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[PATCH][GCC][AArch64][mid-end] Updated stack-clash implementation for AArch64. [patch (0/6)]
- From: Tamar Christina <tamar dot christina at arm dot com>
- To: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Cc: nd at arm dot com, james dot greenhalgh at arm dot com, Richard dot Earnshaw at arm dot com, Marcus dot Shawcroft at arm dot com, law at redhat dot com, rguenther at suse dot de, ian at airs dot com
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 12:20:19 +0100
- Subject: [PATCH][GCC][AArch64][mid-end] Updated stack-clash implementation for AArch64. [patch (0/6)]
Hi All,
The patch series will allow AArch64 to use 64k guard sizes correctly and improves the code quality.
It also enables a reduction of the overhead in code size over the current GCC 8 implementation.
Using 64k guard sizes results in a reduction in overhead compared to the 4k guard size.
The code size overhead of enabling stack clash protection with this patch series is ~0.86% vs
the ~0.96% of the current GCC 8 implementation.
All measurements were done over spec2017.
This series will also contain some mid-end changes required for alloca in order to
allow targets to opt in to a different implementation via a target hook. As documented
using this hook will require the target to provide certain guarantees, but the result
is a smaller alloca implementation and one that doesn't need an extra register for targets
which have a limited offset for the probe instructions.
Thanks,
Tamar
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