How to enable Control Flow Guard compiler flag "/guard:cf"

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How to enable Control Flow Guard compiler flag "/guard:cf"

Postby Kyraath » Mon Sep 28, 2020 10:13 am

Greetings,

How do I enable the Control Flow Guard flag "/guard:cf" when compiling CEF using the automate-git.py compiler steps described here?

I have been unable to find instructions on how to add or change the compiler flags being used in the CEF documentation, but have found the file cef_variables.cmake.in by exploring through the repository as the only file that mentions compiler flags, but modifying this file to add "/guard:cf" does not result in the option being enabled. I see that Clang does support the Control Flow Guard option, so there should be some way to enable it. Also, when I search these forums for "guard:cf", there are some console captures that mention the flag, but I cannot find a way to enable it.

Thank you for the help!
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Re: How to enable Control Flow Guard compiler flag "/guard:c

Postby magreenblatt » Mon Sep 28, 2020 12:25 pm

There appears to be a win_enable_cfg_guards GN argument for Windows. I do not know if it will compile/run successfully with CEF.
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Re: How to enable Control Flow Guard compiler flag "/guard:c

Postby Kyraath » Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:35 pm

Interesting... I don't have that file in my local branch, probably because I'm trying to build 84.0.4147.105 (which also doesn't have this file) to align with CefSharp's latest release.
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Re: How to enable Control Flow Guard compiler flag "/guard:c

Postby magreenblatt » Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:41 pm

Yes, it appears to only be available in M86 and newer.
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Re: How to enable Control Flow Guard compiler flag "/guard:c

Postby Kyraath » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:02 pm

Ok, just to verify, because this file is not there in 84, the compiler flag is only available in 86 or newer?

Thank you very much for helping track this down!
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Re: How to enable Control Flow Guard compiler flag "/guard:c

Postby magreenblatt » Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:31 pm

Kyraath wrote:Ok, just to verify, because this file is not there in 84, the compiler flag is only available in 86 or newer?

Correct.
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