[PATCH] D149915: [CodeGen][KCFI] Move cfi-type lowering to TargetLowering

Sergei Barannikov via Phabricator via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Tue May 9 13:21:31 PDT 2023


barannikov88 added inline comments.


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Comment at: llvm/lib/CodeGen/KCFI.cpp:9
 //
-// This file implements KCFI indirect call checking.
+// This pass implements KCFI indirect call check lowering.
 //
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MaskRay wrote:
> barannikov88 wrote:
> > It is KFCI everywhere. At least in one place it should be explained what these four magical letters mean.
> > File comment would be a good place.
> > (I honestly have no idea about it, "kernel call frame information" is the first thing that comes to my mind.)
> > 
> CFI here means Control-flow integrity. This is an implementation that is dedicated to the Linux kernel
> https://maskray.me/blog/2022-12-18-control-flow-integrity#fsanitizekcfi
> 
> (I need to do some homework that why this has a lot to do with codegen.)
Thanks. I'll check out the blog post, too (nice blog btw, very informative).
I still think the abbreviation needs to be explained in code. Or, better yet, what does this pass do.



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