Re: [PATCH v23 22/28] x86/cet/shstk: User-mode shadow stack support
From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Fri Mar 19 2021 - 05:28:45 EST
On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 12:05:58PM -0700, Yu, Yu-cheng wrote:
> Maybe I would add comments here.
Yap.
Also, looking forward in the set, I see prctl_set() and that is also
done on current so should be ok.
In any case, yes, documenting the assumptions and expectations wrt
current here is a good idea.
> If vm_munmap() returns -EINTR, mmap_lock is held by something else. That
> lock should not be held forever. For other types of error, the loop stops.
Ok I guess. The subsequent WARN_ON_ONCE() looks weird too but that
should not fire, right? :)
Thx.
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