On 10/10/21 11:43 PM, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 5:16 PM Dan Li <ashimida@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
- This option enables Clang's Shadow Call Stack, which uses a
- shadow stack to protect function return addresses from being
- overwritten by an attacker. More information can be found in
- Clang's documentation:
+ This option enables Clang/GCC plugin's Shadow Call Stack, which
+ uses a shadow stack to protect function return addresses from
+ being overwritten by an attacker. More information can be found
+ in Clang's documentation:
Perhaps it could be worded in a better way? It sounds like it is a
custom plugin for Clang as well, e.g.:
This option enables Shadow Call Stack (in the case of GCC, as a plugin),
Cheers,
Miguel
Thanks Miguel.
How about writing like this:
This option enables Shadow Call Stack (supported as a compiler option in
the case of clang, supported as a plugin in the case of gcc), which uses
a shadow stack to ...
