Re: [RFC/RFT,V2] CFI: Add support for gcc CFI in aarch64

From: Dan Li
Date: Wed Apr 05 2023 - 07:49:42 EST


On 03/27, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 27, 2023 at 2:30 AM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 25, 2023 at 01:54:16AM -0700, Dan Li wrote:
> >
> > > In the compiler part[4], most of the content is the same as Sami's
> > > implementation[3], except for some minor differences, mainly including:
> > >
> > > 1. The function typeid is calculated differently and it is difficult
> > > to be consistent.
> >
> > This means there is an effective ABI break between the compilers, which
> > is sad :-( Is there really nothing to be done about this?
>
> I agree, this would be unfortunate, and would also be a compatibility
> issue with rustc where there's ongoing work to support
> clang-compatible CFI type hashes:
>
> https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/105452
>
> Sami

Hi Sami,

Thanks for the info, I need to learn about it :)
Is there anything else that needs to be improved?

Thanks,
Dan