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NEWS: Mention PLT rewrite on x86-64

Message ID 20240115173903.1109613-1-hjl.tools@gmail.com
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Commit e2803cfd8bb00b54816d1a2c381d2cf82b136da6
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Series NEWS: Mention PLT rewrite on x86-64 |

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Commit Message

H.J. Lu Jan. 15, 2024, 5:39 p.m. UTC 
  Mention PLT rewrite on x86-64 for glibc 2.39.
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 NEWS | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

Comments

Noah Goldstein Jan. 16, 2024, 7 p.m. UTC | #1 
On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 9:39 AM H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>

LGTM.
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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.