From the Microsoft Visual Studio blog, there’s a new post mentioning that VS2015.update1 has a new “Experimental” support of Microsoft MPX (Memory Protection Extensions).
This post is about Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel MPX) support in Microsoft Visual Studio* 2015; content provided by Gautham Beeraka, George Kuan, and Juan Rodriguez from Intel Corporation. Update 1 for Visual Studio 2015 was announced on November 30, 2015. This update includes experimental compiler and debugger support for Intel MPX. Intel MPX can check all pointer reads and writes to ensure they remain within their declared memory bounds. This technology can detect buffer overflows and stop program execution at runtime, averting possible system compromises. It enables C/C++ code to make use of the new MPX instruction set and registers introduced in the 6th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors (“MPX-enabled platform”). The Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler* and linker can now generate checks automatically, a capability enabled by specifying a command line option. This blog explains how you can use automatic MPX code generation and debug MPX-enabled binaries. For more details on Intel MPX, please see the Intel MPX Technology web page. […]
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