On 12/5/18 10:42 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > On Wed, Dec 05, 2018 at 08:44:43AM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote: >> Hi x86 maintainers, >> >> Please pull from: >> >> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/daveh/x86-mpx.git >> mpx-remove >> >> There is only one commit, removing the Intel MPX implementation from the >> tree. The benefits of keeping the feature in the tree are not worth the >> ongoing maintenance cost. > Is there an replacement or another way to use this feature?
There is no replacement for using the hardware. Similar functionality is available through software-only means like AddressSanitizer, though.
