[PATCH] NEWS: Mention PLT rewrite on x86-64

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Mon Jan 15 17:39:03 GMT 2024


Mention PLT rewrite on x86-64 for glibc 2.39.
---
 NEWS | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 16afc4f869..72e9d70e1f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ Version 2.39
 
 Major new features:
 
+* A new tunable, glibc.cpu.plt_rewrite, can be used to enable PLT
+  rewrite on x86-64.  When enabled with non-lazy binding, the dynamic
+  linker will rewrite indirect branches in PLT with direct branches.
+
 * Sync with Linux kernel 6.6 shadow stack interface.  The --enable-cet
   configure option in only supported on x86-64.
 
-- 
2.43.0



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