On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 8:22 AM Gerald Pfeifer <ger...@pfeifer.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 27 Nov 2020, H.J. Lu via Gcc-patches wrote:
> > +@code{--enable-cet=auto} is default. CET is enabled on Linux/x86 if
> > +target binutils supports @code{Intel CET} instructions and disabled
> > +otherwise. In this case, the target libraries are configured to get
> > +additional @option{-fcf-protection} option.
>
> Does that refer to the Linux kernel or GNU/Linux?
>
> THe last sentence does not appear complete. What do you want to say?
>
> "...target libraries are built with @option{-fcf-protection}"?
The new wording is
---
@code{--enable-cet=auto} is default. CET is enabled on Linux/x86 if
target binutils supports @code{Intel CET} instructions and disabled
otherwise. In this case, the target libraries are configured to get
additional @option{-fcf-protection} option.
---
On Linux/x86, if binutils supports CET, target libraries will be compiled
with -fcf-protection}.
> On Fri, 27 Nov 2020, H.J. Lu via Gcc-patches wrote:
> > OK for backport to GCC 10?
>
> Yes, once we have resolved the above.
>
> Gerald
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H.J.
