diff --git a/compel/arch/aarch64/src/lib/include/uapi/asm/gcs-types.h b/compel/arch/aarch64/src/lib/include/uapi/asm/gcs-types.h
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+#ifndef __UAPI_ASM_GCS_TYPES_H__
+#define __UAPI_ASM_GCS_TYPES_H__
+
+#ifndef NT_ARM_GCS
+#define NT_ARM_GCS 0x410 /* ARM GCS state */
+#endif
+
+/* Shadow Stack/Guarded Control Stack interface */
+#define PR_GET_SHADOW_STACK_STATUS	74
+#define PR_SET_SHADOW_STACK_STATUS	75
+#define PR_LOCK_SHADOW_STACK_STATUS	76
+
+/* When set PR_SHADOW_STACK_ENABLE flag allocates a Guarded Control Stack */
+#ifndef PR_SHADOW_STACK_ENABLE
+#define PR_SHADOW_STACK_ENABLE		(1UL << 0)
+#endif
+
+/* Allows explicit GCS stores (eg. using GCSSTR) */
+#ifndef PR_SHADOW_STACK_WRITE
+#define PR_SHADOW_STACK_WRITE		(1UL << 1)
+#endif
+
+/* Allows explicit GCS pushes (eg. using GCSPUSHM) */
+#ifndef PR_SHADOW_STACK_PUSH
+#define PR_SHADOW_STACK_PUSH		(1UL << 2)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef SHADOW_STACK_SET_TOKEN
+#define SHADOW_STACK_SET_TOKEN 0x1     /* Set up a restore token in the shadow stack */
+#endif
+
+#define PR_SHADOW_STACK_ALL_MODES \
+	PR_SHADOW_STACK_ENABLE | PR_SHADOW_STACK_WRITE | PR_SHADOW_STACK_PUSH
+
+/* copied from: arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h */
+#define GCS_CAP_VALID_TOKEN 0x1
+#define GCS_CAP_ADDR_MASK 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFF000ULL
+#define GCS_CAP(x) ((((unsigned long)x) & GCS_CAP_ADDR_MASK) | GCS_CAP_VALID_TOKEN)
+#define GCS_SIGNAL_CAP(addr) (((unsigned long)addr) & GCS_CAP_ADDR_MASK)
+
+#include <asm/hwcap.h>
+
+#ifndef HWCAP_GCS
+#define HWCAP_GCS (1UL << 32)
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __UAPI_ASM_GCS_TYPES_H__ */
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