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Support for setting CIE augmentation strings #608

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akirilov-arm opened this issue Dec 13, 2021 · 3 comments
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Support for setting CIE augmentation strings #608

akirilov-arm opened this issue Dec 13, 2021 · 3 comments

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@akirilov-arm
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Currently (as of commit 6edacd2) when writing Common Information Entries there is no way to set an augmentation string directly; there is only a way to use a limited set of values indirectly. Support for setting CIE augmentation strings is important when using the Memory Tagging and/or Pointer Authentication extensions to the Arm architecture.

@bjorn3
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bjorn3 commented Dec 13, 2021

Would it make sense to add two bool fields for augmentation characters?

@philipc
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philipc commented Dec 13, 2021

I think these augmentation extensions are something that we need to add explicit support for, rather than letting you directly set the string, because some augmentation characters require special handling. So yes, adding bool fields for these makes sense to me.

It appears we also need to add read support for these.

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Would it make sense to add two bool fields for augmentation characters?

Either option looks fine to me.

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