[PATCH] D40568: design document for a hardware-assisted memory safety (HWAMS) tool, similar to AddressSanitizer

Kostya Serebryany via Phabricator via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Tue Nov 28 13:50:15 PST 2017


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Comment at: docs/TaggedAddressSanitizerDesign.rst:2
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+TaggedAddressSanitizer Design Documentation
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eugenis wrote:
> I vote for HardwareAssistedAddressSanitizer, or hwasan.
Added hwasan as an alternative. 
I dislike it less then tasan. 
Let's wait for other suggestions before renaming. 


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Comment at: docs/TaggedAddressSanitizerDesign.rst:101
+and some overhead due to `N`-aligning all objects.
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eugenis wrote:
> Mention the system calls problem with tagged pointers.
added 
   May require changes in the OS kernels (e.g. Linux seems to dislike
    tagged pointers passed from address space).


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https://reviews.llvm.org/D40568





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