Re: [PATCH] [PATCH] AARCH64: Add gcc Shadow Call Stack support

[Dan Li]

On 2/23/22 09:39, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 12:50:21AM -0800, Dan Li wrote:
> > My intention is to remind users that this is a compiler feature.
> > But since there is also a hint in CC_HAVE_SHADOW_CALL_STACK:
> > +# Supported by clang >= 7.0 or GCC ...
> >
> > Removing the specific compiler here also looks fine to me.
> > Would this look better?
> >
> > "This option enables Shadow Call Stack, which uses a ..."
> >
> > or maybe:
> >
> > "This option enables compiler's Shadow Call Stack, which uses a ..."
>
> I do not honestly have a strong opinion around removing mention of the
> compiler so either looks fine to me (might be better to say "the
> compiler's Shadow ..." in the second one).

Ah, yes, thanks :)

Dan.