rust/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm
Matthias Krüger 947fe7e341
Rollup merge of #105109 - rcvalle:rust-kcfi, r=bjorn3
Add LLVM KCFI support to the Rust compiler

This PR adds LLVM Kernel Control Flow Integrity (KCFI) support to the Rust compiler. It initially provides forward-edge control flow protection for operating systems kernels for Rust-compiled code only by aggregating function pointers in groups identified by their return and parameter types. (See llvm/llvm-project@cff5bef.)

Forward-edge control flow protection for C or C++ and Rust -compiled code "mixed binaries" (i.e., for when C or C++ and Rust -compiled code share the same virtual address space) will be provided in later work as part of this project by identifying C char and integer type uses at the time types are encoded (see Type metadata in the design document in the tracking issue #89653).

LLVM KCFI can be enabled with -Zsanitizer=kcfi.

Thank you again, `@bjorn3,` `@eddyb,` `@nagisa,` and `@ojeda,` for all the help!
2022-12-10 09:24:43 +01:00
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src Rollup merge of #105109 - rcvalle:rust-kcfi, r=bjorn3 2022-12-10 09:24:43 +01:00
Cargo.toml Rewrite LLVM's archive writer in Rust 2022-11-26 19:35:32 +00:00
README.md mv compiler to compiler/ 2020-08-30 18:45:07 +03:00

The codegen crate contains the code to convert from MIR into LLVM IR, and then from LLVM IR into machine code. In general it contains code that runs towards the end of the compilation process.

For more information about how codegen works, see the rustc dev guide.