[llvm-branch-commits] [llvm-branch] r326549 - ReleaseNotes: move the retpoline bullet higher
Hans Wennborg via llvm-branch-commits
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Fri Mar 2 01:46:38 PST 2018
Author: hans
Date: Fri Mar 2 01:46:38 2018
New Revision: 326549
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project?rev=326549&view=rev
Log:
ReleaseNotes: move the retpoline bullet higher
Modified:
llvm/branches/release_60/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
Modified: llvm/branches/release_60/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst
URL: http://llvm.org/viewvc/llvm-project/llvm/branches/release_60/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst?rev=326549&r1=326548&r2=326549&view=diff
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--- llvm/branches/release_60/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst (original)
+++ llvm/branches/release_60/docs/ReleaseNotes.rst Fri Mar 2 01:46:38 2018
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ them.
Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release
=================================================
+* Support for `retpolines <https://support.google.com/faqs/answer/7625886>`_
+ was added to help mitigate "branch target injection" (variant #2) of the
+ "Spectre" speculative side channels described by `Project Zero
+ <https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html>`_
+ and the `Spectre paper <https://spectreattack.com/spectre.pdf>`_.
+
* The ``Redirects`` argument of ``llvm::sys::ExecuteAndWait`` and
``llvm::sys::ExecuteNoWait`` was changed to an ``ArrayRef`` of optional
``StringRef``'s to make it safer and more convenient to use.
@@ -42,12 +48,6 @@ Non-comprehensive list of changes in thi
* Preliminary support for Sanitizers and sibling features on X86(_64) NetBSD
(ASan, UBsan, TSan, MSan, SafeStack, libFuzzer).
-* Support for `retpolines <https://support.google.com/faqs/answer/7625886>`_
- was added to help mitigate "branch target injection" (variant #2) of the
- "Spectre" speculative side channels described by `Project Zero
- <https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2018/01/reading-privileged-memory-with-side.html>`_
- and the `Spectre paper <https://spectreattack.com/spectre.pdf>`_.
-
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