Re: [PATCH v2 33/39] x86/cpufeatures: Limit shadow stack to Intel CPUs

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On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 03:29:30PM -0700, Rick Edgecombe wrote:
> Shadow stack is supported on newer AMD processors, but the kernel
> implementation has not been tested on them. Prevent basic issues from
> showing up for normal users by disabling shadow stack on all CPUs except
> Intel until it has been tested. At which point the limitation should be
> removed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx>

So running the selftests on an AMD system is sufficient to drop this
patch?

-- 
Kees Cook



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