Hi, If you do another version of this: On 9/18/20 12:23 PM, Yu-cheng Yu wrote: > Introduce Kconfig option X86_INTEL_BRANCH_TRACKING_USER. > > Indirect Branch Tracking (IBT) provides protection against CALL-/JMP- > oriented programming attacks. It is active when the kernel has this > feature enabled, and the processor and the application support it. > When this feature is enabled, legacy non-IBT applications continue to > work, but without IBT protection. > > Signed-off-by: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > v10: > - Change build-time CET check to config depends on. > > arch/x86/Kconfig | 16 ++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig > index 6b6dad011763..b047e0a8d1c2 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig > @@ -1963,6 +1963,22 @@ config X86_INTEL_SHADOW_STACK_USER > > If unsure, say y. > > +config X86_INTEL_BRANCH_TRACKING_USER > + prompt "Intel Indirect Branch Tracking for user-mode" > + def_bool n > + depends on CPU_SUP_INTEL && X86_64 > + depends on $(cc-option,-fcf-protection) > + select X86_INTEL_CET > + help > + Indirect Branch Tracking (IBT) provides protection against > + CALL-/JMP-oriented programming attacks. It is active when > + the kernel has this feature enabled, and the processor and > + the application support it. When this feature is enabled, > + legacy non-IBT applications continue to work, but without > + IBT protection. > + > + If unsure, say y If unsure, say y. > + > config EFI > bool "EFI runtime service support" > depends on ACPI > -- ~Randy