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[2003:fa:af26:200:51a:ef03:a698:a1fc]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-4888a705f99sm78840985e9.11.2026.04.02.10.38.39 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:38:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <02b47dde-b2bc-4dd1-851f-999962d0ae39@grsecurity.net> Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 19:38:39 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/shstk: Provide kernel command line knob to disable To: Dave Hansen Cc: "x86@kernel.org" , "mingo@redhat.com" , "Edgecombe, Rick P" , "tglx@kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "bp@alien8.de" , "dave.hansen@linux.intel.com" , "peterz@infradead.org" References: <20260402154405.1090935-1-minipli@grsecurity.net> <20260402155452.GD3739027@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net> <20260402160448.GD3738786@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net> Content-Language: en-US, de-DE From: Mathias Krause Autocrypt: addr=minipli@grsecurity.net; keydata= xsDNBF4u6F8BDAC1kCIyATzlCiDBMrbHoxLywJSUJT9pTbH9MIQIUW8K1m2Ney7a0MTKWQXp 64/YTQNzekOmta1eZFQ3jqv+iSzfPR/xrDrOKSPrw710nVLC8WL993DrCfG9tm4z3faBPHjp zfXBIOuVxObXqhFGvH12vUAAgbPvCp9wwynS1QD6RNUNjnnAxh3SNMxLJbMofyyq5bWK/FVX 897HLrg9bs12d9b48DkzAQYxcRUNfL9VZlKq1fRbMY9jAhXTV6lcgKxGEJAVqXqOxN8DgZdU aj7sMH8GKf3zqYLDvndTDgqqmQe/RF/hAYO+pg7yY1UXpXRlVWcWP7swp8OnfwcJ+PiuNc7E gyK2QEY3z5luqFfyQ7308bsawvQcFjiwg+0aPgWawJ422WG8bILV5ylC8y6xqYUeSKv/KTM1 4zq2vq3Wow63Cd/qyWo6S4IVaEdfdGKVkUFn6FihJD/GxnDJkYJThwBYJpFAqJLj7FtDEiFz LXAkv0VBedKwHeBaOAVH6QEAEQEAAc0nTWF0aGlhcyBLcmF1c2UgPG1pbmlwbGlAZ3JzZWN1 cml0eS5uZXQ+wsERBBMBCgA7AhsDBQsJCAcCBhUKCQgLAgQWAgMBAh4BAheAFiEEd7J359B9 wKgGsB94J4hPxYYBGYYFAmBbH/cCGQEACgkQJ4hPxYYBGYaX/gv/WYhaehD88XjpEO+yC6x7 bNWQbk7ea+m82fU2x/x6A9L4DN/BXIxqlONzk3ehvW3wt1hcHeF43q1M/z6IthtxSRi059RO SarzX3xfXC1pc5YMgCozgE0VRkxH4KXcijLyFFjanXe0HzlnmpIJB6zTT2jgI70q0FvbRpgc rs3VKSFb+yud17KSSN/ir1W2LZPK6er6actK03L92A+jaw+F8fJ9kJZfhWDbXNtEE0+94bMa cdDWTaZfy6XJviO3ymVe3vBnSDakVE0HwLyIKvfAEok+YzuSYm1Nbd2T0UxgSUZHYlrUUH0y tVxjEFyA+iJRSdm0rbAvzpwau5FOgxRQDa9GXH6ie6/ke2EuZc3STNS6EBciJm1qJ7xb2DTf SNyOiWdvop+eQZoznJJte931pxkRaGwV+JXDM10jGTfyV7KT9751xdn6b6QjQANTgNnGP3qs TO5oU3KukRHgDcivzp6CWb0X/WtKy0Y/54bTJvI0e5KsAz/0iwH19IB0vpYLzsDNBF4u6F8B DADwcu4TPgD5aRHLuyGtNUdhP9fqhXxUBA7MMeQIY1kLYshkleBpuOpgTO/ikkQiFdg13yIv q69q/feicsjaveIEe7hUI9lbWcB9HKgVXW3SCLXBMjhCGCNLsWQsw26gRxDy62UXRCTCT3iR qHP82dxPdNwXuOFG7IzoGBMm3vZbBeKn0pYYWz2MbTeyRHn+ZubNHqM0cv5gh0FWsQxrg1ss pnhcd+qgoynfuWAhrPD2YtNB7s1Vyfk3OzmL7DkSDI4+SzS56cnl9Q4mmnsVh9eyae74pv5w kJXy3grazD1lLp+Fq60Iilc09FtWKOg/2JlGD6ZreSnECLrawMPTnHQZEIBHx/VLsoyCFMmO 5P6gU0a9sQWG3F2MLwjnQ5yDPS4IRvLB0aCu+zRfx6mz1zYbcVToVxQqWsz2HTqlP2ZE5cdy BGrQZUkKkNH7oQYXAQyZh42WJo6UFesaRAPc3KCOCFAsDXz19cc9l6uvHnSo/OAazf/RKtTE 0xGB6mQN34UAEQEAAcLA9gQYAQoAIAIbDBYhBHeyd+fQfcCoBrAfeCeIT8WGARmGBQJeORkW AAoJECeIT8WGARmGXtgL/jM4NXaPxaIptPG6XnVWxhAocjk4GyoUx14nhqxHmFi84DmHUpMz 8P0AEACQ8eJb3MwfkGIiauoBLGMX2NroXcBQTi8gwT/4u4Gsmtv6P27Isn0hrY7hu7AfgvnK owfBV796EQo4i26ZgfSPng6w7hzCR+6V2ypdzdW8xXZlvA1D+gLHr1VGFA/ZCXvVcN1lQvIo S9yXo17bgy+/Xxi2YZGXf9AZ9C+g/EvPgmKrUPuKi7ATNqloBaN7S2UBJH6nhv618bsPgPqR SV11brVF8s5yMiG67WsogYl/gC2XCj5qDVjQhs1uGgSc9LLVdiKHaTMuft5gSR9hS5sMb/cL zz3lozuC5nsm1nIbY62mR25Kikx7N6uL7TAZQWazURzVRe1xq2MqcF+18JTDdjzn53PEbg7L VeNDGqQ5lJk+rATW2VAy8zasP2/aqCPmSjlCogC6vgCot9mj+lmMkRUxspxCHDEms13K41tH RzDVkdgPJkL/NFTKZHo5foFXNi89kA== In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 02.04.26 18:57, Dave Hansen wrote: > On 4/2/26 09:53, Edgecombe, Rick P wrote: >> Could we add something to the docs though? > > Yes, an update to Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt is in > order. Bonus points if the missing ibt=off gets added too. Ready to pick up my bonus points: :D https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20260402173606.1096172-1-minipli@grsecurity.net/ Cheers, Mathias