Re: [PATCH] x86: Disable CET instrumentation in the kernel

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Fri Jan 29 2021 - 11:31:46 EST


On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 09:10:34AM -0600, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> Maybe eventually. But the enablement (actually enabling CET/CFI/etc)
> happens in the arch code anyway, right? So it could be a per-arch
> decision.

Right.

Ok, for this one, what about

Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

?

What are "some configurations of GCC"? If it can be reproduced with
what's released out there, maybe that should go in now, even for 5.11?

Hmm?

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