This patch is adding command-line support for the MSVC buffer security check.
The buffer security check is turned on with the '/GS' compiler switch.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8dbf701c.aspx
The MSVC buffer security check in implemented here:
http://reviews.llvm.org/D20346
The description is not super informative, but it does match the MSVC description (except in the command-line options listing they say "Buffers security check".
Would it make more sense to call it something like stack canary, cookie, protector?