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List:       glibc-alpha
Subject:    Re: [PATCH v3] Mention _FORTIFY_SOURCE=3 for gcc12 in NEWS
From:       Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh () gotplt ! org>
Date:       2022-01-31 14:41:46
Message-ID: b44c7b89-cc7a-e0d0-d4b6-c1d08ef64d31 () gotplt ! org
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Pushed after discussing this on the upstream call today.

Thanks,
Siddhesh

On 30/01/2022 10:42, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
> Carlos, may I push this?  This is pretty much exactly what you suggested 
> with Andreas' suggestion incorporated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Siddhesh
> 
> On 27/01/2022 14:34, Siddhesh Poyarekar via Libc-alpha wrote:
>> Signed-off-by: Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@sourceware.org>
>> ---
>>   NEWS | 6 ++++++
>>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
>> index a9f25d3225..02331f0f02 100644
>> --- a/NEWS
>> +++ b/NEWS
>> @@ -134,6 +134,12 @@ Major new features:
>>     controlling terminal in the new process in a race free manner.  These
>>     functions are GNU extensions.
>> +* Source fortification (_FORTIFY_SOURCE) level 3 is now available for
>> +  applications compiling with glibc and gcc 12 and later. Level 3 
>> leverages
>> +  the __builtin_dynamic_object_size function to deliver additional
>> +  fortification balanced against additional runtime cost (checking 
>> non-constant
>> +  bounds).
>> +
>>   Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting 
>> compatibility:
>>   * On x86-64, the LD_PREFER_MAP_32BIT_EXEC environment variable support
> 

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