Re: [PATCH v2] x86/shstk: shadow stack enabling write return code change

From: Dave Hansen

Date: Tue Jul 14 2026 - 16:28:13 EST


On 7/14/26 13:22, Bill Roberts wrote:
> On 7/8/26 4:00 PM, Dave Hansen wrote:
>> On 7/8/26 13:56, Bill Roberts wrote:
>>> Now for this patch. I noticed this issue when I was doing
>>> negative testing from userspace via prctl and the return value
>>> didn't match what was in the pcrtl man page.
>> Ahh, that's the bit of background I was looking for. Thanks for
>> that, and thanks for the patch!
> Hey Dave, just to clarify, is there anything else here I need to do
> for an ack, or can I consider this staged? I also sent out the prctl
> changes this am, so you can see more of the context.
It's in my list of things to queue. I'll probably push it out in a day
or two.