Re: [PATCH v2] arch: Reserve map_shadow_stack() syscall number for all architectures

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On Thu, 2023-09-14 at 18:58 +0000, Sohil Mehta wrote:
commit c35559f94ebc ("x86/shstk: Introduce map_shadow_stack syscall")
recently added support for map_shadow_stack() but it is limited to
x86
only for now. There is a possibility that other architectures
(namely,
arm64 and RISC-V), that are implementing equivalent support for
shadow
stacks, might need to add support for it.

Independent of that, reserving arch-specific syscall numbers in the
syscall tables of all architectures is good practice and would help
avoid future conflicts. map_shadow_stack() is marked as a conditional
syscall in sys_ni.c. Adding it to the syscall tables of other
architectures is harmless and would return ENOSYS when exercised.

Note, map_shadow_stack() was assigned #453 during the merge process
since #452 was taken by fchmodat2().

For Powerpc, map it to sys_ni_syscall() as is the norm for Powerpc
syscall tables.

For Alpha, map_shadow_stack() takes up #563 as Alpha still diverges
from
the common syscall numbering system in the other architectures.

Reviewed-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx>




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