GNU Tools Weekly News Week 27 (March 1, 2026) Release updates for GNU toolchain: * gcc 16.0 regression status * P1: 21 -0 * P1+P2+P3 total: 812 -11
General/big GNU toolchain news (including sourceware news): * Sourceware/OSUOSL upgraded buildbot CI and forgejo runner workflow server * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/T/#m07d26322c0052164a008b5215254a4444f6ee32b * Starting patch review wiki * https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/StartingPatchReview GCC easy issue to tackle of the week: * (len | N) == len is transformed to len & N != 0 * https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=101650 * Reach out to Andrew Pinski <[email protected]> for mentoring on this issue * note about week 24 easy issue to tackle * patch submitted and reviewed (waiting for stage 1) * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc-patches/CALvbMcCX9CifimHfBM79dMmzPCOnrao4bhpNWEd=7frq7ok...@mail.gmail.com/T/ GCC commits: * note most of the commits from now until the release are bug fixes which have not been listed here normally * gccrs: 46 patch merge * Fortran: Shared-memory Coarrays * https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gfortran/Shared-memory-Coarrays.html * aarch64: support SME without SVE enabled GCC discussion: * [RFC] Builtins for C++26 integer atomic reductions * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/T/#u * RFC (C only): [[gnu::allow_vla]] attribute to suppress -Wvla on a single declaration * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/T/#m5c80e7ba3866b0630db1a53bb5e09d1585f3aeac * GCC bugzilla stats * 107 new issues filed * 79 issues closed glibc commits: * AArch64: Single and Double precision hyperbolics, SVE and AdvSIMD optimisations * AArch64: Vectorise SVE log/log2/log10 single and double precision special cases. * AArch64: Single and Double precision entire exp family, SVE and AdvSIMD optimisations * aarch64: Vectorise inverse hyperbolic special cases glibc discussion: * Meeting Minutes - glibc Office Hours (glibc branch maintenance and move to gitolite) - 2026-02-27 * https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/CA+=Sn1mWP+enPR7pEjqHSu91K-=tzSND4++pBeepF=tm+f0...@mail.gmail.com/T/ binutils/gdb commits: * gdb: implement "info proc environ" * gdb discussion: * binutils discussion: *
