From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 590CA15827B for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2025 22:28:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.gentoo.org (bobolink.gentoo.org [140.211.166.189]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange x25519) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: relay-lists.gentoo.org@gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 42917340E24 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2025 22:28:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bobolink.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bobolink.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7643911055F; Fri, 15 Aug 2025 22:28:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange x25519) (No client certificate requested) by bobolink.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6C55311055F for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2025 22:28:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oystercatcher.gentoo.org (oystercatcher.gentoo.org [148.251.78.52]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange x25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 154D9340E24 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2025 22:28:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by oystercatcher.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ABBC3343 for ; Fri, 15 Aug 2025 22:28:13 +0000 (UTC) From: "Sam James" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Sam James" Message-ID: <1755296840.426ec51a2e5b6f8706b357493fa47d628055b3a5.sam@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] repo/gentoo:master commit in: sys-devel/gcc/ X-VCS-Repository: repo/gentoo X-VCS-Files: sys-devel/gcc/metadata.xml X-VCS-Directories: sys-devel/gcc/ X-VCS-Committer: sam X-VCS-Committer-Name: Sam James X-VCS-Revision: 426ec51a2e5b6f8706b357493fa47d628055b3a5 X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 22:28:13 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply X-Archives-Salt: b3959248-db6a-4b29-a4f1-8a8930e84e0d X-Archives-Hash: f56aded703f15f0b9141568e5deab120 commit: 426ec51a2e5b6f8706b357493fa47d628055b3a5 Author: Sam James gentoo org> AuthorDate: Fri Aug 15 22:08:57 2025 +0000 Commit: Sam James gentoo org> CommitDate: Fri Aug 15 22:27:20 2025 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=426ec51a sys-devel/gcc: improve USE=systemtap description See https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/LinkerInterface and https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/DistroAdvice#sys.2Fsdt.h_probes. gdb makes use of the interface provided/gated by USE=systemtap and it isn't systemtap-specific at all other than using its headers/macros. Signed-off-by: Sam James gentoo.org> sys-devel/gcc/metadata.xml | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sys-devel/gcc/metadata.xml b/sys-devel/gcc/metadata.xml index 142253a37e48..c2a4c832cf06 100644 --- a/sys-devel/gcc/metadata.xml +++ b/sys-devel/gcc/metadata.xml @@ -110,7 +110,15 @@ to find runtime problems in applications. Build packages with stack smashing protection on by default - enable systemtap static probe points + + Enable enhanced debugging hooks/interface via SystemTap static probe points + in libgcc and libstdc++. + + Note that this isn't exclusive to SystemTap, despite the name. This provides + an interface which dev-debug/gdb optionally uses, see + https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/LinkerInterface and + https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/DistroAdvice#sys.2Fsdt.h_probes. + Build support for virtual table verification (a C++ hardening feature).