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[PATCH][wwwdocs] Mention -march=armv8.3-a -msign-return-address= for GCC 7
- From: Jiong Wang <jiong dot wang at foss dot arm dot com>
- To: gcc-patches <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Cc: "gerald at pfeifer dot com" <gerald at pfeifer dot com>
- Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2017 12:02:19 +0000
- Subject: [PATCH][wwwdocs] Mention -march=armv8.3-a -msign-return-address= for GCC 7
- Authentication-results: sourceware.org; auth=none
Hi all,
This patch adds a short entry for the -march=armv8.3-a and -msign-return-address= options in GCC 7 to the "AArch64" section.
Eyeballed the result in Firefox.
Ok to commit?
Thanks,
Jiong
Index: gcc-7/changes.html
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RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/gcc-7/changes.html,v
retrieving revision 1.39
diff -u -r1.39 changes.html
--- gcc-7/changes.html 17 Jan 2017 21:26:31 -0000 1.39
+++ gcc-7/changes.html 20 Jan 2017 14:31:21 -0000
@@ -384,6 +384,15 @@
<h3 id="aarch64">AArch64</h3>
<ul>
<li>
+ The ARMv8.3-A architecture is now supported. It can be used by
+ specifying the <code>-march=armv8.3-a</code> option.
+
+ The option <code>-msign-return-address=</code> is supported to enable
+ return address protection using ARMv8.3-A Pointer Authentication
+ Extensions. Please refer to the documentation for more information on
+ the arguments accepted by this option.
+ </li>
+ <li>
The ARMv8.2-A architecture and the ARMv8.2-A 16-bit Floating-Point
Extensions are now supported. They can be used by specifying the
<code>-march=armv8.2-a</code> or <code>-march=armv8.2-a+fp16</code>