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update README now that MTE is implemented
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* Errors other than ENOMEM from mmap, munmap, mprotect and mremap treated
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as fatal, which can help to detect memory management gone wrong elsewhere
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in the process.
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* [future] Memory tagging for slab allocations via MTE on ARMv8.5+
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* Memory tagging for slab allocations via MTE on ARMv8.5+
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* random memory tags as the baseline, providing probabilistic protection
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against various forms of memory corruption
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* dedicated tag for free slots, set on free, for deterministic protection
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against accessing freed memory
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* store previous random tag within freed slab allocations, and increment it
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to get the next tag for that slot to provide deterministic use-after-free
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detection through multiple cycles of memory reuse
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* guarantee distinct tags for adjacent memory allocations by incrementing
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past matching values for deterministic detection of linear overflows
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* [future] store previous random tag and increment it to get the next tag
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for that slot to provide deterministic use-after-free detection through
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multiple cycles of memory reuse
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## Randomness
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## Memory tagging
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**Memory tagging has been implemented and this section is currently
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out-of-date.**
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Integrating extensive support for ARMv8.5 memory tagging is planned and this
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section will be expanded to cover the details on the chosen design. The approach
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for slab allocations is currently covered, but it can also be used for the
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