Re: The 2.20 release code freeze is very near

[Adhemerval Zanella <azanella at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>]

On 02-07-2014 09:38, Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
> On 02-07-2014 07:05, Allan McRae wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> The code freeze for the glibc-2.20 release was scheduled for July 1st.
>> I realise there are still a few things that have appeared on the mailing
>> list that are desirable for this release as listed on the wiki page [1].
>>
>> So this is not a freeze, but it should be getting quite cold...
>> Consider whether your changes can wait until 2.21.
>>
>> Can I also get a status on these so I can track where we are:
>> 1) -Wundef cleanup
>> 2) De-add-on-ification of NPTL
>> 3) fmemopen
>> 4) powerpc memmove/memcpy/strcat
>>
>> Anything else that needs tracked should be added to the release wiki
>> page.  E.g. this was mentioned on the mailing list as targeted for 2.20:
>>
>> 5) HSW memset/memcpy
>>
>>
>> [1] https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Release/2.20#Planning
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Allan
>>
> Hi Alan,
>
> Regarding my requests:
>
> 1. PowerPC: Align power7 memcpy using VSX to quadword              - pending review
>     https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-06/msg00355.html
>
> I check with my team to review this one.
>
> * memmove patches:
>
> 2. [PATCH] PowerPC: optimized memmove for POWER7/PPC64             - pending review
>     https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-06/msg00597.html
> 3. [PATCH] PowerPC: Guard CALL_ELF check for ppc64 only in link.h  - OK
>     https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-06/msg00683.html
> 4. [PATCH] PowerPC: memmove default implementation cleanup         - OK
>     https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-06/msg00684.html
> 5. [PATCH] PowerPC: optimized memmove for POWER7/PPC32             - pending review
>     https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-06/msg00685.html
>
> I check with my team to speed up review for 2., and 5.
>
> * strcat patches
>
> 6. [PATCH] PowerPC: strcat optimization for PPC64/POWER7
>    https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-07/msg00049.html
>
> I will commit this shortly, since the patch itself it straightforward (it is just
> an adjustment of powerpc strcat implementation for power7/ifunc). 
>
>
> * fmemopen
>
> 7. [PATCH 1/3] libio: Refactor tst-fmemopen to use test-skeleton.c - OK
>     https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-06/msg00617.html
> 8. [PATCH v2 2/3] libio: Update tst-fmemopen2.c                    - OK
>     https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-06/msg00933.html
> 9. [PATCH v3 3/3] libio: fmemopen rewrite to POSIX compliance      - pending review
>     https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-07/msg00050.html
>
> The first patch, 7., has been review and do not really interfere with current GLIBC
> tests output.  However 8. relies on a correct posix compliant fmemopen to work correctly.
> It has been reviewed and last review lead to a small fix (v3) for 9.
> My idea is to commit all of them in a set. 
>
I have added the x86 32 bits vDSO patch on desirables, since Roland started to review
it and I think I have addressed all his concerns.