Re: [PATCH v8 09/27] mm/mmap: Prevent Shadow Stack VMA merges

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 09/27] mm/mmap: Prevent Shadow Stack VMA merges
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019 15:34:00 -0700
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On 8/13/19 1:52 PM, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
> To prevent function call/return spills into the next shadow stack
> area, do not merge shadow stack areas.

How does this prevent call/return spills?

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