Hello! Currently, CET is enabled by default for linux if target supports multi-byte NOPs and if assembler supports CET insn. Effectively, with newer binutils, CET support is an opt-out feature.
I don't think this should be the case, and I propose to consider CET as an opt-in feature. Multi-byte NOPs have non-zero cost (at least they increase the binary). If someone wants to enable the feature, it can be done in less surprising way to --enable-cet during configure time. I'd like to hear the opinion of RMs, if CET should remain to be an opt-out feature by default? Uros.
