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On 05/09/2018 11:31 PM, H.J. Lu wrote:
+* The GNU C Library can now be compiled with support for Intel CET, AKA + Intel Control-flow Enforcement Technology. When the library is built + with --enable-cet, the resulting glibc is protected with indirect + branch tracking (IBT) and shadow stack (SHSTK). This feature is + currently supported on i386, x86_64 and x32 with GCC 8 and binutils + 2.29 or later.
Both texts should say something about compatibility. AFAIK, an --enable-cet glibc supports all existing binaries, but requires CPUs which support long NOPs (so AMD Geode is out, for example).
Thanks, Florian
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