Intel CET: Document --enable-cet

* NEWS: Mention --enable-cet.
	* manual/install.texi: Document --enable-cet.
	* INSTALL: Regenerated.
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2018-07-18 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
* NEWS: Mention --enable-cet.
* manual/install.texi: Document --enable-cet.
* INSTALL: Regenerated.
2018-07-18 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
* sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/memcmp-sse4.S (BRANCH_TO_JMPTBL_ENTRY):

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INSTALL
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programs and tests are created as dynamic position independent
executables (PIE) by default.
'--enable-cet'
Enable Intel Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) support.
When the GNU C Library is built with '--enable-cet', the resulting
library is protected with indirect branch tracking (IBT) and shadow
stack (SHSTK). When CET is enabled, the GNU C Library is
compatible with all existing executables and shared libraries.
This feature is currently supported on i386, x86_64 and x32 with
GCC 8 and binutils 2.29 or later. Note that when CET is enabled,
the GNU C Library requires CPUs capable of multi-byte NOPs, like
x86-64 processors as well as Intel Pentium Pro or newer.
'--disable-profile'
Don't build libraries with profiling information. You may want to
use this option if you don't plan to do profiling.

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NEWS
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Major new features:
* The GNU C Library can now be compiled with support for Intel CET, AKA
Intel Control-flow Enforcement Technology. When the library is built
with --enable-cet, the resulting glibc is protected with indirect
branch tracking (IBT) and shadow stack (SHSTK). CET-enabled glibc is
compatible with all existing executables and shared libraries. This
feature is currently supported on i386, x86_64 and x32 with GCC 8 and
binutils 2.29 or later. Note that CET-enabled glibc requires CPUs
capable of multi-byte NOPs, like x86-64 processors as well as Intel
Pentium Pro or newer.
* The GNU C Library now has correct support for ABSOLUTE symbols
(SHN_ABS-relative symbols). Previously such ABSOLUTE symbols were
relocated incorrectly or in some cases discarded. The GNU linker can

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PIE. This option also implies that glibc programs and tests are created
as dynamic position independent executables (PIE) by default.
@item --enable-cet
Enable Intel Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET) support. When
@theglibc{} is built with @option{--enable-cet}, the resulting library
is protected with indirect branch tracking (IBT) and shadow stack
(SHSTK)@. When CET is enabled, @theglibc{} is compatible with all
existing executables and shared libraries. This feature is currently
supported on i386, x86_64 and x32 with GCC 8 and binutils 2.29 or later.
Note that when CET is enabled, @theglibc{} requires CPUs capable of
multi-byte NOPs, like x86-64 processors as well as Intel Pentium Pro or
newer.
@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.