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Re: [wwwdocs] Mention -faddress-sanitizer in gcc-4.8/changes.html


On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Tobias Burnus <burnus@net-b.de> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> attached is a first draft for -faddress-sanitizer in the release notes.
>
> I am aware that some changes are imminent,* but I want make a start.
> Comments?

stack overflow is something different, I guess we want to say "stack
buffer overflow".
I typically write something like "heap-, stack-, and global- buffer
overflow as well as use-after-free bugs".

I also suggest adding "use -O1 or higher for better performance"
because otherwise "fast memory error detector" is not really true.


>
> Tobias
>
> * For instance:
> - PowerPC/PowerPC64 Linux support
> - Renaming to -fsanitizer=address
-fsanitize=address (no 'r')

Thanks!


> - Addition of -fsanitizer=thread
> - libsanitizer builds with sparc (but ASAN_SHADOW_SHIFT is missing?)
> - Darwin nearly works?


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