Re: Update x86-64 PLT for MPX

2014-02-19 Thread H.J. Lu
On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 1:50 PM, H.J. Lu wrote: > On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 1:42 PM, H.J. Lu wrote: >> On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 8:11 AM, H.J. Lu wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Here is the proposal to update x86-64 PLT for MPX. The linker change >>> is impleme

Re: Update x86-64 PLT for MPX

2014-01-27 Thread H.J. Lu
On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 1:42 PM, H.J. Lu wrote: > On Sat, Jan 18, 2014 at 8:11 AM, H.J. Lu wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Here is the proposal to update x86-64 PLT for MPX. The linker change >> is implemented on hjl/mpx/pltext8 branch. Any comments/feedbacks? &g

Update x86-64 PLT for MPX

2014-01-18 Thread H.J. Lu
Hi, Here is the proposal to update x86-64 PLT for MPX. The linker change is implemented on hjl/mpx/pltext8 branch. Any comments/feedbacks? Thanks. -- H.J. --- Intel MPX: http://software.intel.com/en-us/file/319433-017pdf introduces 4 bound registers, which will be used for parameter

RFC: Update x86-64 PLT for MPX

2013-11-28 Thread H.J. Lu
Hi, This is a proposal to update x86-64 PLT for MPX.We don't need to change GCC nor glibc to support it. The binutils change is implemented on hjl/mpx/pltext8 branch. GDB works except there are no synthetic symbols for the .plt section. Prelink change is very small. Any comments? T