GNU Tools Weekly News Week 33 (April 12, 2026)

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GNU Tools Weekly News Week 33 (April 12, 2026)

Release updates for GNU toolchain:
 * gcc 16.0 regression status (note this is not official numbers, it
might be off by a few)
  * P1:                       10         +1
  * P1+P2+P3 total: 766        -0

General/big GNU toolchain news (including sourceware news):
 * GNU Tools Cauldron 2026 timing and location quietly has been made public
  * Fri-Sun, October 2-4, 2026 at Charles University in Prague, Czechia
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/cauldron2026
 * Krister Walfridsson's blog about smtgcc part 6: uninitialized memory
  * https://kristerw.github.io/2026/04/10/uninitialized-memory/
 * Results of the Sourceware Survey 2026
  * https://sourceware.org/survey-2026
 * Sourceware infrastructure updates for Q1 2026
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/overseers/20260406221424.GB7048@gnu.wildebeest.org/
 * Sourceware Survey results and Budget priority discussions
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/20260412192052.GA15385@gnu.wildebeest.org/

GCC easy issue to tackle of the week:
 * `((~x) & y) ^ (x | y)` is x
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=112095
  * Reach out to Andrea Pinski <andrew.pinski@oss.qualcomm.com> for
mentoring on this issue.

GCC commits:
 * note most of the commits from now until the release are bug fixes
which have not been listed here normally
 * c++: Implement CWG3140 - Allowing expansion over non-constant std::array
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/cgit/gcc/commit/?id=b2d4d8ddd91c6087420facef74841099b49e91ad
 * c++: Implement CWG3135 - constexpr structured bindings with
prvalues from tuples
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/cgit/gcc/commit/?id=7e4e9dd9eb01de7bf9fc7abe82e9ab01123283cc
 * aarch64: AutoFDO: Add support for ARM SPE to autoprofiledbootstrap
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/cgit/gcc/commit/?id=5df258ae1ad01fc75705a35296a29fd359121845

GCC discussion:
 * GSoC 2026 project discussions from participates
 * (more) Update on community health
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/CALvbMcBQzYDcfUW0OtU3BK=6FhrKmLmNhwMVJ5OZmg=CAwuF5Q@mail.gmail.com/T/#t
 * (continued) On sending forge pull request discussions to the mailing list
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/c16d2000-a13c-4136-8faf-3c0bb5feb402@arm.com/

GCC bugzilla stats
 * 77 new issues filed
 * 55 issues closed

glibc commits:
 * math: Add fast-path to fma
  * https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/commit/?id=dfb150f3aadd93118a78ef9e19c2663f0e1994b7

glibc discussion:
 * glibc AI policy

binutils/gdb commits:
 * gas/ld: aarch64: Add support for %dtprel(var) and R_AARCH64_TLS_DTPREL64

gdb discussion:
 *
binutils discussion:
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