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| author | H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> | 2018-07-18 09:52:40 -0700 |
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| committer | H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> | 2018-07-18 09:52:53 -0700 |
| commit | e6c695099b7894bce72de04009c889c8f6e674ae (patch) | |
| tree | 13f0ff6ccee563fc3dba6e37581241c9cede0894 /INSTALL | |
| parent | e2d40a8822be27ddbd512599ea1955e52f90bf87 (diff) | |
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Intel CET: Document --enable-cet
* NEWS: Mention --enable-cet.
* manual/install.texi: Document --enable-cet.
* INSTALL: Regenerated.
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@@ -106,6 +106,17 @@ if 'CFLAGS' is specified it must enable optimization. For example: programs and tests are created as dynamic position independent executables (PIE) by default. +'--enable-cet' + Enable Intel Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) support. + When the GNU C Library is built with '--enable-cet', the resulting + library is protected with indirect branch tracking (IBT) and shadow + stack (SHSTK). When CET is enabled, the GNU C Library is + compatible with all existing executables and shared libraries. + This feature is currently supported on i386, x86_64 and x32 with + GCC 8 and binutils 2.29 or later. Note that when CET is enabled, + the GNU C Library requires CPUs capable of multi-byte NOPs, like + x86-64 processors as well as Intel Pentium Pro or newer. + '--disable-profile' Don't build libraries with profiling information. You may want to use this option if you don't plan to do profiling. |