Document configuration for SELinux execmem allocator and fix CMake usage.

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# 2016-10-07 PH added PCREGREP_MAX_BUFSIZE
# 2017-03-11 PH turned HEAP_MATCH_RECURSE into a NO-OP for 10.30
# 2017-04-08 PH added HEAP_LIMIT
# 2017-06-15 ZH added SUPPORT_JIT_SEALLOC support
PROJECT(PCRE2 C)

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@ -197,6 +197,9 @@ PCRE2_EXTRA_MATCH_WORD, and PCRE2_EXTRA_MATCH_LINE. This fixes two bugs:
(a) The -F option did not work for fixed strings containing \E.
(b) The -w option did not work for patterns with multiple branches.
44. Added configuration options for the SELinux compatible execmem allocator in
JIT.
Version 10.23 14-February-2017

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README
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@ -171,7 +171,10 @@ library. They are also documented in the pcre2build man page.
give large performance improvements on certain platforms, add --enable-jit to
the "configure" command. This support is available only for certain hardware
architectures. If you try to enable it on an unsupported architecture, there
will be a compile time error.
will be a compile time error. If you are running under SELinux you may also
want to add --enable-jit-sealloc, which enables the use of an execmem
allocator in JIT that is compatible with SELinux. This has no effect if JIT
is not enabled.
. If you do not want to make use of the default support for UTF-8 Unicode
character strings in the 8-bit library, UTF-16 Unicode character strings in
@ -874,4 +877,4 @@ The distribution should contain the files listed below.
Philip Hazel
Email local part: ph10
Email domain: cam.ac.uk
Last updated: 11 April 2017
Last updated: 17 June 2017

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#cmakedefine SUPPORT_LIBZ 1
#cmakedefine SUPPORT_JIT 1
#cmakedefine SLJIT_PROT_EXECUTABLE_ALLOCATOR 1
#cmakedefine SUPPORT_PCRE2GREP_JIT 1
#cmakedefine SUPPORT_UNICODE 1
#cmakedefine SUPPORT_VALGRIND 1

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.TH PCRE2BUILD 3 "30 May 2017" "PCRE2 10.30"
.TH PCRE2BUILD 3 "17 June 2017" "PCRE2 10.30"
.SH NAME
PCRE2 - Perl-compatible regular expressions (revised API)
.
@ -156,8 +156,13 @@ Just-in-time (JIT) compiler support is included in the build by specifying
--enable-jit
.sp
This support is available only for certain hardware architectures. If this
option is set for an unsupported architecture, a building error occurs.
See the
option is set for an unsupported architecture, a building error occurs. If you
are running under SELinux you may also want to add
.sp
--enable-jit-sealloc
.sp
which enables the use of an execmem allocator in JIT that is compatible with
SELinux. This has no effect if JIT is not enabled. See the
.\" HREF
\fBpcre2jit\fP
.\"
@ -273,7 +278,7 @@ documentation. The default limit (in effect unlimited) is 20 million. You can
change this by a setting such as
.sp
--with-heap-limit=500
.sp
.sp
which limits the amount of heap to 500 kilobytes. This limit applies only to
interpretive matching in pcre2_match(). It does not apply when JIT (which has
its own memory arrangements) is used, nor does it apply to
@ -528,7 +533,7 @@ contains a single function called LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput() whose arguments are
a pointer to a string and the length of the string. When called, this function
tries to compile the string as a pattern, and if that succeeds, to match it.
This is done both with no options and with some random options bits that are
generated from the string.
generated from the string.
.P
Setting --enable-fuzz-support also causes a binary called \fBpcre2fuzzcheck\fP
to be created. This is normally run under valgrind or used when PCRE2 is
@ -542,13 +547,13 @@ file are the test string.
.SH "OBSOLETE OPTION"
.rs
.sp
In versions of PCRE2 prior to 10.30, there were two ways of handling
backtracking in the \fBpcre2_match()\fP function. The default was to use the
In versions of PCRE2 prior to 10.30, there were two ways of handling
backtracking in the \fBpcre2_match()\fP function. The default was to use the
system stack, but if
.sp
--disable-stack-for-recursion
.sp
was set, memory on the heap was used. From release 10.30 onwards this has
was set, memory on the heap was used. From release 10.30 onwards this has
changed (the stack is no longer used) and this option now does nothing except
give a warning.
.
@ -572,6 +577,6 @@ Cambridge, England.
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Last updated: 30 May 2017
Last updated: 17 June 2017
Copyright (c) 1997-2017 University of Cambridge.
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