Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [GIT PULL] x86: remove Intel MPX | From | Dave Hansen <> | Date | Wed, 5 Dec 2018 10:50:33 -0800 |
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On 12/5/18 10:42 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > On Wed, Dec 05, 2018 at 08:44:43AM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote: >> Hi x86 maintainers, >> >> Please pull from: >> >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/daveh/x86-mpx.git mpx-remove >> >> There is only one commit, removing the Intel MPX implementation from the >> tree. The benefits of keeping the feature in the tree are not worth the >> ongoing maintenance cost. > Is there an replacement or another way to use this feature?
There is no replacement for using the hardware.
Similar functionality is available through software-only means like AddressSanitizer, though.
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