[llvm-commits] [llvm] r58673 - in /llvm/trunk: include/llvm/CodeGen/Passes.h lib/CodeGen/LLVMTargetMachine.cpp lib/CodeGen/StackProtector.cpp

[Dale Johannesen]

On Nov 4, 2008, at 11:40 AMPST, Bill Wendling wrote:
>>
>> I don't know what "ProPolice" is, but it sounds like it may be a
>> trademark or something.  Please just use "stack canary" or something
>> generic like that.
>>
> It's used in the GCC documentation for the flag:
>
> common.opt:
> fstack-protector
> Common Report Var(flag_stack_protect, 1) Init(-1)
> Use propolice as a stack protection method

Wikipedia defines it; it's apparently known terminology to people  
expert in this area (not me) and doesn't appear to be a trademark.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack-smashing_protection