Patrick McGehearty via Gcc-patches <gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org> writes: > My understanding is this feature/flag is not intended to be "default on". > It is intended to be used in security sensitive environments such > as the Linux kernel where it was requested by kernel security experts. > I'm not understanding the objection here if the feature is requested > by security teams and the average cost is modest.
Agreed. And of course, “is modest” here means “is modest in the eyes of the people who want to use it”. IMO it's been established at this point that the feature is useful enough to some people. It might be too expensive for others, but that's OK. I've kind-of lost track of where we stand given all the subthreads. If we've now decided which suboptions we want to support, would it make sense to start a new thread with the current patch, and then just concentrate on code review for that subthread? Thanks, Richard
