From: Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
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Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] scs: Skip the shadow stack end check when SCS is disabled
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:37:18 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <35b84656fe82fe1cff0ba3bc55ddc72dde70b089.1794554867.git.chris@chrisdown.name> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1794554867.git.chris@chrisdown.name>
With CONFIG_DYNAMIC_SCS, shadow call stacks are only used when the boot
CPU lacks pointer authentication. scs_release() already checks
scs_is_enabled() before it looks at the shadow stack since commit
9beccca09840 ("scs: add support for dynamic shadow call stacks"), but
schedule_debug() does not.
With CONFIG_SCHED_STACK_END_CHECK=y it therefore checks init_task's
unused shadow stack on every context switch. That is harmless right now,
but the check is redundant and costs a load from an unrelated cache line
in __schedule().
Make task_scs_end_corrupted() check scs_is_enabled() itself. It is a
static branch, and it folds to true when CONFIG_DYNAMIC_SCS is not set.
Signed-off-by: Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name>
---
include/linux/scs.h | 19 +++++++++++--------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/scs.h b/include/linux/scs.h
index 4ab5bdc898cf..29ec2b8cf7bf 100644
--- a/include/linux/scs.h
+++ b/include/linux/scs.h
@@ -45,14 +45,6 @@ static inline unsigned long *__scs_magic(void *s)
return (unsigned long *)(s + SCS_SIZE) - 1;
}
-static inline bool task_scs_end_corrupted(struct task_struct *tsk)
-{
- unsigned long *magic = __scs_magic(task_scs(tsk));
- unsigned long sz = task_scs_sp(tsk) - task_scs(tsk);
-
- return sz >= SCS_SIZE - 1 || READ_ONCE_NOCHECK(*magic) != SCS_END_MAGIC;
-}
-
DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(dynamic_scs_enabled);
static inline bool scs_is_dynamic(void)
@@ -69,6 +61,17 @@ static inline bool scs_is_enabled(void)
return scs_is_dynamic();
}
+static inline bool task_scs_end_corrupted(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+ unsigned long *magic = __scs_magic(task_scs(tsk));
+ unsigned long sz = task_scs_sp(tsk) - task_scs(tsk);
+
+ if (!scs_is_enabled())
+ return false;
+
+ return sz >= SCS_SIZE - 1 || READ_ONCE_NOCHECK(*magic) != SCS_END_MAGIC;
+}
+
#else /* CONFIG_SHADOW_CALL_STACK */
static inline void *scs_alloc(int node) { return NULL; }
--
2.56.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-13 8:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-13 8:37 [PATCH v2 0/3] Make the scheduler stack end check selectable at boot Chris Down
2026-11-13 8:37 ` Chris Down [this message]
2026-11-13 8:37 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] sched/core: Add sched_stack_end_check= boot parameter Chris Down
2026-11-13 8:37 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] lkdtm/bugs: Add CORRUPT_STACK_END to test the scheduler stack end check Chris Down
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