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ARM MTE Performance in Practice (Extended Version) — mentioned by eigenform

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 21:00:51 GMT

> It's possible to enable reserving the tag memory for MTE via `fastboot oem mte on`, boot a non-stock kernel ignoring arm64.nomte and use MTE. What I'd like to know is, is it not sufficient to just check the feature bits in ID_AA64PFR1_EL1? (Isn't this the first thing you'd try when trying to determine if the hardware supports some feature?) If they were making the determination solely based on the fact that `arm64.nomte` is being passed to the kernel (or based on what features are exposed by kernel interfaces), it may have been better to say "MTE is seemingly disabled in the current Android…

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ARM MTE Performance in Practice (Extended Version) — HN submission

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:57:57 GMT

ARM MTE Performance in Practice (Extended Version)

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ARM MTE Performance in Practice (Extended Version) — HN submission

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 06:39:14 GMT

ARM MTE Performance in Practice (Extended Version)

3 points; 0 discussion replies on HN. Paper and source history. A submission is not an endorsement.