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diff --git a/docs/LangRef.html b/docs/LangRef.html index e2914c0f29..4e68918683 100644 --- a/docs/LangRef.html +++ b/docs/LangRef.html @@ -992,20 +992,20 @@ throws the same exception) when called with the same set of arguments and global state.</dd> <dt><tt><a name="ssp">ssp</a></tt></dt> -<dd><p>This attribute indicates that the function should emit a stack smashing +<dd>This attribute indicates that the function should emit a stack smashing protector. It is in the form of a "canary"—a random value placed on the stack before the local variables that's checked upon return from the function to see if it has been overwritten. A heuristic is used to determine if a function -needs stack protectors or not.</p> +needs stack protectors or not. <p>If a function that has an <tt>ssp</tt> attribute is inlined into a function that doesn't have an <tt>ssp</tt> attribute, then the resulting function will have an <tt>ssp</tt> attribute.</p></dd> <dt><tt>sspreq</tt></dt> -<dd><p>This attribute indicates that the function should <em>always</em> emit a +<dd>This attribute indicates that the function should <em>always</em> emit a stack smashing protector. This overrides the <tt><a href="#ssp">ssp</a></tt> -function attribute.</p> +function attribute. <p>If a function that has an <tt>sspreq</tt> attribute is inlined into a function that doesn't have an <tt>sspreq</tt> attribute or which has |