https://github.com/EliaGeretto updated 
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/183275

>From fc022477b299a7e8430ab36871d7dbbf0ab98f44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elia Geretto <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 12:19:38 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] [ELF][MTE] Add generic -z memtag-* options

This commit eliminates the Android-specific --android-memtag-* flags,
replacing them with -z memtag-* generic equivalents. With these generic
flags, the linker will emit only the dynamic array tags specified in
the "Memtag ABI Extension to ELF", but no Android-specific memtag note.

In addition, this commit adds an --android-memtag-note flag which should
be used when the Android-specific memtag note should be emitted.
---
 lld/ELF/Config.h                              | 15 ++---
 lld/ELF/Driver.cpp                            | 61 +++++++++++--------
 lld/ELF/Options.td                            | 18 +++---
 lld/ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp                 | 21 ++++---
 lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-abi.s             | 58 ++++++++++++++++++
 lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-android-abi.s     | 37 +++++------
 lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-globals.s         |  8 +--
 ...arch64-memtag-pauth-globals-out-of-range.s |  2 +-
 lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-pauth-globals.s   |  2 +-
 9 files changed, 147 insertions(+), 75 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-abi.s

diff --git a/lld/ELF/Config.h b/lld/ELF/Config.h
index 237df52194210..fb8eca34ddd50 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/Config.h
+++ b/lld/ELF/Config.h
@@ -511,17 +511,18 @@ struct Config {
   // 4 for ELF32, 8 for ELF64.
   int wordsize;
 
-  // Mode of MTE to write to the ELF note. Should be one of NT_MEMTAG_ASYNC 
(for
-  // async), NT_MEMTAG_SYNC (for sync), or NT_MEMTAG_LEVEL_NONE (for none). If
-  // async or sync is enabled, write the ELF note specifying the default MTE
-  // mode.
-  int androidMemtagMode;
+  // Mode of MTE to write to the dynamic array. Should be one of 
NT_MEMTAG_ASYNC
+  // (for async), NT_MEMTAG_SYNC (for sync), or NT_MEMTAG_LEVEL_NONE (for 
none).
+  // If async or sync is enabled, write the tag specifying the default MTE 
mode.
+  int memtagMode;
   // Signal to the dynamic loader to enable heap MTE.
-  bool androidMemtagHeap;
+  bool memtagHeap;
   // Signal to the dynamic loader that this binary expects stack MTE. 
Generally,
   // this means to map the primary and thread stacks as PROT_MTE. Note: This is
   // not supported on Android 11 & 12.
-  bool androidMemtagStack;
+  bool memtagStack;
+  // Whether to emit the Android-specific legacy memtag note.
+  bool memtagAndroidNote;
 
   // When using a unified pre-link LTO pipeline, specify the backend LTO mode.
   LtoKind ltoKind = LtoKind::Default;
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
index d7bfa7357d4ed..d5c7f7e9885aa 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/Driver.cpp
@@ -630,6 +630,27 @@ static ZicfissPolicy getZZicfiss(Ctx &ctx, 
opt::InputArgList &args) {
   return ret;
 }
 
+static int getZMemtagMode(Ctx &ctx, opt::InputArgList &args) {
+  auto ret = ELF::NT_MEMTAG_LEVEL_NONE;
+
+  for (auto *arg : args.filtered(OPT_z)) {
+    std::pair<StringRef, StringRef> kv = StringRef(arg->getValue()).split('=');
+    if (kv.first == "memtag-mode") {
+      arg->claim();
+      if (kv.second == "none")
+        ret = ELF::NT_MEMTAG_LEVEL_NONE;
+      else if (kv.second == "sync")
+        ret = ELF::NT_MEMTAG_LEVEL_SYNC;
+      else if (kv.second == "async")
+        ret = ELF::NT_MEMTAG_LEVEL_ASYNC;
+      else
+        ErrAlways(ctx) << "unknown -z memtag-mode= value: " << kv.second;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return ret;
+}
+
 // Report a warning for an unknown -z option.
 static void checkZOptions(Ctx &ctx, opt::InputArgList &args) {
   // This function is called before getTarget(), when certain options are not
@@ -846,27 +867,20 @@ static StringRef getDynamicLinker(Ctx &ctx, 
opt::InputArgList &args) {
 }
 
 static int getMemtagMode(Ctx &ctx, opt::InputArgList &args) {
-  StringRef memtagModeArg = args.getLastArgValue(OPT_android_memtag_mode);
-  if (memtagModeArg.empty()) {
-    if (ctx.arg.androidMemtagStack)
-      Warn(ctx) << "--android-memtag-mode is unspecified, leaving "
-                   "--android-memtag-stack a no-op";
-    else if (ctx.arg.androidMemtagHeap)
-      Warn(ctx) << "--android-memtag-mode is unspecified, leaving "
-                   "--android-memtag-heap a no-op";
-    return ELF::NT_MEMTAG_LEVEL_NONE;
+  auto memtagMode = getZMemtagMode(ctx, args);
+  if (memtagMode == ELF::NT_MEMTAG_LEVEL_NONE) {
+    if (ctx.arg.memtagStack)
+      Warn(ctx) << "-z memtag-mode is none, leaving "
+                   "-z memtag-stack a no-op";
+    if (ctx.arg.memtagHeap)
+      Warn(ctx) << "-z memtag-mode is none, leaving "
+                   "-z memtag-heap a no-op";
+    if (ctx.arg.memtagAndroidNote)
+      Warn(ctx) << "-z memtag-mode is none, leaving "
+                   "--android-memtag-note a no-op";
   }
 
-  if (memtagModeArg == "sync")
-    return ELF::NT_MEMTAG_LEVEL_SYNC;
-  if (memtagModeArg == "async")
-    return ELF::NT_MEMTAG_LEVEL_ASYNC;
-  if (memtagModeArg == "none")
-    return ELF::NT_MEMTAG_LEVEL_NONE;
-
-  ErrAlways(ctx) << "unknown --android-memtag-mode value: \"" << memtagModeArg
-                 << "\", should be one of {async, sync, none}";
-  return ELF::NT_MEMTAG_LEVEL_NONE;
+  return memtagMode;
 }
 
 static ICFLevel getICF(opt::InputArgList &args) {
@@ -1358,13 +1372,12 @@ static void readConfigs(Ctx &ctx, opt::InputArgList 
&args) {
       hasZOption(args, "muldefs") ||
       args.hasFlag(OPT_allow_multiple_definition,
                    OPT_no_allow_multiple_definition, false);
-  ctx.arg.androidMemtagHeap =
-      args.hasFlag(OPT_android_memtag_heap, OPT_no_android_memtag_heap, false);
-  ctx.arg.androidMemtagStack = args.hasFlag(OPT_android_memtag_stack,
-                                            OPT_no_android_memtag_stack, 
false);
+  ctx.arg.memtagHeap = hasZOption(args, "memtag-heap");
+  ctx.arg.memtagStack = hasZOption(args, "memtag-stack");
+  ctx.arg.memtagAndroidNote = args.hasArg(OPT_android_memtag_note);
   ctx.arg.fatLTOObjects =
       args.hasFlag(OPT_fat_lto_objects, OPT_no_fat_lto_objects, false);
-  ctx.arg.androidMemtagMode = getMemtagMode(ctx, args);
+  ctx.arg.memtagMode = getMemtagMode(ctx, args);
   ctx.arg.auxiliaryList = args::getStrings(args, OPT_auxiliary);
   ctx.arg.armBe8 = args.hasArg(OPT_be8);
   if (opt::Arg *arg = args.getLastArg(
diff --git a/lld/ELF/Options.td b/lld/ELF/Options.td
index c2111e58c12b9..d262f34c9d1dd 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/Options.td
+++ b/lld/ELF/Options.td
@@ -844,14 +844,10 @@ defm check_dynamic_relocations: 
BB<"check-dynamic-relocations",
 
 defm load_pass_plugins: EEq<"load-pass-plugin", "Load passes from plugin 
library">;
 
-// Hidden options, used by clang's -fsanitize=memtag-* options to emit an ELF
-// note to designate what kinds of memory (stack/heap) should be protected 
using
-// ARM's MTE on armv8.5+. A binary's desire for stack MTE can't be obtained
-// implicitly, so we have a specific bit in the note to signal to the loader to
-// remap the stack as PROT_MTE.
-defm android_memtag_stack: BB<"android-memtag-stack",
-    "Instruct the dynamic loader to prepare for MTE stack instrumentation", 
"">;
-defm android_memtag_heap: BB<"android-memtag-heap",
-    "Instruct the dynamic loader to enable MTE protection for the heap", "">;
-defm android_memtag_mode: EEq<"android-memtag-mode",
-    "Instruct the dynamic loader to start under MTE mode {async, sync, none}">;
+// Hidden option, used by clang's -fsanitize=memtag-* option to emit an ELF 
note
+// to designate what kinds of memory (stack/heap) should be protected using
+// ARM's MTE on armv8.5+. This note is Android-specific and it is used only in
+// older SDK versions.
+defm android_memtag_note
+    : BB<"android-memtag-note", "Emit the Android-specific legacy memtag note",
+         "">;
diff --git a/lld/ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp b/lld/ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp
index 2cfc88d8389b0..5ec226f1621f3 100644
--- a/lld/ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp
+++ b/lld/ELF/SyntheticSections.cpp
@@ -1504,9 +1504,10 @@ DynamicSection<ELFT>::computeContents() {
       addInt(DT_AARCH64_PAC_PLT, 0);
 
     if (hasMemtag(ctx)) {
-      addInt(DT_AARCH64_MEMTAG_MODE, ctx.arg.androidMemtagMode == 
NT_MEMTAG_LEVEL_ASYNC);
-      addInt(DT_AARCH64_MEMTAG_HEAP, ctx.arg.androidMemtagHeap);
-      addInt(DT_AARCH64_MEMTAG_STACK, ctx.arg.androidMemtagStack);
+      addInt(DT_AARCH64_MEMTAG_MODE,
+             ctx.arg.memtagMode == NT_MEMTAG_LEVEL_ASYNC);
+      addInt(DT_AARCH64_MEMTAG_HEAP, ctx.arg.memtagHeap);
+      addInt(DT_AARCH64_MEMTAG_STACK, ctx.arg.memtagStack);
       if (ctx.mainPart->memtagGlobalDescriptors->isNeeded()) {
         addInSec(DT_AARCH64_MEMTAG_GLOBALS,
                  *ctx.mainPart->memtagGlobalDescriptors);
@@ -4500,7 +4501,7 @@ static bool needsInterpSection(Ctx &ctx) {
 
 bool elf::hasMemtag(Ctx &ctx) {
   return ctx.arg.emachine == EM_AARCH64 &&
-         ctx.arg.androidMemtagMode != ELF::NT_MEMTAG_LEVEL_NONE;
+         ctx.arg.memtagMode != ELF::NT_MEMTAG_LEVEL_NONE;
 }
 
 // Fully static executables don't support MTE globals at this point in time, as
@@ -4528,12 +4529,12 @@ void MemtagAndroidNote::writeTo(uint8_t *buf) {
   buf += 12 + alignTo(sizeof(kMemtagAndroidNoteName), 4);
 
   uint32_t value = 0;
-  value |= ctx.arg.androidMemtagMode;
-  if (ctx.arg.androidMemtagHeap)
+  value |= ctx.arg.memtagMode;
+  if (ctx.arg.memtagHeap)
     value |= ELF::NT_MEMTAG_HEAP;
   // Note, MTE stack is an ABI break. Attempting to run an MTE stack-enabled
   // binary on Android 11 or 12 will result in a checkfail in the loader.
-  if (ctx.arg.androidMemtagStack)
+  if (ctx.arg.memtagStack)
     value |= ELF::NT_MEMTAG_STACK;
   write32(ctx, buf, value); // note value
 }
@@ -4740,8 +4741,10 @@ template <class ELFT> void 
elf::createSyntheticSections(Ctx &ctx) {
     part.dynamic = std::make_unique<DynamicSection<ELFT>>(ctx);
 
     if (hasMemtag(ctx)) {
-      part.memtagAndroidNote = std::make_unique<MemtagAndroidNote>(ctx);
-      add(*part.memtagAndroidNote);
+      if (ctx.arg.memtagAndroidNote) {
+        part.memtagAndroidNote = std::make_unique<MemtagAndroidNote>(ctx);
+        add(*part.memtagAndroidNote);
+      }
       if (canHaveMemtagGlobals(ctx)) {
         part.memtagGlobalDescriptors =
             std::make_unique<MemtagGlobalDescriptors>(ctx);
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-abi.s 
b/lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-abi.s
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..86e53edc1fbaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-abi.s
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# REQUIRES: aarch64
+
+# RUN: llvm-mc --filetype=obj -triple=aarch64-linux-gnu %s -o %t.o
+
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared -z memtag-mode=async -z memtag-heap %t.o -o %t
+# RUN: llvm-readelf --memtag %t | FileCheck %s 
--check-prefixes=CHECK,HEAP,NOSTACK,ASYNC
+
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared -z memtag-mode=sync -z memtag-heap %t.o -o %t
+# RUN: llvm-readelf --memtag %t | FileCheck %s 
--check-prefixes=CHECK,HEAP,NOSTACK,SYNC
+
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared -z memtag-mode=async -z memtag-stack %t.o -o %t
+# RUN: llvm-readelf --memtag %t | FileCheck %s 
--check-prefixes=CHECK,NOHEAP,STACK,ASYNC
+
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared -z memtag-mode=sync -z memtag-stack %t.o -o %t
+# RUN: llvm-readelf --memtag %t | FileCheck %s 
--check-prefixes=CHECK,NOHEAP,STACK,SYNC
+
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared -z memtag-mode=async -z memtag-heap \
+# RUN:    -z memtag-stack %t.o -o %t
+# RUN: llvm-readelf --memtag %t | FileCheck %s 
--check-prefixes=CHECK,HEAP,STACK,ASYNC
+
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared -z memtag-mode=sync -z memtag-heap \
+# RUN:    -z memtag-stack %t.o -o %t
+# RUN: llvm-readelf --memtag %t | FileCheck %s 
--check-prefixes=CHECK,HEAP,STACK,SYNC
+
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared -z memtag-heap %t.o -o %t 2>&1 | \
+# RUN:    FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=MISSING-MODE
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared -z memtag-stack %t.o -o %t 2>&1 | \
+# RUN:    FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=MISSING-MODE
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared -z memtag-heap -z memtag-stack %t.o -o %t 2>&1 | \
+# RUN:    FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=MISSING-MODE
+# MISSING-MODE: warning: -z memtag-mode is none, leaving
+# MISSING-MODE-SAME: -z memtag-{{(heap|stack)}} a no-op
+
+# CHECK: Memtag Dynamic Entries
+# SYNC:    AARCH64_MEMTAG_MODE: Synchronous (0)
+# ASYNC:   AARCH64_MEMTAG_MODE: Asynchronous (1)
+# HEAP:    AARCH64_MEMTAG_HEAP: Enabled (1)
+# NOHEAP:  AARCH64_MEMTAG_HEAP: Disabled (0)
+# STACK:   AARCH64_MEMTAG_STACK: Enabled (1)
+# NOSTACK: AARCH64_MEMTAG_STACK: Disabled (0)
+
+# CHECK-NOT: Memtag Android Note
+
+# RUN: not ld.lld -shared -z memtag-mode=asymm -z memtag-heap 2>&1 | \
+# RUN:    FileCheck %s --check-prefix=BAD-MODE
+# BAD-MODE: error: unknown -z memtag-mode= value: asymm
+
+# RUN: ld.lld -static -z memtag-mode=sync -z memtag-heap \
+# RUN:    -z memtag-stack %t.o -o %t
+# RUN: llvm-readelf --memtag %t | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=STATIC
+
+# STATIC:      Memtag Dynamic Entries:
+# STATIC-NEXT: < none found >
+# STATIC-NOT:  Memtag Android Note
+
+.globl _start
+_start:
+  ret
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-android-abi.s 
b/lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-android-abi.s
index 57c85dcfe81d0..cba84d07ae227 100644
--- a/lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-android-abi.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-android-abi.s
@@ -6,34 +6,36 @@
 ## can be run on these versions of Android.
 
 # RUN: llvm-mc --filetype=obj -triple=aarch64-linux-android %s -o %t.o
-# RUN: ld.lld -shared --android-memtag-mode=async --android-memtag-heap %t.o 
-o %t
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared -z memtag-mode=async -z memtag-heap 
--android-memtag-note %t.o -o %t
 # RUN: llvm-readelf --memtag %t | FileCheck %s 
--check-prefixes=CHECK,HEAP,NOSTACK,ASYNC
 
-# RUN: ld.lld -shared --android-memtag-mode=sync --android-memtag-heap %t.o -o 
%t
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared -z memtag-mode=sync -z memtag-heap --android-memtag-note 
%t.o -o %t
 # RUN: llvm-readelf --memtag %t | FileCheck %s 
--check-prefixes=CHECK,HEAP,NOSTACK,SYNC
 
-# RUN: ld.lld -shared --android-memtag-mode=async --android-memtag-stack %t.o 
-o %t
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared -z memtag-mode=async -z memtag-stack 
--android-memtag-note %t.o -o %t
 # RUN: llvm-readelf --memtag %t | FileCheck %s 
--check-prefixes=CHECK,NOHEAP,STACK,ASYNC
 
-# RUN: ld.lld -shared --android-memtag-mode=sync --android-memtag-stack %t.o 
-o %t
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared -z memtag-mode=sync -z memtag-stack 
--android-memtag-note %t.o -o %t
 # RUN: llvm-readelf --memtag %t | FileCheck %s 
--check-prefixes=CHECK,NOHEAP,STACK,SYNC
 
-# RUN: ld.lld -shared --android-memtag-mode=async --android-memtag-heap \
-# RUN:    --android-memtag-stack %t.o -o %t
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared -z memtag-mode=async -z memtag-heap \
+# RUN:    -z memtag-stack --android-memtag-note %t.o -o %t
 # RUN: llvm-readelf --memtag %t | FileCheck %s 
--check-prefixes=CHECK,HEAP,STACK,ASYNC
 
-# RUN: ld.lld -shared --android-memtag-mode=sync --android-memtag-heap \
-# RUN:    --android-memtag-stack %t.o -o %t
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared -z memtag-mode=sync -z memtag-heap \
+# RUN:    -z memtag-stack --android-memtag-note %t.o -o %t
 # RUN: llvm-readelf --memtag %t | FileCheck %s 
--check-prefixes=CHECK,HEAP,STACK,SYNC
 
-# RUN: ld.lld -shared --android-memtag-heap %t.o -o %t 2>&1 | \
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared --android-memtag-note %t.o -o %t 2>&1 | \
 # RUN:    FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=MISSING-MODE
-# RUN: ld.lld -shared --android-memtag-stack %t.o -o %t 2>&1 | \
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared -z memtag-heap --android-memtag-note %t.o -o %t 2>&1 | \
 # RUN:    FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=MISSING-MODE
-# RUN: ld.lld -shared --android-memtag-heap --android-memtag-stack %t.o -o %t 
2>&1 | \
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared -z memtag-stack --android-memtag-note %t.o -o %t 2>&1 | \
 # RUN:    FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=MISSING-MODE
-# MISSING-MODE: warning: --android-memtag-mode is unspecified, leaving
-# MISSING-MODE: --android-memtag-{{(heap|stack)}} a no-op
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared -z memtag-heap -z memtag-stack --android-memtag-note 
%t.o -o %t 2>&1 | \
+# RUN:    FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=MISSING-MODE
+# MISSING-MODE: warning: -z memtag-mode is none, leaving
+# MISSING-MODE-SAME: {{(--android-memtag-note|-z memtag-(heap|stack))}} a no-op
 
 # CHECK: Memtag Dynamic Entries
 # SYNC:    AARCH64_MEMTAG_MODE: Synchronous (0)
@@ -51,13 +53,12 @@
 # STACK-NEXT:   Stack: Enabled
 # NOSTACK-NEXT: Stack: Disabled
 
-# RUN: not ld.lld -shared --android-memtag-mode=asymm --android-memtag-heap 
2>&1 | \
+# RUN: not ld.lld -shared -z memtag-mode=asymm -z memtag-heap 
--android-memtag-note 2>&1 | \
 # RUN:    FileCheck %s --check-prefix=BAD-MODE
-# BAD-MODE: error: unknown --android-memtag-mode value: "asymm", should be one 
of
-# BAD-MODE: {async, sync, none}
+# BAD-MODE: error: unknown -z memtag-mode= value: asymm
 
-# RUN: ld.lld -static --android-memtag-mode=sync --android-memtag-heap \
-# RUN:    --android-memtag-stack %t.o -o %t
+# RUN: ld.lld -static -z memtag-mode=sync -z memtag-heap \
+# RUN:    -z memtag-stack --android-memtag-note %t.o -o %t
 # RUN: llvm-readelf --memtag %t | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=STATIC
 
 # STATIC:      Memtag Dynamic Entries:
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-globals.s 
b/lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-globals.s
index b109c1d2c2e9c..c10fbc7013423 100644
--- a/lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-globals.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-globals.s
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 ## Ensure MTE globals doesn't work with REL (only RELA).
 # RUN: yaml2obj %s -o %t.rel.o
-# RUN: not ld.lld -shared --android-memtag-mode=sync %t.rel.o -o %t1.so 2>&1 | 
FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-RELA
+# RUN: not ld.lld -shared -z memtag-mode=sync --android-memtag-note %t.rel.o 
-o %t1.so 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-RELA
 # CHECK-RELA: non-RELA relocations are not allowed with memtag globals
 --- !ELF
 FileHeader:
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Symbols:
 # RUN:   %t/input_1.s -o %t1.o
 # RUN: llvm-mc --filetype=obj -triple=aarch64-linux-android \
 # RUN:   %t/input_2.s -o %t2.o
-# RUN: ld.lld -shared --android-memtag-mode=sync %t1.o %t2.o -o %t.so
+# RUN: ld.lld -shared -z memtag-mode=sync --android-memtag-note %t1.o %t2.o -o 
%t.so
 
 ## Normally relocations are printed before the symbol tables, so reorder it a
 ## bit to make it easier on matching addresses of relocations up with the
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Symbols:
 # RUN: llvm-objdump -Dz %t.so | FileCheck %s 
--check-prefix=CHECK-SPECIAL-RELOCS
 
 ## And ensure that --apply-dynamic-relocs is banned.
-# RUN: not ld.lld --apply-dynamic-relocs -shared --android-memtag-mode=sync \
+# RUN: not ld.lld --apply-dynamic-relocs -shared -z memtag-mode=sync 
--android-memtag-note \
 # RUN:   %t1.o %t2.o -o %t1.so 2>&1 | FileCheck %s 
--check-prefix=CHECK-DYNRELOC
 # CHECK-DYNRELOC: --apply-dynamic-relocs cannot be used with MTE globals
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Symbols:
 ## dynamic entries, etc.
 # RUN: llvm-mc --filetype=obj -triple=aarch64-linux-android \
 # RUN:   %t/input_3.s -o %t3.o
-# RUN: ld.lld -static --android-memtag-mode=sync %t1.o %t2.o %t3.o -o 
%t.static.so
+# RUN: ld.lld -static -z memtag-mode=sync --android-memtag-note %t1.o %t2.o 
%t3.o -o %t.static.so
 # RUN: llvm-readelf -s --section-headers --relocs --memtag %t.static.so | \
 # RUN:   FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-STATIC
 # CHECK-STATIC-NOT: .memtag.globals.static
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-pauth-globals-out-of-range.s 
b/lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-pauth-globals-out-of-range.s
index c786d52a7ec1e..c0b5e6f657cec 100644
--- a/lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-pauth-globals-out-of-range.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-pauth-globals-out-of-range.s
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # REQUIRES: aarch64
 # RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=aarch64-linux-android %s -o %t.o
-# RUN: not ld.lld --shared --android-memtag-mode=sync %t.o -o /dev/null 2>&1 | 
\
+# RUN: not ld.lld --shared -z memtag-mode=sync --android-memtag-note %t.o -o 
/dev/null 2>&1 | \
 # RUN:   FileCheck %s --implicit-check-not=error:
 
 ## Verify that, when composing PAuth and Memtag ABIs, we error if trying to
diff --git a/lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-pauth-globals.s 
b/lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-pauth-globals.s
index 2b468cbbb76c6..61e5d36c8d71c 100644
--- a/lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-pauth-globals.s
+++ b/lld/test/ELF/aarch64-memtag-pauth-globals.s
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # REQUIRES: aarch64
 # RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj -triple=aarch64-linux-android %s -o %t.o
-# RUN: ld.lld --shared --android-memtag-mode=sync %t.o -o %t
+# RUN: ld.lld --shared -z memtag-mode=sync --android-memtag-note %t.o -o %t
 # RUN: llvm-readobj -r %t | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=RELA
 # RUN: llvm-readelf -x.data %t | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=DATA
 

>From 803dd32ad3750f225d1f0db3b2797264b697d3a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elia Geretto <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:20:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] [Driver][MTE] Use generic memtag flags

This commit adds support for the generic -z memtag-* lld flags which
allow to produce memtag-enabled ELFs for all supported OS-es. Android
targets will use the --android-memtag-note flag to tell the linker to
emit the Android-specific memtag note.
---
 clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/CommonArgs.cpp | 25 +++++++----
 clang/test/Driver/fsanitize-memtag.c       |  2 +-
 clang/test/Driver/memtag-android-ld.c      | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 clang/test/Driver/memtag-ld.c              | 30 +++++++-------
 4 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 clang/test/Driver/memtag-android-ld.c

diff --git a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/CommonArgs.cpp 
b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/CommonArgs.cpp
index 9a17fa2546e68..865193be2e013 100644
--- a/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/CommonArgs.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/Driver/ToolChains/CommonArgs.cpp
@@ -1796,16 +1796,23 @@ bool tools::addSanitizerRuntimes(const ToolChain &TC, 
const ArgList &Args,
     CmdArgs.push_back("--export-dynamic-symbol=__cfi_check");
 
   if (SanArgs.hasMemTag()) {
-    if (!TC.getTriple().isAndroid()) {
-      TC.getDriver().Diag(diag::err_drv_unsupported_opt_for_target)
-          << "-fsanitize=memtag*" << TC.getTriple().str();
-    }
+    CmdArgs.push_back("-z");
     CmdArgs.push_back(
-        Args.MakeArgString("--android-memtag-mode=" + 
SanArgs.getMemtagMode()));
-    if (SanArgs.hasMemtagHeap())
-      CmdArgs.push_back("--android-memtag-heap");
-    if (SanArgs.hasMemtagStack())
-      CmdArgs.push_back("--android-memtag-stack");
+        Args.MakeArgString("memtag-mode=" + SanArgs.getMemtagMode()));
+
+    if (SanArgs.hasMemtagHeap()) {
+      CmdArgs.push_back("-z");
+      CmdArgs.push_back("memtag-heap");
+    }
+
+    if (SanArgs.hasMemtagStack()) {
+      CmdArgs.push_back("-z");
+      CmdArgs.push_back("memtag-stack");
+    }
+
+    if (TC.getTriple().isAndroid()) {
+      CmdArgs.push_back("--android-memtag-note");
+    }
   }
 
   return !StaticRuntimes.empty() || !NonWholeStaticRuntimes.empty() ||
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/fsanitize-memtag.c 
b/clang/test/Driver/fsanitize-memtag.c
index c842e6de1b62d..cfe9a2b0c1ad9 100644
--- a/clang/test/Driver/fsanitize-memtag.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/fsanitize-memtag.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // CHECK-SANMT-MT: "-target-feature" "+mte"
 // CHECK-SANMT-MT-SAME: "-fsanitize=memtag-stack,memtag-heap,memtag-globals"
 
-// RUN: not %clang --target=aarch64-linux -fsanitize=memtag -Xclang 
-target-feature -Xclang +mte %s -### 2>&1 | FileCheck %s 
--check-prefix=CHECK-SANMT-MT
+// RUN: %clang --target=aarch64-linux -fsanitize=memtag -Xclang 
-target-feature -Xclang +mte %s -### 2>&1 | FileCheck %s 
--check-prefix=CHECK-SANMT-MT
 
 // RUN: not %clang --target=aarch64-linux -fsanitize=memtag %s -### 2>&1 | 
FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-SANMT-NOMT-0
 // CHECK-SANMT-NOMT-0: '-fsanitize=memtag-stack' requires hardware support 
(+memtag)
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/memtag-android-ld.c 
b/clang/test/Driver/memtag-android-ld.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..36601a6e51d94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/memtag-android-ld.c
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+// RUN: %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-android -march=armv8+memtag \
+// RUN:   -fsanitize=memtag %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s \
+// RUN:   --check-prefixes=CHECK-SYNC,CHECK-HEAP,CHECK-STACK,CHECK-NOTE
+
+// RUN: %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-android -march=armv8+memtag \
+// RUN:   -fsanitize=memtag-stack %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s \
+// RUN:   --check-prefixes=CHECK-SYNC,CHECK-NO-HEAP,CHECK-STACK,CHECK-NOTE
+
+// RUN: %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-android -march=armv8+memtag \
+// RUN:   -fsanitize=memtag-heap %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s \
+// RUN:   --check-prefixes=CHECK-SYNC,CHECK-HEAP,CHECK-NO-STACK,CHECK-NOTE
+
+// RUN: %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-android -march=armv8+memtag \
+// RUN:   -fsanitize=memtag -fsanitize-memtag-mode=async %s 2>&1 | \
+// RUN:   FileCheck %s 
--check-prefixes=CHECK-ASYNC,CHECK-HEAP,CHECK-STACK,CHECK-NOTE
+
+// RUN: %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-android -march=armv8+memtag \
+// RUN:   -fsanitize=memtag-stack -fsanitize-memtag-mode=async %s 2>&1 \
+// RUN:   | FileCheck %s \
+// RUN:   --check-prefixes=CHECK-ASYNC,CHECK-NO-HEAP,CHECK-STACK,CHECK-NOTE
+
+// RUN: %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-android -march=armv8+memtag \
+// RUN:   -fsanitize=memtag-heap -fsanitize-memtag-mode=async %s 2>&1 \
+// RUN:   | FileCheck %s \
+// RUN:   --check-prefixes=CHECK-ASYNC,CHECK-HEAP,CHECK-NO-STACK,CHECK-NOTE
+
+// RUN: not %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-android -march=armv8+memtag \
+// RUN:   -fsanitize=memtag-heap -fsanitize-memtag-mode=asymm %s 2>&1 \
+// RUN:   | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=CHECK-INVALID-MODE
+
+// RUN: not %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-android -march=armv8+memtag \
+// RUN:   -fsanitize=memtag-stack -fsanitize=memtag-heap \
+// RUN:   -fsanitize-memtag-mode=asymm -fno-sanitize=memtag %s 2>&1 \
+// RUN:   | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=CHECK-NONE
+
+// CHECK-ASYNC:             ld{{.*}} "-z" "memtag-mode=async"
+// CHECK-SYNC:              ld{{.*}} "-z" "memtag-mode=sync"
+// CHECK-HEAP:              "-z" "memtag-heap"
+// CHECK-NO-HEAP-NOT:       "-z" "memtag-heap"
+// CHECK-STACK:             "-z" "memtag-stack"
+// CHECK-NO-STACK-NOT:      "-z" "memtag-stack"
+// CHECK-NOTE:              "--android-memtag-note"
+// CHECK-INVALID-MODE:      invalid value 'asymm' in '-fsanitize-memtag-mode=',
+// CHECK-INVALID-MODE-SAME: expected one of: {async, sync}
+// CHECK-NONE-NOT:          ld{{.*}} "-z" "memtag
+// CHECK-NONE-NOT:          ld{{.*}} "--android-memtag-note"
+
+void f() {}
diff --git a/clang/test/Driver/memtag-ld.c b/clang/test/Driver/memtag-ld.c
index aef08ddc5758a..05a648a6ac7a1 100644
--- a/clang/test/Driver/memtag-ld.c
+++ b/clang/test/Driver/memtag-ld.c
@@ -1,46 +1,46 @@
-// RUN: %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-android -march=armv8+memtag \
+// RUN: %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-gnu -march=armv8+memtag \
 // RUN:   -fsanitize=memtag %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s \
 // RUN:   --check-prefixes=CHECK-SYNC,CHECK-HEAP,CHECK-STACK
 
-// RUN: %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-android -march=armv8+memtag \
+// RUN: %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-gnu -march=armv8+memtag \
 // RUN:   -fsanitize=memtag-stack %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s \
 // RUN:   --check-prefixes=CHECK-SYNC,CHECK-NO-HEAP,CHECK-STACK
 
-// RUN: %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-android -march=armv8+memtag \
+// RUN: %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-gnu -march=armv8+memtag \
 // RUN:   -fsanitize=memtag-heap %s 2>&1 | FileCheck %s \
 // RUN:   --check-prefixes=CHECK-SYNC,CHECK-HEAP,CHECK-NO-STACK
 
-// RUN: %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-android -march=armv8+memtag \
+// RUN: %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-gnu -march=armv8+memtag \
 // RUN:   -fsanitize=memtag -fsanitize-memtag-mode=async %s 2>&1 | \
 // RUN:   FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=CHECK-ASYNC,CHECK-HEAP,CHECK-STACK
 
-// RUN: %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-android -march=armv8+memtag \
+// RUN: %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-gnu -march=armv8+memtag \
 // RUN:   -fsanitize=memtag-stack -fsanitize-memtag-mode=async %s 2>&1 \
 // RUN:   | FileCheck %s \
 // RUN:   --check-prefixes=CHECK-ASYNC,CHECK-NO-HEAP,CHECK-STACK
 
-// RUN: %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-android -march=armv8+memtag \
+// RUN: %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-gnu -march=armv8+memtag \
 // RUN:   -fsanitize=memtag-heap -fsanitize-memtag-mode=async %s 2>&1 \
 // RUN:   | FileCheck %s \
 // RUN:   --check-prefixes=CHECK-ASYNC,CHECK-HEAP,CHECK-NO-STACK
 
-// RUN: not %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-android -march=armv8+memtag \
+// RUN: not %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-gnu -march=armv8+memtag \
 // RUN:   -fsanitize=memtag-heap -fsanitize-memtag-mode=asymm %s 2>&1 \
 // RUN:   | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=CHECK-INVALID-MODE
 
-// RUN: not %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-android -march=armv8+memtag \
+// RUN: not %clang -### --target=aarch64-linux-gnu -march=armv8+memtag \
 // RUN:   -fsanitize=memtag-stack -fsanitize=memtag-heap \
 // RUN:   -fsanitize-memtag-mode=asymm -fno-sanitize=memtag %s 2>&1 \
 // RUN:   | FileCheck %s --check-prefixes=CHECK-NONE
 
-// CHECK-ASYNC:             ld{{.*}} "--android-memtag-mode=async"
-// CHECK-SYNC:              ld{{.*}} "--android-memtag-mode=sync"
-// CHECK-HEAP:              "--android-memtag-heap"
-// CHECK-NO-HEAP-NOT:       "--android-memtag-heap"
-// CHECK-STACK:             "--android-memtag-stack"
-// CHECK-NO-STACK-NOT:      "--android-memtag-stack"
+// CHECK-ASYNC:             ld{{.*}} "-z" "memtag-mode=async"
+// CHECK-SYNC:              ld{{.*}} "-z" "memtag-mode=sync"
+// CHECK-HEAP:              "-z" "memtag-heap"
+// CHECK-NO-HEAP-NOT:       "-z" "memtag-heap"
+// CHECK-STACK:             "-z" "memtag-stack"
+// CHECK-NO-STACK-NOT:      "-z" "memtag-stack"
 // CHECK-INVALID-MODE:      invalid value 'asymm' in '-fsanitize-memtag-mode=',
 // CHECK-INVALID-MODE-SAME: expected one of: {async, sync}
-// CHECK-NONE-NOT:          ld{{.*}} "--android-memtag
+// CHECK-NONE-NOT:          ld{{.*}} "-z" "memtag
 
 void f() {}

>From 47ee2e5100c486293383c7681deea7a12f97b7a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Elia Geretto <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:36:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] [AsmPrinter][MTE] Support memtag-globals for all AArch64
 targets

---
 llvm/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/AsmPrinter.cpp |  4 ++--
 llvm/test/MC/AArch64/global-tagging.ll     | 10 +++++++---
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/AsmPrinter.cpp 
b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/AsmPrinter.cpp
index 083b83567e47f..0eca99cfed563 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/AsmPrinter.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/CodeGen/AsmPrinter/AsmPrinter.cpp
@@ -833,10 +833,10 @@ void AsmPrinter::emitGlobalVariable(const GlobalVariable 
*GV) {
   if (GV->isTagged()) {
     Triple T = TM.getTargetTriple();
 
-    if (T.getArch() != Triple::aarch64 || !T.isAndroid())
+    if (T.getArch() != Triple::aarch64)
       OutContext.reportError(SMLoc(),
                              "tagged symbols (-fsanitize=memtag-globals) are "
-                             "only supported on AArch64 Android");
+                             "only supported on AArch64");
     OutStreamer->emitSymbolAttribute(EmittedSym, MCSA_Memtag);
   }
 
diff --git a/llvm/test/MC/AArch64/global-tagging.ll 
b/llvm/test/MC/AArch64/global-tagging.ll
index c8b3f52401dc1..29463b1b86ff4 100644
--- a/llvm/test/MC/AArch64/global-tagging.ll
+++ b/llvm/test/MC/AArch64/global-tagging.ll
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
-;; Tagged symbols are only available on aarch64-linux-android.
-; RUN: not llc -filetype=null %s -mtriple=aarch64-unknown-linux 2>&1 | 
FileCheck %s --check-prefix=ERR
+;; Tagged symbols are only available on AArch64.
 ; RUN: %if x86-registered-target %{ not llc -filetype=null %s 
-mtriple=x86_64-unknown-linux 2>&1 | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=ERR %}
 
-; ERR: error: tagged symbols (-fsanitize=memtag-globals) are only supported on 
AArch64 Android
+; ERR: error: tagged symbols (-fsanitize=memtag-globals) are only supported on 
AArch64
+
+; RUN: llc %s -mtriple=aarch64-unknown-linux -o %t.linux.S
+; RUN: FileCheck %s --input-file=%t.linux.S --check-prefix=CHECK-ASM
+; RUN: llvm-mc -filetype=obj %t.linux.S -triple=aarch64-unknown-linux -o 
%t.linux.o
+; RUN: llvm-readelf -r %t.linux.o | FileCheck %s --check-prefix=CHECK-RELOCS
 
 ; RUN: llc %s -mtriple=aarch64-linux-android31 -o %t.S
 ; RUN: FileCheck %s --input-file=%t.S --check-prefix=CHECK-ASM

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