On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 02:43:50PM +0200, Jan Kurik wrote: > = Proposed System Wide Change: Annobin = > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Annobin > > Change owner(s): > * Nick Clifton <nickc AT redhat DOT com> > > This change causes extra information to be stored in binary files > compiled by gcc. This information can be used by scripts to check on > various features of the file, such as the hardening options used of > potential ABI conflicts. > > > == Detailed Description == > > The plan is to use a plugin to gcc to record extra information in the > object files it creates. This information can then be examined by > static analysis tools. The information is recorded in a compact, > extensible format, described here: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Toolchain/Watermark When this, or a similar proposal was made a while back on this list, I asked how this would affect other languages which don't use the GCC code generator and/or aren't affected by the usual C/C++ design problems that require hardening. OCaml, Haskell, and any LLVM language including C/C++ would be included in that list. I don't see any mention of that in this proposal. Rich. -- Richard Jones, Virtualization Group, Red Hat http://people.redhat.com/~rjones Read my programming and virtualization blog: http://rwmj.wordpress.com virt-p2v converts physical machines to virtual machines. Boot with a live CD or over the network (PXE) and turn machines into KVM guests. http://libguestfs.org/virt-v2v _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
