Provide a Kconfig option allowing the user to select if GCS support is built into the kernel. Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/arm64/Kconfig | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig index 7856c3a3e35a..e1aeeda13c52 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig @@ -2091,6 +2091,25 @@ config ARM64_EPAN if the cpu does not implement the feature. endmenu # "ARMv8.7 architectural features" +menu "v9.4 architectural features" + +config ARM64_GCS + bool "Enable support for Guarded Control Stack (GCS)" + default y + select ARCH_USES_HIGH_VMA_FLAGS + help + Guarded Control Stack (GCS) provides support for a separate + stack with restricted access which contains only return + addresses. This can be used to harden against some attacks + by comparing return address used by the program with what is + stored in the GCS, and may also be used to efficiently obtain + the call stack for applications such as profiling. + + The feature is detected at runtime, and will remain disabled + if the system does not implement the feature. + +endmenu # "2022 archiectural features" + config ARM64_SVE bool "ARM Scalable Vector Extension support" default y -- 2.30.2
