[PATCH] D52486: [AArch64][v8.5A] Add MTE as an optional AArch64 extension

Oliver Stannard via Phabricator via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Wed Sep 26 02:53:44 PDT 2018


olista01 added inline comments.


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Comment at: include/llvm/Support/AArch64TargetParser.def:74
 AARCH64_ARCH_EXT_NAME("rng",      AArch64::AEK_RAND,     "+rand",  "-rand")
+AARCH64_ARCH_EXT_NAME("memtag",   AArch64::AEK_MTE,      "+mte",   "-mte")
 #undef AARCH64_ARCH_EXT_NAME
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eugenis wrote:
> Just wondering, is there a reason this is called "memtag" and not "mte"?
I think we picked "memtag" over "mte" as it is more likely to be meaningful to users who don't remember all of the acronyms.


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