GNU Tools Weekly News Week 29 (March 15, 2026)

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GNU Tools Weekly News Week 29 (March 15, 2026)

Release updates for GNU toolchain:
 * GCC 16.0.1 release status:
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/6277162s-n588-nps4-551p-nsp885rn4212@fhfr.qr/T/#u
 * gcc 16.0 regression status (note this is not official numbers, it
might be off by a few)
  * P1:                       11            -5
  * P1+P2+P3 total: 776           -17


General/big GNU toolchain news (including sourceware news):
 * Notes from Sourceware Open Office, Fri 16:00 UTC
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/20260316011308.GA32479@gnu.wildebeest.org/
 * Dimitar Dimitrov was appointed as PRU binutils maintainer
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/binutils/fa6e9bc9-60d1-458c-832c-02fbcda99c4e@suse.com/T/#m8dcf81087b993f0b82b392d72427b3e73a4dc920
  * https://sourceware.org/cgit/binutils-gdb/commit/?id=cd764745c794944601d7aa1b836597475f5f0f33

GCC easy issue to tackle of the week:
 * `(x ^ (-CMP)) + CMP` -> `CMP ? -x : x`
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=113894
  * Reach out to Andrew 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
 * arm: Add support for _BitInt(N)
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/cgit/gcc/commit/?h=trunk&id=e256eb478ad1b8c2c767aa35e03903bf4cd7c842
 * c++: require C++26 for -freflection
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/cgit/gcc/commit/?h=trunk&id=9bb200e71ccf9c923bd9c7bd546130446fd76e95
 * doc: Move specs documentation to GCC internals manual
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/cgit/gcc/commit/?h=trunk&id=c600bb7aefca1ac43e57ac8dde957183a8fca7a9
 *

GCC discussion:
 * GSoC 2026 project discussions from participates
 * Policy on use of LLM tools and bug fixes
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/CAFiYyc3XoTbYe_pjpj5PvmiNN2uX58ssjMh4Dr3=euqpP1SruQ@mail.gmail.com/T/#m4365c662ccc0af15fe987fdd87556fb842e62d2a
 * [RFC] Builtins for C++26 integer atomic reductions
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/ECACB51F-CEDC-4772-B311-464590D5F340@nvidia.com/T/#m32107687793209cbbaa543c10e139cf381e121ed
 * Questions on PROMOTE_MODE, function_promote_mode
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/306d4117-9e41-4732-a1ad-d4d88fdd2218@oss.qualcomm.com/T/#md49ec554ad57e804e4f055ee8ab273d8a2c9a740
 *


GCC bugzilla stats
 * 126 new issues filed
 * 119 issues closed

glibc commits:
 * LoongArch: Optimize float environment functions
  * https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/commit/?id=41e2067a8f238310e72e70b21f7d67fe7d8a9189
 * Support loading libunwind (from LLVM compile-rt) instead of libgcc_s
  * https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/commit/?id=5d89e7c47cc9d27475e086dedbeecc69be82aa74
 * malloc: Improve memalign alignment
  * https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/commit/?id=28882c408c7177ff82277bd69f0d7d4078f72561

glibc discussion:
 * [Question] Will switching Linux UAPI headers from __ASSEMBLY__ to
__ASSEMBLER__ affect glibc?
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/CABZAGREvnu7DYOyCEYdjOSPMzhbjexmx55Xi9wjNeXd_CuaUxA@mail.gmail.com/T/#m28911e194ed53e1e0e982815f6d035f9fb73c3c5
 * glibc test time regression after gawk update
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/202603091211.629CBP4A089309@freefriends.org/T/#me1cf4fe55daef0968479dcb9db5f971bc6770127
 *
binutils/gdb commits:
 * gdb: boolification
  * Many commits so not listing
 * bfd: boolification
  * Likewise

gdb discussion:
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binutils discussion:
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