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From: Mark W. <ma...@so...> - 2020-05-02 14:31:43
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https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=valgrind.git;h=aaebe6aa08f09baed68e085da9a8ddaf3ae96227 commit aaebe6aa08f09baed68e085da9a8ddaf3ae96227 Author: Mark Wielaard <ma...@kl...> Date: Sat May 2 16:12:21 2020 +0200 Mention exp-sgcheck removal in NEWS. Diff: --- NEWS | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 04effd80d4..5179c7f894 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ support for X86/macOS 10.13, AMD64/macOS 10.13 and nanoMIPS/Linux. valgrind will now produce a warning to say the suppression entry will not work, and suggest the needed change. +* exp-sgcheck: + + - The exprimental Stack and Global Array Checking tool has been removed. + It only ever worked on x86 and amd64, and even on those it had a + high false positive rate and was slow. An alternative for detecting + stack and global array overruns is using the AddressSanitizer (ASAN) + facility of the GCC and llvm compilers which require you to rebuild + your code with -fsanitize=address. + * ==================== OTHER CHANGES ==================== * New and modified GDB server monitor features: |