[llvm] e440e0a - Fix MemTagSanitizer docs to point at Armv8.5-A MTE

Pablo Barrio via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Thu Mar 5 09:27:43 PST 2020


Author: Pablo Barrio
Date: 2020-03-05T17:23:58Z
New Revision: e440e0a715728deca40f11a6a3010389d0094bdf

URL: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/e440e0a715728deca40f11a6a3010389d0094bdf
DIFF: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/e440e0a715728deca40f11a6a3010389d0094bdf.diff

LOG: Fix MemTagSanitizer docs to point at Armv8.5-A MTE

The Memory Tagging Extension was introduced in Armv8.5-A.

Added: 
    

Modified: 
    llvm/docs/MemTagSanitizer.rst
    llvm/docs/Reference.rst

Removed: 
    


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diff  --git a/llvm/docs/MemTagSanitizer.rst b/llvm/docs/MemTagSanitizer.rst
index 988c11b69bf6..62efbfb041cb 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/MemTagSanitizer.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/MemTagSanitizer.rst
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ functionality is planned but not implemented.  Hardware capable of
 running MemTagSanitizer does not exist as of Oct 2019.
 
 MemTagSanitizer is a fast memory error detector and **a code hardening
-tool** based on ARMv9 `Memory Tagging Extension`_. It
+tool** based on the Armv8.5-A `Memory Tagging Extension`_. It
 detects a similar class of errors as `AddressSanitizer`_ or `HardwareAssistedAddressSanitizer`_, but with
 **much** lower overhead.
 

diff  --git a/llvm/docs/Reference.rst b/llvm/docs/Reference.rst
index 8aef4eec587d..9d747b8498fa 100644
--- a/llvm/docs/Reference.rst
+++ b/llvm/docs/Reference.rst
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ Additional Topics
 
 :doc:`MemTagSanitizer`
   Security hardening for production code aiming to mitigate memory
-  related vulnerabilities. Based on ARMv9 Memory Tagging Extension.
+  related vulnerabilities. Based on the Armv8.5-A Memory Tagging Extension.
 
 :doc:`Dependence Graphs <DependenceGraphs/index>`
   A description of the design of the various dependence graphs such as


        


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