Re: new ELF marking

From: Kostya Serebryany
Date: Wed Aug 09 2017 - 16:32:52 EST


> >
> > I believe this would only be an output bit, but I'm not sure how it
> > would be wired into binutils. Kostya, do you know any details about
> > how AddressSanitizer might be able to create this ELF note?

I don't, hopefully H.J's suggestion works.
Will it be backward compatible?
(i.e. will the binaries built in the new way work on the old kernels?)

Thanks!

--kcc
>
>
> if it is an output only bit, "-z fobar" should work, like
>
> -z ibt Generate GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_IBT
> -z shstk Generate GNU_PROPERTY_X86_FEATURE_1_SHSTK
>
> Or you can put it in the input file and linker will copy it to output, like
> GNU_PROPERTY_STACK_SIZE.