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diff --git a/manual/tunables.texi b/manual/tunables.texi index be33c9fc79..bb4819bdf1 100644 --- a/manual/tunables.texi +++ b/manual/tunables.texi @@ -356,3 +356,31 @@ to set threshold in bytes for non temporal store. This tunable is specific to i386 and x86-64. @end deftp + +@deftp Tunable glibc.tune.x86_ibt +The @code{glibc.tune.x86_ibt} tunable allows the user to control how +indirect branch tracking (IBT) should be enabled. Accepted values are +@code{on}, @code{off}, and @code{permissive}. @code{on} always turns +on IBT regardless of whether IBT is enabled in the executable and its +dependent shared libraries. @code{off} always turns off IBT regardless +of whether IBT is enabled in the executable and its dependent shared +libraries. @code{permissive} is the same as the default which disables +IBT on non-CET executables and shared libraries. + +This tunable is specific to i386 and x86-64. +@end deftp + +@deftp Tunable glibc.tune.x86_shstk +The @code{glibc.tune.x86_shstk} tunable allows the user to control how +the shadow stack (SHSTK) should be enabled. Accepted values are +@code{on}, @code{off}, and @code{permissive}. @code{on} always turns on +SHSTK regardless of whether SHSTK is enabled in the executable and its +dependent shared libraries. @code{off} always turns off SHSTK regardless +of whether SHSTK is enabled in the executable and its dependent shared +libraries. @code{permissive} changes how dlopen works on non-CET shared +libraries. By default, when SHSTK is enabled, dlopening a non-CET shared +library returns an error. With @code{permissive}, it turns off SHSTK +instead. + +This tunable is specific to i386 and x86-64. +@end deftp |