option picks the kernel support for user control flow integrity. This
> > optin is presented only if toolchain has shadow stack and landing pad support.
> > And is on purpose guarded by toolchain support. Reason being that eventually
> > vDSO also needs to be compiled in with shadow stack and landing pad support.
> > vDSO compile patches are not included as of now because landing pad labeling
> > scheme is yet to settle for usermode runtime.
> > 
> > To get more information on kernel interactions with respect to
> > zicfilp and zicfiss, patch series adds documentation for
> > `zicfilp` and `zicfiss` in following:
> > Documentation/arch/riscv/zicfiss.rst
> > Documentation/arch/riscv/zicfilp.rst
> > 
> > How to test this series
> > =======================
> > 
> > Toolchain
> > ---------
> > $ git clone git@...hub.com:sifive/riscv-gnu-toolchain.git -b cfi-dev
> > $ riscv-gnu-toolchain/configure --prefix=<path-to-where-to-build> --with-arch=rv64gc_zicfilp_zicfiss --enable-linux --disable-gdb  --with-extra-multilib-test="rv64gc_zicfilp_zicfiss-lp64d:-static"
> > $ make -j$(nproc)
> > 
> > Qemu
> > ----
> > Get the lastest qemu
> > $ cd qemu
> > $ mkdir build
> > $ cd build
> > $ ../configure --target-list=riscv64-softmmu
> > $ make -j$(nproc)
> > 
> > Opensbi
> > -------
> > $ git clone git@...hub.com:deepak0414/opensbi.git -b v6_cfi_spec_split_opensbi
> > $ make CROSS_COMPILE=<your riscv toolchain> -j$(nproc) PLATFORM=generic
> > 
> > Linux
> > -----
> > Running defconfig is fine. CFI is enabled by default if the toolchain
> > supports it.
> > 
> > $ make ARCH=riscv CROSS_COMPILE=<path-to-cfi-riscv-gnu-toolchain>/build/bin/riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu- -j$(nproc) defconfig
> > $ make ARCH=riscv CROSS_COMPILE=<path-to-cfi-riscv-gnu-toolchain>/build/bin/riscv64-unknown-linux-gnu- -j$(nproc)
> > 
> > Running
> > -------
> > 
> > Modify your qemu command to have:
> > -bios <path-to-cfi-opensbi>/build/platform/generic/firmware/fw_dynamic.bin
> > -cpu rv64,zicfilp=true,zicfiss=true,zimop=true,zcmop=true
> > 
> > References
> > ==========
> > [1] - https://github.com/riscv/riscv-cfi
> > [2] - https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240814081126.956287-1-samuel.holland@sifive.com/
> > [3] - https://lwn.net/Articles/889475/
> > [4] - https://developer.arm.com/documentation/109576/0100/Branch-Target-Identification
> > [5] - https://www.intel.com/content/dam/develop/external/us/en/documents/catc17-introduction-intel-cet-844137.pdf
> > [6] - https://lwn.net/Articles/940403/
> > 
> > To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> > To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> > To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
> > To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> > To: x86@...nel.org
> > To: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
> > To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> > To: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>
> > To: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> > To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
> > To: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>
> > To: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>
> > To: Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>
> > To: Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org>
> > To: Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
> > To: Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>
> > To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> > To: Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>
> > To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> > To: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
> > To: Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
> > To: Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>
> > To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> > To: Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
> > To: Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>
> > To: Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>
> > To: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
> > To: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>
> > To: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>
> > To: Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>
> > To: Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>
> > To: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>
> > To: Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>
> > To: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>
> > To: Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>
> > Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
> > Cc: linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org
> > Cc: devicetree@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
> > Cc: alistair.francis@....com
> > Cc: richard.henderson@...aro.org
> > Cc: jim.shu@...ive.com
> > Cc: andybnac@...il.com
> > Cc: kito.cheng@...ive.com
> > Cc: charlie@...osinc.com
> > Cc: atishp@...osinc.com
> > Cc: evan@...osinc.com
> > Cc: cleger@...osinc.com
> > Cc: alexghiti@...osinc.com
> > Cc: samitolvanen@...gle.com
> > Cc: broonie@...nel.org
> > Cc: rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com
> > Cc: rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org
> > 
> > changelog
> > ---------
> > v22:
> > - CONFIG_RISCV_USER_CFI was by default "n". With dual vdso support it is
> >  default "y" (if toolchain supports it). Fixing build error due to
> >  "-march=zicfiss" being picked in gcc-13 partially. gcc-13 only recognizes the
> >  flag but not actually doing any codegen or recognizing instruction for zicfiss.
> >  Change in v22 makes dependence on `-fcf-protection=full` compiler flag to
> >  ensure that toolchain has support and then only CONFIG_RISCV_USER_CFI will be
> >  visible in menuconfig.
> > - picked up tags and some cosmetic changes in commit message for dual vdso
> >  patch.
> > 
> > 
> > v21:
> > - Fixing build errors due to changes in arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso.h
> >  Using #ifdef instead of IS_ENABLED in arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso.h
> >  vdso-cfi-offsets.h should be included only when CONFIG_RISCV_USER_CFI
> >  is selected.
> > 
> > v20:
> > - rebased on v6.18-rc1.
> > - Added two vDSO support. If `CONFIG_RISCV_USER_CFI` is selected
> >  two vDSOs are compiled (one for hardware prior to RVA23 and one
> >  for RVA23 onwards). Kernel exposes RVA23 vDSO if hardware/cpu
> >  implements zimop else exposes existing vDSO to userspace.
> > - default selection for `CONFIG_RISCV_USER_CFI` is "Yes".
> > - replaced "__ASSEMBLY__" with "__ASSEMBLER__"
> > 
> > v19:
> > - riscv_nousercfi was `int`. changed it to unsigned long.
> >  Thanks to Alex Ghiti for reporting it. It was a bug.
> > - ELP is cleared on trap entry only when CONFIG_64BIT.
> > - restore ssp back on return to usermode was being done
> >  before `riscv_v_context_nesting_end` on trap exit path.
> >  If kernel shadow stack were enabled this would result in
> >  kernel operating on user shadow stack and panic (as I found
> >  in my testing of kcfi patch series). So fixed that.
> > 
> > v18:
> > - rebased on 6.16-rc1
> > - uprobe handling clears ELP in sstatus image in pt_regs
> > - vdso was missing shadow stack elf note for object files.
> >  added that. Additional asm file for vdso needed the elf marker
> >  flag. toolchain should complain if `-fcf-protection=full` and
> >  marker is missing for object generated from asm file. Asked
> >  toolchain folks to fix this. Although no reason to gate the merge
> >  on that.
> > - Split up compile options for march and fcf-protection in vdso
> >  Makefile
> > - CONFIG_RISCV_USER_CFI option is moved under "Kernel features" menu
> >  Added `arch/riscv/configs/hardening.config` fragment which selects
> >  CONFIG_RISCV_USER_CFI
> > 
> > v17:
> > - fixed warnings due to empty macros in usercfi.h (reported by alexg)
> > - fixed prefixes in commit titles reported by alexg
> > - took below uprobe with fcfi v2 patch from Zong Li and squashed it with
> >  "riscv/traps: Introduce software check exception and uprobe handling"
> >  https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250604093403.10916-1-zong.li@sifive.com/
> > 
> > v16:
> > - If FWFT is not implemented or returns error for shadow stack activation, then
> >  no_usercfi is set to disable shadow stack. Although this should be picked up
> >  by extension validation and activation. Fixed this bug for zicfilp and zicfiss
> >  both. Thanks to Charlie Jenkins for reporting this.
> > - If toolchain doesn't support cfi, cfi kselftest shouldn't build. Suggested by
> >  Charlie Jenkins.
> > - Default for CONFIG_RISCV_USER_CFI is set to no. Charlie/Atish suggested to
> >  keep it off till we have more hardware availibility with RVA23 profile and
> >  zimop/zcmop implemented. Else this will start breaking people's workflow
> > - Includes the fix if "!RV64 and !SBI" then definitions for FWFT in
> >  asm-offsets.c error.
> > 
> > v15:
> > - Toolchain has been updated to include `-fcf-protection` flag. This
> >  exists for x86 as well. Updated kernel patches to compile vDSO and
> >  selftest to compile with `fcf-protection=full` flag.
> > - selecting CONFIG_RISCV_USERCFI selects CONFIG_RISCV_SBI.
> > - Patch to enable shadow stack for kernel wasn't hidden behind
> >  CONFIG_RISCV_USERCFI and CONFIG_RISCV_SBI. fixed that.
> > 
> > v14:
> > - rebased on top of palmer/sbi-v3. Thus dropped clement's FWFT patches
> >  Updated RISCV_ISA_EXT_XXXX in hwcap and hwprobe constants.
> > - Took Radim's suggestions on bitfields.
> > - Placed cfi_state at the end of thread_info block so that current situation
> >  is not disturbed with respect to member fields of thread_info in single
> >  cacheline.
> > 
> > v13:
> > - cpu_supports_shadow_stack/cpu_supports_indirect_br_lp_instr uses
> >  riscv_has_extension_unlikely()
> > - uses nops(count) to create nop slide
> > - RISCV_ACQUIRE_BARRIER is not needed in `amo_user_shstk`. Removed it
> > - changed ternaries to simply use implicit casting to convert to bool.
> > - kernel command line allows to disable zicfilp and zicfiss independently.
> >  updated kernel-parameters.txt.
> > - ptrace user abi for cfi uses bitmasks instead of bitfields. Added ptrace
> >  kselftest.
> > - cosmetic and grammatical changes to documentation.
> > 
> > v12:
> > - It seems like I had accidently squashed arch agnostic indirect branch
> >  tracking prctl and riscv implementation of those prctls. Split them again.
> > - set_shstk_status/set_indir_lp_status perform CSR writes only when CPU
> >  support is available. As suggested by Zong Li.
> > - Some minor clean up in kselftests as suggested by Zong Li.
> > 
> > v11:
> > - patch "arch/riscv: compile vdso with landing pad" was unconditionally
> >  selecting `_zicfilp` for vDSO compile. fixed that. Changed `lpad 1` to
> >  to `lpad 0`.
> > v10:
> > - dropped "mm: helper `is_shadow_stack_vma` to check shadow stack vma". This patch
> >  is not that interesting to this patch series for risc-v. There are instances in
> >  arch directories where VM_SHADOW_STACK flag is anyways used. Dropping this patch
> >  to expedite merging in riscv tree.
> > - Took suggestions from `Clement` on "riscv: zicfiss / zicfilp enumeration" to
> >  validate presence of cfi based on config.
> > - Added a patch for vDSO to have `lpad 0`. I had omitted this earlier to make sure
> >  we add single vdso object with cfi enabled. But a vdso object with scheme of
> >  zero labeled landing pad is least common denominator and should work with all
> >  objects of zero labeled as well as function-signature labeled objects.
> > 
> > v9:
> > - rebased on master (39a803b754d5 fix braino in "9p: fix ->rename_sem exclusion")
> > - dropped "mm: Introduce ARCH_HAS_USER_SHADOW_STACK" (master has it from arm64/gcs)
> > - dropped "prctl: arch-agnostic prctl for shadow stack" (master has it from arm64/gcs)
> > 
> > v8:
> > - rebased on palmer/for-next
> > - dropped samuel holland's `envcfg` context switch patches.
> >  they are in parlmer/for-next
> > 
> > v7:
> > - Removed "riscv/Kconfig: enable HAVE_EXIT_THREAD for riscv"
> >  Instead using `deactivate_mm` flow to clean up.
> >  see here for more context
> >  https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230908203655.543765-1-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com/#t
> > - Changed the header include in `kselftest`. Hopefully this fixes compile
> >  issue faced by Zong Li at SiFive.
> > - Cleaned up an orphaned change to `mm/mmap.c` in below patch
> >  "riscv/mm : ensure PROT_WRITE leads to VM_READ | VM_WRITE"
> > - Lock interfaces for shadow stack and indirect branch tracking expect arg == 0
> >  Any future evolution of this interface should accordingly define how arg should
> >  be setup.
> > - `mm/map.c` has an instance of using `VM_SHADOW_STACK`. Fixed it to use helper
> >  `is_shadow_stack_vma`.
> > - Link to v6: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241008-v5_user_cfi_series-v6-0-60d9fe073f37@rivosinc.com
> > 
> > v6:
> > - Picked up Samuel Holland's changes as is with `envcfg` placed in
> >  `thread` instead of `thread_info`
> > - fixed unaligned newline escapes in kselftest
> > - cleaned up messages in kselftest and included test output in commit message
> > - fixed a bug in clone path reported by Zong Li
> > - fixed a build issue if CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_V is not selected
> >  (this was introduced due to re-factoring signal context
> >  management code)
> > 
> > v5:
> > - rebased on v6.12-rc1
> > - Fixed schema related issues in device tree file
> > - Fixed some of the documentation related issues in zicfilp/ss.rst
> >  (style issues and added index)
> > - added `SHADOW_STACK_SET_MARKER` so that implementation can define base
> >  of shadow stack.
> > - Fixed warnings on definitions added in usercfi.h when
> >  CONFIG_RISCV_USER_CFI is not selected.
> > - Adopted context header based signal handling as proposed by Andy Chiu
> > - Added support for enabling kernel mode access to shadow stack using
> >  FWFT
> >  (https://github.com/riscv-non-isa/riscv-sbi-doc/blob/master/src/ext-firmware-features.adoc)
> > - Link to v5: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241001-v5_user_cfi_series-v1-0-3ba65b6e550f@rivosinc.com
> >  (Note: I had an issue in my workflow due to which version number wasn't
> >  picked up correctly while sending out patches)
> > 
> > v4:
> > - rebased on 6.11-rc6
> > - envcfg: Converged with Samuel Holland's patches for envcfg management on per-
> > thread basis.
> > - vma_is_shadow_stack is renamed to is_vma_shadow_stack
> > - picked up Mark Brown's `ARCH_HAS_USER_SHADOW_STACK` patch
> > - signal context: using extended context management to maintain compatibility.
> > - fixed `-Wmissing-prototypes` compiler warnings for prctl functions
> > - Documentation fixes and amending typos.
> > - Link to v4: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240912231650.3740732-1-debug@rivosinc.com/
> > 
> > v3:
> > - envcfg
> >  logic to pick up base envcfg had a bug where `ENVCFG_CBZE` could have been
> >  picked on per task basis, even though CPU didn't implement it. Fixed in
> >   this series.
> > 
> > - dt-bindings
> >  As suggested, split into separate commit. fixed the messaging that spec is
> >  in public review
> > 
> > - arch_is_shadow_stack change
> >  arch_is_shadow_stack changed to vma_is_shadow_stack
> > 
> > - hwprobe
> >  zicfiss / zicfilp if present will get enumerated in hwprobe
> > 
> > - selftests
> >  As suggested, added object and binary filenames to .gitignore
> >  Selftest binary anyways need to be compiled with cfi enabled compiler which
> >  will make sure that landing pad and shadow stack are enabled. Thus removed
> >  separate enable/disable tests. Cleaned up tests a bit.
> > 
> > - Link to v3: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20240403234054.2020347-1-debug@rivosinc.com/
> > 
> > v2:
> > - Using config `CONFIG_RISCV_USER_CFI`, kernel support for riscv control flow
> >  integrity for user mode programs can be compiled in the kernel.
> > 
> > - Enabling of control flow integrity for user programs is left to user runtime
> > 
> > - This patch series introduces arch agnostic `prctls` to enable shadow stack
> >  and indirect branch tracking. And implements them on riscv.
> > 
> > ---
> > Changes in v22:
> > - Link to v21: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251015-v5_user_cfi_series-v21-0-6a07856e90e7@rivosinc.com
> > 
> > Changes in v21:
> > - Link to v20: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251013-v5_user_cfi_series-v20-0-b9de4be9912e@rivosinc.com
> > 
> > Changes in v20:
> > - Link to v19: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250731-v5_user_cfi_series-v19-0-09b468d7beab@rivosinc.com
> > 
> > Changes in v19:
> > - Link to v18: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250711-v5_user_cfi_series-v18-0-a8ee62f9f38e@rivosinc.com
> > 
> > Changes in v18:
> > - Link to v17: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250604-v5_user_cfi_series-v17-0-4565c2cf869f@rivosinc.com
> > 
> > Changes in v17:
> > - Link to v16: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250522-v5_user_cfi_series-v16-0-64f61a35eee7@rivosinc.com
> > 
> > Changes in v16:
> > - Link to v15: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250502-v5_user_cfi_series-v15-0-914966471885@rivosinc.com
> > 
> > Changes in v15:
> > - changelog posted just below cover letter
> > - Link to v14: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250429-v5_user_cfi_series-v14-0-5239410d012a@rivosinc.com
> > 
> > Changes in v14:
> > 
> > - changelog posted just below cover letter
> > - Link to v13: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250424-v5_user_cfi_series-v13-0-971437de586a@rivosinc.com
> > 
> > Changes in v13:
> > - changelog posted just below cover letter
> > - Link to v12: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250314-v5_user_cfi_series-v12-0-e51202b53138@rivosinc.com
> > 
> > Changes in v12:
> > - changelog posted just below cover letter
> > - Link to v11: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250310-v5_user_cfi_series-v11-0-86b36cbfb910@rivosinc.com
> > 
> > Changes in v11:
> > - changelog posted just below cover letter
> > - Link to v10: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250210-v5_user_cfi_series-v10-0-163dcfa31c60@rivosinc.com
> > 
> > ---
> > Andy Chiu (1):
> >      riscv: signal: abstract header saving for setup_sigcontext
> > 
> > Deepak Gupta (26):
> >      mm: VM_SHADOW_STACK definition for riscv
> >      dt-bindings: riscv: zicfilp and zicfiss in dt-bindings (extensions.yaml)
> >      riscv: zicfiss / zicfilp enumeration
> >      riscv: zicfiss / zicfilp extension csr and bit definitions
> >      riscv: usercfi state for task and save/restore of CSR_SSP on trap entry/exit
> >      riscv/mm : ensure PROT_WRITE leads to VM_READ | VM_WRITE
> >      riscv/mm: manufacture shadow stack pte
> >      riscv/mm: teach pte_mkwrite to manufacture shadow stack PTEs
> >      riscv/mm: write protect and shadow stack
> >      riscv/mm: Implement map_shadow_stack() syscall
> >      riscv/shstk: If needed allocate a new shadow stack on clone
> >      riscv: Implements arch agnostic shadow stack prctls
> >      prctl: arch-agnostic prctl for indirect branch tracking
> >      riscv: Implements arch agnostic indirect branch tracking prctls
> >      riscv/traps: Introduce software check exception and uprobe handling
> >      riscv/signal: save and restore of shadow stack for signal
> >      riscv/kernel: update __show_regs to print shadow stack register
> >      riscv/ptrace: riscv cfi status and state via ptrace and in core files
> >      riscv/hwprobe: zicfilp / zicfiss enumeration in hwprobe
> >      riscv: kernel command line option to opt out of user cfi
> >      riscv: enable kernel access to shadow stack memory via FWFT sbi call
> >      arch/riscv: dual vdso creation logic and select vdso based on hw
> >      riscv: create a config for shadow stack and landing pad instr support
> >      riscv: Documentation for landing pad / indirect branch tracking
> >      riscv: Documentation for shadow stack on riscv
> >      kselftest/riscv: kselftest for user mode cfi
> > 
> > Jim Shu (1):
> >      arch/riscv: compile vdso with landing pad and shadow stack note
> > 
> > Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt    |   8 +
> > Documentation/arch/riscv/index.rst                 |   2 +
> > Documentation/arch/riscv/zicfilp.rst               | 115 +++++
> > Documentation/arch/riscv/zicfiss.rst               | 179 +++++++
> > .../devicetree/bindings/riscv/extensions.yaml      |  14 +
> > arch/riscv/Kconfig                                 |  22 +
> > arch/riscv/Makefile                                |   8 +-
> > arch/riscv/configs/hardening.config                |   4 +
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/asm-prototypes.h            |   1 +
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/assembler.h                 |  44 ++
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/cpufeature.h                |  12 +
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/csr.h                       |  16 +
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/entry-common.h              |   2 +
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/hwcap.h                     |   2 +
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/mman.h                      |  26 +
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/mmu_context.h               |   7 +
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h                   |  30 +-
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h                 |   1 +
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/thread_info.h               |   3 +
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/usercfi.h                   |  95 ++++
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso.h                      |  13 +-
> > arch/riscv/include/asm/vector.h                    |   3 +
> > arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/hwprobe.h              |   2 +
> > arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/ptrace.h               |  34 ++
> > arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/sigcontext.h           |   1 +
> > arch/riscv/kernel/Makefile                         |   2 +
> > arch/riscv/kernel/asm-offsets.c                    |  10 +
> > arch/riscv/kernel/cpufeature.c                     |  27 +
> > arch/riscv/kernel/entry.S                          |  38 ++
> > arch/riscv/kernel/head.S                           |  27 +
> > arch/riscv/kernel/process.c                        |  27 +-
> > arch/riscv/kernel/ptrace.c                         |  95 ++++
> > arch/riscv/kernel/signal.c                         | 148 +++++-
> > arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c                    |   2 +
> > arch/riscv/kernel/sys_riscv.c                      |  10 +
> > arch/riscv/kernel/traps.c                          |  54 ++
> > arch/riscv/kernel/usercfi.c                        | 545 +++++++++++++++++++++
> > arch/riscv/kernel/vdso.c                           |   7 +
> > arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile                    |  40 +-
> > arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/flush_icache.S              |   4 +
> > arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/gen_vdso_offsets.sh         |   4 +-
> > arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/getcpu.S                    |   4 +
> > arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/note.S                      |   3 +
> > arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/rt_sigreturn.S              |   4 +
> > arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/sys_hwprobe.S               |   4 +
> > arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/vgetrandom-chacha.S         |   5 +-
> > arch/riscv/kernel/vdso_cfi/Makefile                |  25 +
> > arch/riscv/kernel/vdso_cfi/vdso-cfi.S              |  11 +
> > arch/riscv/mm/init.c                               |   2 +-
> > arch/riscv/mm/pgtable.c                            |  16 +
> > include/linux/cpu.h                                |   4 +
> > include/linux/mm.h                                 |   7 +
> > include/uapi/linux/elf.h                           |   2 +
> > include/uapi/linux/prctl.h                         |  27 +
> > kernel/sys.c                                       |  30 ++
> > tools/testing/selftests/riscv/Makefile             |   2 +-
> > tools/testing/selftests/riscv/cfi/.gitignore       |   3 +
> > tools/testing/selftests/riscv/cfi/Makefile         |  16 +
> > tools/testing/selftests/riscv/cfi/cfi_rv_test.h    |  82 ++++
> > tools/testing/selftests/riscv/cfi/riscv_cfi_test.c | 173 +++++++
> > tools/testing/selftests/riscv/cfi/shadowstack.c    | 385 +++++++++++++++
> > tools/testing/selftests/riscv/cfi/shadowstack.h    |  27 +
> > 62 files changed, 2475 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
> > ---
> > base-commit: 3a8660878839faadb4f1a6dd72c3179c1df56787
> > change-id: 20240930-v5_user_cfi_series-3dc332f8f5b2
> > --
> > - debug
> > 
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