We just significantly improved the explanation of control-flow integrity (CFI) in the Low Level Software Security Book, see llsoftsec.github.io/llsoftsecboo...

We’d love to hear your feedback — share your thoughts here or open an issue on github at github.com/llsoftsec/ll...

#LLSoftSecBook #CFI

LLVM Weekly - #588, April 7th 2025. AsiaLLVM registration open, EuroLLVM next week (registration still possible), xDSL <-> MLIR, stacked pull requests docs, BOLT gadget scanner progress, and more llvmweekly.org/issue/588

Check out or work on automated testing of MLIR compilers, which Jacob Yu will present at @ASPLOSConf next week (joint work with Nick Wu)

www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~afd/papers/...

Student travel grants for AsiaLLVM are available. This is an opportunity to meet LLVM developers from across the LLVM community in person, and discuss compiler development in Tokyo.

Deadline is March 31. See post for details.

discourse.llvm.org/t/2025-asial...

Yes! An initial version of the pac-ret gadget scanner finally arrived in upstream LLVM/BOLT github.com/llvm/llvm-pr...

FOSDEM 2025 coming up this weekend, and with that, another GCC (GNU Toolchain) devroom! Join us in person or online: . 🤖

@gnutools.bsky.social #FOSDEM #GCC

The #LLVM developer room is back for the 11th consecutive year at #FOSDEM, on February 1st!
I'm very happy with the variety in topics covered.
Come join us either in-person in Brussels, or online through the live-feed which will be available at
fosdem.org/2025/schedul...

We just extended the deadline for the LLVM dev room at FOSDEM submissions until 8th of December. There's still time to make your submission at pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2025/...!

Reminder: #FOSDEM 2025 "GCC (GNU Toolchain)" devroom CfP closes this Sunday, see for the details. Like for the first one last year, we're again happy to share the room with LLVM! LLVM: AM, GCC: PM this year.

If you've got ideas, but you're not fully sure if they would be a good fit for the room, I'm more than happy to help you refine your abstract. Please don't be shy to reach out here or through one of my LLVM office hours llvm.org/docs/Getting.... Next one is this Wednesday at 9.30am CET.

The #LLVM developer room is back for the 11th consecutive year at #FOSDEM, on February 1st!
We're looking for presentations on all aspects of #LLVM and #MLIR.
See CFP for details discourse.llvm.org/t/cfp-fosdem....
Deadline for submissions is end of this week.
I hope to see many of you at FOSDEM!

I've kicked off a starter pack of LLVM contributors/developers on Bluesky under @llvmweekly.org. Just let me know if I've missed you!

Thanks to @chandlerc.blog for the friendly nudge