On Sat, 11 Dec 2021 14:05:12 GMT, Andrew Haley wrote:
>> Alan Hayward has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional
>> commit since the last revision:
>>
>> Remove BSD/Apple specific code
>
> src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/globals_aarch64.hpp line 122:
>
>> 120: "It canno
On Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:14:47 GMT, Alan Hayward wrote:
>> PAC is an optional feature in AArch64 8.3 and is compulsory in v9. One
>> of its uses is to protect against ROP based attacks. This is done by
>> signing the Link Register whenever it is stored on the stack, and
>> authenticating the value
On Fri, 10 Dec 2021 15:16:19 GMT, Alan Hayward wrote:
>> src/hotspot/cpu/aarch64/vm_version_aarch64.cpp line 419:
>>
>>> 417: if (UseROPProtection) {
>>> 418: warning("UseROPProtection specified, but not supported on this
>>> CPU.");
>>> 419: FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(UseROPProtection, f
