glibc 2.32 release strategy for ABI changes.

[Alistair Francis]

On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 2:45 PM Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com> wrote:
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> Status update time:
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> On 7/3/20 5:49 PM, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> > (1) I want to see Adhemerval's signum-{generic,arch}.h series pushed
> >     after a final review. I think this is ready and adds APIs for
> >     the data we used to export and deprecates the other interfaces.
>
> This is done and pushed.
>
> > (2) I want to see HJ's <sys/platform/x86.h> series reviewed and
> >     accepted and pushed or deferred for further discussion.
> >
> >     - HJ, Florian, What's the status on this?
>
> This is under review.
>
> > (3) I want to see the __libc_single_thread patches pushed. These
> >     have been extensively reviewed and are ready for use.
>
> This is done and pushed.
>
> > (4) I want to see the rseq changes pushed. These have been
> >     extensively reviewed, but testing has shown a problem with
> >     the audit module framework, but a straight forward fix is
> >     available for that (raise TLS_TCB_ALIGN as required) [1].
>
> This is done and pushed.
>
> Along with:
> - elf: Do not signal LA_ACT_CONSISTENT for an empty namespace [BZ #26076]
>   (to fix subsequent surplus TLS changes)
>
> > (5) I want to review and get Adhemerval's 64-bit time_t fixes
> >     pushed.
>
> This is now reviewed.
>
> This unblocks (6) and (7). Full steam ahead.
>
> > (6) I want to see the ARC port pushed *after* (5) and after
> >     review says they are ready.
> >
> >     - Vineet, If we get all of (5), is anything else needed?
>
> What is our status on the ARC port?
>
> Do we need additional review?
>
> > (7) I want to see the RISC-V 32-bit port pushed *after* (5)
> >     and after review says they are ready.
> >
> >     - Alistair, If we get all of (5), is there anything else needed?
>
> What is our status on the RISC-V 32-bit port?

Patches are on the list and waiting for review.

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> Do we need additional review?

Yes!

Alistair