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diff --git a/manual/install.texi b/manual/install.texi index 648f366371..8f26bb2a81 100644 --- a/manual/install.texi +++ b/manual/install.texi @@ -171,6 +171,19 @@ NOTE: @option{--enable-cet} has been tested for i686, x86_64 and x32 on non-CET processors. @option{--enable-cet} has been tested for i686, x86_64 and x32 on CET processors. +@item --enable-memory-tagging +Enable memory tagging support if the architecture supports it. When +@theglibc{} is built with this option then the resulting library will +be able to control the use of tagged memory when hardware support is +present by use of the tunable @samp{glibc.mem.tagging}. This includes +the generation of tagged memory when using the @code{malloc} APIs. + +At present only AArch64 platforms with MTE provide this functionality, +although the library will still operate (without memory tagging) on +older versions of the architecture. + +The default is to disable support for memory tagging. + @item --disable-profile Don't build libraries with profiling information. You may want to use this option if you don't plan to do profiling. |