Hi,
I recently built with ABE for the first time. It's pretty slick.
Is there a way to make the vendor string (the "none" in
"arm-none-linux-gnueabihf-*") go away? It breaks my scripts without appearing
to add value.
Thanks,
Chris
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Hi,
I am trying to port the Boost.Context library (from www.boost.org) to aarch64 gcc and have come across a gnarly problem.
Boost.Context essentially does co-routine style context switching. It has a structure f_context which it uses to save and restore contexts. The structure f_context contains both integer (x0..xN) and floating point VFP (d8..d15) context.
The function jump_context switches contexts
typedef struct f_context *f_context_t
extern void jump_context(fcontext_t *old, f_context_t new, bool save_fp);
So this jumps to a new context returning the old context in *old. If save_fp is set the floating point context must be saved because the application uses floating point. Otherwise the save and restore of the floating point context may be ignored.
So, essentially, to save the old context it does
jump_fcontext:
# prepare stack for GP + FPU
sub sp, sp, #0xb0
# test if fpu env should be preserved
cmp w3, #0
b.eq 1f
# save d8 - d15
stp d8, d9, [sp, #0x00]
stp d10, d11, [sp, #0x10]
stp d12, d13, [sp, #0x20]
stp d14, d15, [sp, #0x30]
1:
# save x19-x30
stp x19, x20, [sp, #0x40]
stp x21, x22, [sp, #0x50]
stp x23, x24, [sp, #0x60]
stp x25, x26, [sp, #0x70]
stp x27, x28, [sp, #0x80]
stp x29, x30, [sp, #0x90]
However, there is a problem with this because gcc may store integer value in floating point registers around a function call.
So, I have no way of knowing whether it is actually necessary to save/restore floating point context.
Even worse applications using Boost.Context may be completely borken if they assume it is safe to call jump_context with save_fp == 0.
Any suggestions?
Ed.
== This week ==
* Released Linaro 4.8 and 4.9 February 2015 release (2/10)
* Vector Extensions Project (7/10)
- Design work on C++ classes
- Reviewed Boost.simd as alternative implementation
- Review of libvpx benchmark
* Misc. (1/10)
- Conference calls
- ARM required online training
== Next week ==
- ARM CodeGen conference in Cambridge
--
Michael Collison
Linaro Toolchain Working Group
michael.collison(a)linaro.org
== Progress ==
LLDB development
-- LLDB Call graph analysis for understanding some development nits [1/10]
-- Trying out LLDB server arm and aarch64 cross compilation. [2/10]
-- List down arm-lldb task list with some debugging [2/10]
Miscellaneous [1/10]
-- 96board setup
Holiday [4/10]
-- Monday 16th and Tuesday 17th Feb 2015
== Plan ==
Convert LLDB Arm task list to JIRA cards
Try to fix LLDB server arm and aarch64 cross build issues.
Some GDB patch updates
Connect detox [2/10]
ABE benchmarking automation - TCWG-360 [5/10]
* Backport benchmarking
** Harder than expected, have to build the backport into a binary,
then benchmark that binary, passing information between jobs.
** AFAIK I'm blazing the Jenkins-chainging trail for us.
* Release benchmarking
** New LAVA release broke my image (but quickly fixed by the LAVA folks)
** Now seems to be running into issues with Jenkins/builders/an
anonymous job-slayer
* Misc fixes and improvements
** Main highlight being support for building with separated-out sysroot
Misc - [3/10]
=Plan=
Kick off catomics benchmark runs
(Attempt to) close out cache effects on Juno issue
Carry on with Jenkins
=Issues=
* Some of the Jenkins builders seem unreliable
* My lightly hacked version of the BinaryRelease job is unreliable
** Is the BinaryRelease job itself is reliable
* TSAN support for Aarch64 (5/10)
Fixed some kernel size issues in my local working tree. (TCWG-581) .
GCC does not default to -fPIE or -pie. Ran into address layout
issues when I used -fsanitize=thread. Some test cases passed with the
mapping I used for 42 bit VA when -pie and -fPIE are added.
* Bug 869 - Looking at match.pd to remove type promotion in ABS_EXPR (1/10)
* Emails, meetings. (2/10)
* Linaro 1-1 with maxim and Ryan.
* AMD meetings/event, 1-1 with AMD manager, status meeting.
* GCC mailing list.
Leave on 20-Feb-2015 (2/10)
== Plan ==
* TSAN support for Aarch64 work fixing GCC -fsanitize=thread option.
* Break tasks under TCWG-581.
* LLVM build with local patches.
* Bug869.
* Misc and Meetings (AMD, LInaro)
== Progress ==
* compiler-pass to widen computation (TCWG-547) - (5/10)
- Analysed core-mark code size regression
- fixed constant handling
- Added VRP support for ZEXT_EXPR
* Improve register allocation for AArch64 (TCWG-620) - (1/10)
- Looked at the relevant patches
* Misc (4/10)
- Setting up ABE benchmarking scripts
- Ran into some LAVA related issues for ABE benchmarking
- Recovering from connect
- Started with 69 board setup
== Plan ==
* TCWG-620 and TCWG-547
* ABE benchmarking
== Progress ==
* GCC trunk/4.9 monitoring
* Neon intrinsics tests
- committed the last patch of the 2nd series.
- about another 1/3 of the tests remain to be converted: will wait
for GCC stage1
* AArch64 sanitizers (2/10)
- Renato committed my patches to enable ASAN in LLVM/AArch64
- the official aarch64 buildbot (Juno) had problems after these, so
the asan tests are disabled again until the problem is understood.
Probable board configuration problem, since the tests passed on our
Juno.
- preparing a patch to solve the long standing issue with dependency
on aarch64 kernel version (kernel_old_[ug]id)
* Backports (4/10)
- reviews
- respawned validations under MergeFarm
* ABE:
- improving reporting
* Misc (4/10)
- meetings, conf-calls, emails, ....
== Next ==
Connect, then holidays
== Progress ==
* Rebooting brain after Connect (2/10)
* Friday off (2/10)
* Release 3.6 (CARD-1431 1/10)
- Spinning RC3, RC4
- Long discussions about Phoronix benchmark regressions
* Buildbots (CARD-1823 2/10)
- Buildbot cleanup and reshape
- Adding two new internal buildbots
- Investigating AArch64 broken bot
* Background (3/10)
- Code review, meetings, discussions, etc.
- Sprint planning
- Catching up on emails
- Servers purchase
- EuroLLVM paper reviews
== Plan ==
* Install new servers when they come
* Add the two new bots upstream
* Plan LLDB with Omair, contact Google
* Plan TSAN with Venkat
* Help Christophe investigate ASAN on AArch64
Holiday [3/10]
ABE benchmarking automation - TCWG-360 [3/10]
* Initial Jenkins implementation
Investigating cache effects on Juno - LDTS-1238 [2/10]
* One effect due to write streaming, others still to look at
Misc [2/10]
* Unpacking, some background catomics
Connect [10/10]
=Plan=
Carry on with Jenkins implementation
Run some benchmarks on catomics
Juno cache effects
Write up/think about where to go with libm exercising
ABE benchmarking automation - TCWG-360 [8/10]
* Pursued sneaky bugs through twisty mazes of bash
* Learned that ControlMaster does not play nice with my scripts
* Learned more about IPC pitfalls
* Cleaned up build behaviour of scripts somewhat
* Implemented support for benchmarking against sysroot (needed by Will
and by me)
* Generally tried to help Charles
* A bit of Jenkins testing
Misc [2/10]
* Featuring part 1 of an office move
=Plan=
Holiday Wednesday, 1/2 of Thursday
Part 2 of office move
Support benchmark users
Look more at cache effects on Juno
Get Jenkins working
Benchmark catomic patches (as much as I can without putting even more
pressure on the Junos)
Write up/think about where to go with libm exercising
Final preparation for Connect
The Linaro Toolchain Working Group (TCWG) is pleased to announce the 2015.02
stable release of the Linaro GCC 4.9 source package.
Linaro GCC 4.9 2015.02 is the eleventh Linaro GCC source package release in the
4.9 series. It is based on FSF GCC 4.9.3-pre+svn220525 and includes performance
improvements and bug fixes.
With the imminent release of ARMv8 hardware and the recent release of the
GCC 4.9 compiler the Linaro TCWG will be focusing on stabilization and
performance of the compiler as the FSF GCC compiler. The Linaro TCWG provides
stable[1] quarterly releases and monthly engineering[2] releases.
Interesting changes in this GCC source package release include
* Backport of [AArch32] PR63676, exit tree fold when node be TREE_CLOBBER_P
* Backport of [AArch32] M0/M1 small multiply
* Backport of [AArch64] Fix unsafe access to deallocated stack
* Backport of Int div by constant compilation enhancement
* Backport of [AArch32] Fix PR target/64460: Set 'shift' attr properly on some patterns
* Backport of [AArch32] Fix typo in *<arith_shift_insn>_shiftsi
* Backport of [AArch64] Let LR register allocable
* Backport of Improve warning message for bitfields
* Backport of [AArch32] PR rtl-optimization/64011
* Backport of Fix checking on MAX_PENDING_LIST_LENGTH
* Backport of Remove VEC_LSHIFT_EXPR and vec_shl_optab
* Backport of [AArch64] Use new reduc_[us](min|max)_scal optabs, inc. for builtins
* Backport of [AArch64] Use new reduc_plus_scal optabs, inc. for __builtins
* Backport of Add new optabs for reducing vectors to scalars
* Backport of [Vectorizer] Make REDUC_xxx_EXPR tree codes produce a scalar result
* Backport of [AArch32] new cortex-m7 tune option
* Backport of [AArch32] cortex-m7 scheduling
* Backport of Improve Neon intrinsics testing
* Backport of [AArch32] [testsuite] gnu11 cleanup for aapcs testcases
Linaro GCC 4.8 2015.02 is the sixteenth release in the 4.8 series and is in
maintenance. Based off the latest GCC 4.8.4+svn220525 release, it includes
performance improvements and bug fixes.
The Linaro GCC 4.8 maintenance branch will be retired when Linaro GCC 5.1 is delivered.
Linaro GCC 4.9 will become the new maintenance release. Interesting changes in this GCC source
package release include:
* Updates to GCC 4.8.4+svn220525
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--
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Linaro Toolchain Working Group
michael.collison(a)linaro.org
== This week ==
* Linaro 4.8 and 4.9 Releases (9/10)
- Validated backports, followed release process and staged tarballs
for release
* Misc (1/10)
- Conference calls
== Next week ==
- Backports
- Work on bug fixes
* TSAN support for Aarch64 (3/10)
Working on memory map layout for TSAN in Aarch64 (TCWG-581) .
Experimenting switching on 64 bit allocator as default.
* Bug 869 - Analyzing tree dumps on how VECT_CONVERT_EXPR works (2/10)
* Emails, meetings. (3/10)
* Linaro remote hack sessions.
* internal AMD meetings/event, 1-1 with AMD manager, .
* GCC mailing list.
Leave on 10-Feb-2015 (2/10)
== Plan ==
* TSAN support for Aarch64 work on memory layout.
* Bug869
* Review/Watch connect slides.
== This week ==
* Created dummy release in preparation for February Linaro release (2/10)
* Backports (2/10)
- Backported 216220 and 217229
- Additional merge issues indicates another backport is required.
- I will abandon the backports for this release.
* Bug fixing (5/10)
- Bug 535 - Could not reproduce after triage.
- Bug 539 - Additional triage.
* Misc (1/10)
- Conference calls
== Next week ==
- Commit validated backports and create release
== Progress ==
* AArch64 ILP32 toolchain (5/10)
- Got SPEC2k results for LP64 and ILP32
* Committed patch for AArch64 -Bsymbolic ld issue (1/10)
* Other stuff (2/10)
- Working on handing over various projects
- Email, meetings, etc.
* Friday travelling to Connect (2/10)
== Issues ==
* Juno boards have been busy
== Plan ==
* Connect
--
Will Newton
Toolchain Working Group, Linaro
== Progress ==
* Automation Framework (CARD-1378 1/10)
- Restarting build-02
- Trying new way to setup juno-01, failed
- Moving gateway-config to new private git server
* Release 3.6 (CARD-1431 4/10)
- Found NEON regression, reverting patches
- Setting up more new NEON buildbots
* Libraries (CARD-1831 1/10)
- Opening discussion on libunwinder move, getting consensus
* Background (2/10)
- Code review, meetings, discussions, etc.
- FOSDEM 2015 (http://llvm.org/devmtg/2015-02/)
* Flying to Connect (2/10)
== Issues ==
After working on Sunday and all nights since, I'll be off tomorrow and
will get ready to Connect on Friday. Email/HO/IRC as usual.
== Plan ==
Connect
* TSAN support for Aarch64 (5/10)
Working on memory map layout for TSAN in Aarch64 (TCWG-581) .
* Emails, meetings. (3/10)
* 1-1 with maxim, linaro status call.
* internal AMD meetings, 1-1 with AMD manager.
* GCC mailing list.
Leave on 26-Jan-2014 (India Holiday) (2/10)
Planned Leave on 04-Feb-2014
== Plan ==
* TSAN support for Aarch64 work on memory layout.
== This week ==
* Backports (10/10)
- 216734 - Temporarily remove aarch64_gimple_fold_builtin code for
reduction operations
- 216736 - [Vectorizer] Make REDUC_xxx_EXPR tree codes produce a
scalar result
- 216737 - Add new optabs for reducing vectors to scalars
- 216738 - Use new reduc_plus_scal optabs, inc. for __builtins
- 216741 - Use new reduc_[us](min|max)_scal optabs, inc. for builtins
- 216742 - Restore gimple_folding of reduction intrinsics
- 216779 - Remove VEC_LSHIFT_EXPR and vec_shl_optab
- 217331 - Fix checking on MAX_PENDING_LIST_LENGTH
- 217430 - Fix typo in *<arith_shift_insn>_shiftsi
- 217431 - Let LR register allocable
- 217533 - Pair load store instructions using a generic scheduling
fusion pass
- 219717 - PR rtl-optimization/64011
- 219718 - Improve warning message
== Next week ==
- Prepare for release by creating "dummy" release
- Work on bug fixes
