Allow building with hardware address sanitizer
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Since Aug 31, 2026.
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Description
Feature or enhancement
Proposal:
There is a hardware address sanitizer
- The main documentation is on https://source.android.com/docs/security/test/hwasan
- The llvm doc is https://clang.llvm.org/docs/HardwareAssistedAddressSanitizerDesign.html
I'd like the CPython to be buildable with the hwasan config.
Feel free to object if you see that it's against the CPython direction.
Has this already been discussed elsewhere?
This is a minor feature, which does not need previous discussion elsewhere
Links to previous discussion of this feature:
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Linked PRs
- gh-156050
- gh-156721
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