Monday Patch Queue Review update (2023-01-23)

[Carlos O'Donell]

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

Meeting: 2023-01-23 @ 0900h EST5EDT

Video/Audio: https://bbb.linuxfoundation.org/room/adm-alk-1uu-7fu

IRC: #glibc on OFTC.

Review new patches and restart review at the top.

 * State NEW delegate NOBODY at 246 patches.
 * Carlos' SLI at 168 days.
 * Discussing glibc 2.37 release status.
 * Discussed "Remove --with-default-link option" (Adhemerval)
  * It is a major improvement for building with lld.
  * Improves security when building with lld.
 * Moved the "Remove --with-default-link option" to 2.38.
 * Marked "x86: Cache computation for AMD architecture" as committed.
 * Discussed review for "[v8] POSIX locale covers every byte [BZ# 29511]" and status.
  * Needs more strategic review about glibc direction.
 * This week starts machine testing for the release.
  * Gentoo is already starting to test.
  * Carlos to send out the request for machine testing.
 * Discussed RISC-V ABI break in the context of 2.37.
  * AArch64 uses the pointer-chain method and it works.
   * Szabolcs: No reported issues here.
 * Dicsussed PT_GNU_SFRAME constant in elf.h for 2.37
  * Needs coordination between bintuils, glibc, and gnu-gabi.
 * Discussed pthread cond var signal stealing.
  * Can be backported.
 * Discussed _r_debug and copy relocations.
  * Can be backported.
 * Discussed Math TS18661-2 for inclusion in C2x and impact.
  * No impact to the release, but can impact applications that define iszero().

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Cheers,
Carlos.