From: Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2020 14:12:21 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Mention exp-sgcheck removal in NEWS.
X-Git-Tag: VALGRIND_3_16_0~36
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=aaebe6aa08f09baed68e085da9a8ddaf3ae96227;p=thirdparty%2Fvalgrind.git

Mention exp-sgcheck removal in NEWS.
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 04effd80d4..5179c7f894 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ support for X86/macOS 10.13, AMD64/macOS 10.13 and nanoMIPS/Linux.
     valgrind will now produce a warning to say the suppression entry will not
     work, and suggest the needed change.
 
+* exp-sgcheck:
+
+  - The exprimental Stack and Global Array Checking tool has been removed.
+    It only ever worked on x86 and amd64, and even on those it had a
+    high false positive rate and was slow. An alternative for detecting
+    stack and global array overruns is using the AddressSanitizer (ASAN)
+    facility of the GCC and llvm compilers which require you to rebuild
+    your code with -fsanitize=address.
+
 * ==================== OTHER CHANGES ====================
 
 * New and modified GDB server monitor features: