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Linus Torvalds e774d5f1bc RISC-V updates for v7.0-rc8
Before v7.0 is released, fix a few issues with the CFI patchset,
 merged earlier in v7.0-rc, that primarily affect interfaces to
 non-kernel code:
 
 - Improve the prctl() interface for per-task indirect branch landing
   pad control to expand abbreviations and to resemble the speculation
   control prctl() interface
 
 - Expand the "LP" and "SS" abbreviations in the ptrace uapi header
   file to "branch landing pad" and "shadow stack", to improve
   readability
 
 - Fix a typo in a CFI-related macro name in the ptrace uapi header
   file
 
 - Ensure that the indirect branch tracking state and shadow stack
   state are unlocked immediately after an exec() on the new task so
   that libc subsequently can control it
 
 - While working in this area, clean up the kernel-internal,
   cross-architecture prctl() function names by expanding the
   abbreviations mentioned above
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Merge tag 'riscv-for-linus-v7.0-rc8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux

Pull RISC-V updates from Paul Walmsley:
 "Before v7.0 is released, fix a few issues with the CFI patchset,
  merged earlier in v7.0-rc, that primarily affect interfaces to
  non-kernel code:

   - Improve the prctl() interface for per-task indirect branch landing
     pad control to expand abbreviations and to resemble the speculation
     control prctl() interface

   - Expand the "LP" and "SS" abbreviations in the ptrace uapi header
     file to "branch landing pad" and "shadow stack", to improve
     readability

   - Fix a typo in a CFI-related macro name in the ptrace uapi header
     file

   - Ensure that the indirect branch tracking state and shadow stack
     state are unlocked immediately after an exec() on the new task so
     that libc subsequently can control it

   - While working in this area, clean up the kernel-internal,
     cross-architecture prctl() function names by expanding the
     abbreviations mentioned above"

* tag 'riscv-for-linus-v7.0-rc8' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/riscv/linux:
  prctl: cfi: change the branch landing pad prctl()s to be more descriptive
  riscv: ptrace: cfi: expand "SS" references to "shadow stack" in uapi headers
  prctl: rename branch landing pad implementation functions to be more explicit
  riscv: ptrace: expand "LP" references to "branch landing pads" in uapi headers
  riscv: cfi: clear CFI lock status in start_thread()
  riscv: ptrace: cfi: fix "PRACE" typo in uapi header
2026-04-10 17:27:08 -07:00
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