Re: [PATCH v11 25/25] x86/cet/shstk: Add arch_prctl functions for shadow stack

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To: "Yu, Yu-cheng" <yu-cheng.yu@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 25/25] x86/cet/shstk: Add arch_prctl functions for shadow stack
From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 2020 19:50:32 +0200
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* Yu-cheng Yu:

> Like other arch_prctl()'s, this parameter was 'unsigned long'
> earlier. The idea was, since this arch_prctl is only implemented for
> the 64-bit kernel, we wanted it to look as 64-bit only.  I will change
> it back to 'unsigned long'.

What about x32?  In general, long is rather problematic for x32.

Thanks,
Florian

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