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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 01/39] Documentation/x86: Add CET description
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    On 10/3/22 23:56, Edgecombe, Rick P wrote:
    > On Fri, 2022-09-30 at 20:41 +0700, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
    >> On 9/30/22 20:33, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
    >>>> CET introduces Shadow Stack and Indirect Branch Tracking.
    >>>> Shadow stack is
    >>>> a secondary stack allocated from memory and cannot be directly
    >>>> modified by
    >>>> -applications. When executing a CALL instruction, the processor
    >>>> pushes the
    >>>> +applications. When executing a ``CALL`` instruction, the
    >>>> processor pushes the
    >>>
    >>> Just to be clear, not everybody is fond of sprinkling lots of
    >>> ``literal
    >>> text`` throughout the documentation in this way. Heavy use of it
    >>> will
    >>> certainly clutter the plain-text file and can be a net negative
    >>> overall.
    >>>
    >>
    >> Actually there is a trade-off between semantic correctness and plain-
    >> text
    >> clarity. With regards to inline code samples (like identifiers), I
    >> fall
    >> into the former camp. But when I'm reviewing patches for which the
    >> surrounding documentation go latter camp (leave code samples alone
    >> without
    >> markup), I can adapt to that style as long as it causes no warnings
    >> whatsover.
    >
    > Thanks. Unless anyone has any objections, I think I'll take all these
    > changes, except for the literal-izing of the instructions. They are not
    > really being used as code samples in this case.
    >
    > Bagas, can you reply with your sign-off and I'll just apply it?

    OK, here goes...

    Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>

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