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Commit 43f031d3 authored by Xiang1 Zhang's avatar Xiang1 Zhang
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Enable IBT(Indirect Branch Tracking) in JIT with CET(Control-flow Enforcement Technology)

Summary:
This patch comes from H.J.'s https://github.com/hjl-tools/llvm-project/commit/2bd54ce7fa9e94fcd1118b948e14d1b6fc54dfd2

**This patch fix the failed llvm unit tests which running on CET machine. **(e.g. ExecutionEngine/MCJIT/MCJITTests)

The reason we enable IBT at "JIT compiled with CET" is mainly that:  the JIT don't know the its caller program is CET enable or not.
If JIT's caller program is non-CET, it is no problem JIT generate CET code or not.
But if JIT's caller program is CET enabled,  JIT must generate CET code or it will cause Control protection exceptions.

I have test the patch at llvm-unit-test and llvm-test-suite at CET machine. It passed.
and H.J. also test it at building and running VNCserver(Virtual Network Console), it works too.
(if not apply this patch, VNCserver will crash at CET machine.)

Reviewers: hjl.tools, craig.topper, LuoYuanke, annita.zhang, pengfei

Subscribers: tstellar, efriedma, hiraditya, llvm-commits

Tags: #llvm

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D76900
parent be0a4fef
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