Re: [PATCH v3 23/24] Add NEWS entry.

Luis Machado via Gdb-patches
2020-11-09T17:22:21Z

On 11/9/20 2:19 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2020 14:04:34 -0300
>> From: Luis Machado via Gdb-patches <gdb-patches@sourceware.org>
>> Cc: david.spickett@linaro.org
>>
>> +* GDB now supports general memory tagging functionality if the underlying
>> + architecture supports the proper primitives and hooks. Currently this is
>> + enabled only for AArch64 MTE.
>> +
>> + This includes additional information when the inferior crashes with a
>> + SIGSEGV caused by a memory tag violation.
>> +
>> +* The "x" command supports the 'm' modifier to display allocation tags for
>> + a particular memory range.
>> +
>> +* The "print" command displays memory tag mismatches for addresses and
>> + pointers, if memory tagging is supported by the architecture.
>
> The "This includes" part should include the other 2 items as well, I
> presume? So I suggest to reword:
>
> This includes:
>
> - Additional information when the inferior crashes ...
> - A new modifier 'm' for the "x" command, which ...
> - Display of memory tag mismatches by "print" ...
>

That makes sense. Fixed now. Thanks!