On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 05:27:30PM +0000, Edgecombe, Rick P wrote: > On Thu, 2023-01-19 at 14:26 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote: > > On Thu, 19 Jan 2023 13:22:38 -0800 Rick Edgecombe < > > rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > SHSTK > > > > Sounds like me trying to swear in Russian while drunk. > > > > Is there any chance of s/shstk/shadow_stack/g? > > I'm fine with the name change. I think shstk got debated and picked > early in the history of the series before I got involved. "shstk" is > nice and short, but it's not completely clear what it is unless you > already know about shadow stack. So there is a tradeoff of clarity and > line length/wrapping. Does anyone else have any strong opinions? I prefer SHSTK because it specifically means x86's hardware shadow stack from CET. Lots of things can (and have) implemented things called "shadow stack". -- Kees Cook
