Monday Patch Queue Review update (2021-11-22)

[Carlos O'Donell]

Most recent meeting status is always here:
https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/PatchworkReviewMeetings#Update

Meeting: 2021-11-22 @ 0900h EST (UTC-5)

Video/Audio: https://bluejeans.com/9093064454

IRC: #glibc on OFTC.

Review new patches and restart review at the top.

 * 306 patches in NEW/NOBODY
 * linux: Add generic ioctl implementation
  * Needed for ork1 port.
 * linux: Add generic syscall implementation
  * Needed for ork1 port.
 * Add GLIBC_PRIVATE_RELR as proxy for DT_RELR
  * What about toolchains that don't use symbol versions?
  * Why does *_RELR exist in the name?
  * Is Google going to rebase 2.27 to a more current version?
  * Ask Chrome OS developers?
  * Ask Google server branch developers?
  * What will be the generic ABI mechanism for feature lockout?
   * Does this impact the decisions we make?
   * The BSDs don't view it as an issue overall
    * Except that if we decide on this markup they may need to change things.
  * Context: Just glibc. Parallel feature lockout via symbol@version.
   * Add linker support for empty node.
   * Use dummy symbol in glibc.
  * Add concrete semantics to that version.

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Cheers,
Carlos.