README: Include compiler defenses suggestion
authorKevin Laatz <kevin.laatz@intel.com>
Tue, 27 Feb 2018 13:21:44 +0000 (13:21 +0000)
committerKevin Laatz <kevin.laatz@intel.com>
Wed, 21 Mar 2018 16:03:07 +0000 (16:03 +0000)
This commit adds text in the README to advise users of the DPDK plugins to
use compiler defenses such as -fstack-protector.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Laatz <kevin.laatz@intel.com>
README

diff --git a/README b/README
index ca86c84..a47b669 100644 (file)
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ Features
       Collect DPDK interface statistics.
       See docs/BUILD.dpdkstat.md for detailed build instructions.
 
+      This plugin should be compiled with compiler defenses enabled, for
+      example -fstack-protector.
+
     - drbd
       Collect individual drbd resource statistics.
 
@@ -140,6 +143,9 @@ Features
       hugepages can be found here:
       https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt.
 
+      This plugin should be compiled with compiler defenses enabled, for
+      example -fstack-protector.
+
     - intel_pmu
       The intel_pmu plugin reads performance counters provided by the Linux
       kernel perf interface. The plugin uses jevents library to resolve named