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[ACTIVITY] 17-21 December 2012

by Christophe Lyon

== Progress == * 64-bits ops in Neon: re-posted patch after a bit of cleanup requested by upstream. Investigated Fortran regression: confirmed unrelated to this patched, and fixed upstream. * disable-peeling: launched jobs under cbuild to perform initial benchmarking * builtin_bswap16 backport to linaro-4.7: almost OK, missing some pending validation results. * cbuild: investigated some reporting problems which were slowing down the branch review process. == Next == * handle 64-bits bitops in Neon feedback from upstream if any * finish builtin_bswap16 backport * benchmark with vectorizer cost model enabled with its default configuration == Future == Back on January 7th, after the end of the world.

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[ACTIVITY] 17-21 December 2012

by Matthew Gretton-Dann

== Blueprints == Initial Current Actual initial-aarch64-backport 31 Oct 2012 31 Dec 2012 21 Dec 2012 aarch64-baremetal-testing 31 Oct 2012 31 Dec 2012 21 Dec 2012 backport-fma-intrinsic 31 Dec 2012 Brice fused-multiply-add-support 31 Dec 2012 Brice gcc-investigate-lra-for-arm 31 Dec 2012 Brice fix-gcc-multiarch-testing 31 Dec 2012 31 Jan 2013 == Progress == * Admin * Interviewing * Welcomed Brice Dobry to the working group * Started inputting cards into cards.linaro.org * Discussions about KVM * Discussions about Toolchain/Platform interactions * initial-aarch64-backport and aarch64-baremetal-testing * Finished documentation == Next (working) week == * Admin * Finish loading card drafts into Jira. * Welcome Renato to working group. * Do monthly GCC merges * Prepare Cortex Strings release * Ensure GCC backports are up to date. == Future == * Run HOT/COLD partitioning benchmarks * Analyse ARM results * On x86_64 to see what the actual benefit we could get * fix-gcc-multiarch-testing * Come up with strawman proposal for updating testsuite to handle testing with varying command-line options. -- Matthew Gretton-Dann Linaro Toolchain Working Group matthew.gretton-dann(a)linaro.org

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Re: [Merge] lp:~brice-dobry/gcc-linaro/fma into lp:gcc-linaro

by Matthew Gretton-Dann

On 21 December 2012 09:54, Yvan Roux <yvan.roux(a)linaro.org> wrote: > Matt, do you have something particular in mind to put in a shared and versioned .bzrignore file ? > My understanding of its usage is that it is more a user side configuration of the archive. > (Maybe we could chat about this topic on another channel) Yes this conversation should probably be conducted elsewhere :-) - moved to linaro-toolchain. If you look at upstream SVN GCC and do svn propget svn:ignore you get a long list of files that SVN is set up to ignore. And whilst there isn't a .gitignore other upstream projects which have git mirrors do put a .gitignore in place (see GDB for instance). I think having a .bzrignore which is a copy of the svn:ignore set up (and the defaults that SVN ignores but aren't on bzr's list) would be valid in the repo. Although as I said in the original thread - let's do this when we branch 4.8 and not to the historic branches. Thanks, Matt -- Matthew Gretton-Dann Linaro Toolchain Working Group matthew.gretton-dann(a)linaro.org

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[ANNOUNCE] Linaro Toolchain Binaries 2012.12 released

by Zhenqiang Chen

The Linaro Toolchain Working Group is pleased to announce the 2012.12 release of the Linaro Toolchain Binaries, a pre-built version of Linaro GCC and Linaro GDB that runs on generic Linux or Windows and targets the glibc Linaro Evaluation Build. Uses include: * Cross compiling ARM applications from your laptop * Remote debugging * Build the Linux kernel for your board What's included: * Linaro GCC 4.7 2012.12 * Linaro GDB 7.5 2012.12 * A statically linked gdbserver * A system root * Manuals under share/doc/ The system root contains the basic header files and libraries to link your programs against. The Linux version is supported on Ubuntu 10.04.3 and 12.04, Debian 6.0.2, Fedora 16, openSUSE 12.1, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5.7 and later, and should run on any Linux Standard Base 3.0 compatible distribution. Please see the README about running on x86_64 hosts. The Windows version is supported on Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Vista Business SP2, and Windows 7 Pro SP1. The binaries and build scripts are available from: https://launchpad.net/linaro-toolchain-binaries/trunk/2012.12 Need help? Ask a question on https://ask.linaro.org/ Already on Launchpad? Submit a bug at https://bugs.launchpad.net/linaro-toolchain-binaries On IRC? See us on #linaro on Freenode. Other ways that you can contact us or get involved are listed at https://wiki.linaro.org/GettingInvolved.

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[ACTIVITY] 10 - 14 December 2012

by Yvan Roux

== Progress == * Release week: - Made 2012.12 release of gcc-linaro 4.6 and 4.7. - took lot of time (infrastructure, right acess, Lava lab migration) * GCC atomic builtins: - my load acquire patch was applied up-stream (trunk and 4.7). - some cleaning in optabs.c (patch applied up-stream too). == Next == * Resume Boehm GC AArch64 support. * Review roster.

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[ACTIVITY] 10 - 14 December 2012

by Christophe Lyon

== Progress == * gdb-linaro-7.5-2012.12 release - Updated wikis about gdb sources import from upstream and about gdb-linaro release - still some trouble with infrastructure to achieve the release * 64-bits ops in Neon: no news from upstream * disable-peeling: upstream advice is to enable & tune the vectorizer cost model first, but there seems to be an agreement that if unaligned accesses have no penalty, peeling should not be considered. Updated the vectorizer-cost-model blueprint * builtin_bswap16 backport to linaro-4.7: the i686 regression was caused by the build process. Re-spawned the jobs after fixing the remaining arm issue * cbuild: briefly looked at some scripts to better understand the whole system, while tracking a problem in the gdb validation reports == Next == * handle 64-bits bitops in Neon and disable-peeling feedback from upstream if any * finish builtin_bswap16 backport == Future == * on holidays for 2 weeks (Dec 22th-Jan 6th)

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[ACTIVITY] 10 - 14 December

by Matthew Gretton-Dann

== Blueprints == Initial Current Actual initial-aarch64-backport 31 Oct 2012 31 Dec 2012 aarch64-baremetal-testing 31 Oct 2012 31 Dec 2012 backport-fma-intrinsic 31 Dec 2012 Brice fused-multiply-add-support 31 Dec 2012 Brice gcc-investigate-lra-for-arm 31 Dec 2012 31 Dec 2012 fix-gcc-multiarch-testing 31 Dec 2012 31 Jan 2013 == Progress == * Admin * Interviewing * Took over from Michael * New Starter prep * Updated card drafts * Discussions about LEG/TCWG interactions * Discussions about KVM * Discussions about Toolchain/Platform interactions == Next Week == * Upload card drafts into Jira. * initial-aarch64-backport and aarch64-baremetal-testing * Complete documentation == Future == * gcc-investigate-lra-for-arm * Analyse benchmarks * Run HOT/COLD partitioning benchmarks * Analyse ARM results * On x86_64 to see what the actual benefit we could get * fix-gcc-multiarch-testing * Come up with strawman proposal for updating testsuite to handle testing with varying command-line options. -- Matthew Gretton-Dann Linaro Toolchain Working Group matthew.gretton-dann(a)linaro.org

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[ACTIVITY] report week 50

by Peter Maydell

* qemu-linaro 2012.12 release * arm-devs pullreq sent * wrote a patch for some minor TCG leaks * more virtio patch review * various other upstream arm devs review * discussion re KVM planning, etc * usual collection of meetings and calls KVM blueprint progress tracker (note new url): http://cbuild.validation.linaro.org/helpers/backlog?group_by=topic&colour_b… -- PMM

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Clearing out past branches

by Michael Hope

Hi Ramana. You have the following branches remaining on Launchpad: * lp:~ramana/gcc-linaro/47-lower-subreg-experiments * lp:~ramana/gcc-linaro/47-improve-neon-intrinsics * lp:~ramana/gcc-linaro/47-nobble-promote-mode * lp:~ramana/gcc-linaro/47-smin-umin-idiom Which are obsolete, which should be spun out into backlog blueprints, and which should be taken over by someone? -- Michael

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[Activity] Week 50

by Zhenqiang Chen

Summary: * Validate RM toolchain * Prepare Linaro Toolchain Binaries 2012.12 release. * Collect performance data for different branch cost. Details: 1. Validate RM toolchain release. 2. Collect denbench and spec2000int performance data for branch cost tuning. 3. Fix README issue (lp:1068402) by dynamically create README.txt: * The hard coded README.txt is removed. * Update build scripts to generate the README.txt, which depends on - README.texi, which is the common template for all TARGETS. - config.texi, which sets the default configuration for the TARGET. Each TARGET has a config.texi. - version.texi, created during build, includes GCC_VERSION, GDB_VERSION and TOOLCHAIN_VERSION. 4. Update Linaro GCC and GDB to 2012.12 in Linaro crosstool-ng, workaround gdb mingw32 link fail issue (due to mbsrtowcs is redefined in gdb/gnulib), finish the smoke test and spawn release builds. Plans: * Investigate how branch cost impacts on code generation. * Release Linaro Toolchain Binaries 2012.12. Best regards! -Zhenqiang

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[ANNOUNCE] Linaro GCC 4.7 and 4.6 2012.12 released

by Yvan Roux

The Linaro Toolchain Working Group is pleased to announce the 2012.12 release of both Linaro GCC 4.7 and Linaro GCC 4.6. Linaro GCC 4.7 2012.12 is the ninth release in the 4.7 series. Based off the latest GCC 4.7.2+svn194184 release, it includes ARM-focused performance improvements and bug fixes. Interesting changes include: * Updates to GCC 4.7.2+svn19184 * Better 64 bit shifts in NEON * Also includes arm/aarch64-4.7-branch up to svn revision 194154. Fixes: * LP #1060221 Linaro GCC 4.6 2012.12 is the 22st release in the 4.6 series. Based off the latest GCC 4.6.3+svn194340 release, this is the ninth release after entering maintenance. Interesting changes include: * Updates to 4.6.3+svn194340 The source tarballs are available from: https://launchpad.net/gcc-linaro/+milestone/4.7-2012.12 https://launchpad.net/gcc-linaro/+milestone/4.6-2012.12 Downloads are available from the Linaro GCC page on Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/gcc-linaro More information on the features and issues are available from the release pages: https://launchpad.net/gcc-linaro/4.7/4.7-2012.12 https://launchpad.net/gcc-linaro/4.6/4.6-2012.12 Mailing list: http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-toolchain Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gcc-linaro/ Questions? https://ask.linaro.org/ Interested in commercial support? Inquire at support(a)linaro.org -- Yvan Roux Linaro Toolchain Working Group yvan.roux(a)linaro.org

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[ANNOUNCE] Linaro GDB 7.5 2012.12 released

by Christophe Lyon

The Linaro Toolchain Working Group is pleased to announce the release of Linaro GDB 7.5. Linaro GDB 7.5 2012.12 is the second release in the 7.5 series. ***NOTE*** Linaro GDB 7.5 2012.12 is identical to the FSF GDB 7.5.1 release, except for the change in version number and Linaro branding, since all Linaro GDB features were already accepted upstream and are included in the FSF release as-is. Future releases in the Linaro GDB 7.5 series may include additional ARM-focused bug fixes and enhancements. The source tarball is available at: https://launchpad.net/gdb-linaro/+milestone/7.5-2012.12 More information on Linaro GDB is available at: https://launchpad.net/gdb-linaro Christophe Lyon

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[ANNOUNCE] Linaro QEMU 2012.12 released

by Peter Maydell

The Linaro Toolchain Working Group is pleased to announce the release of Linaro QEMU 2012.12. Linaro QEMU 2012.12 is the latest release of qemu-linaro. Based off upstream (trunk) QEMU, it includes a number of ARM-focused bug fixes and enhancements. There are no major changes in this month's release, but it has been updated to be based on upstream's recent 1.3.0 release. The source tarball is available at: https://launchpad.net/qemu-linaro/+milestone/2012.12 More information on Linaro QEMU is available at: https://launchpad.net/qemu-linaro -- PMM

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[PATCH] Cortex Strings AArch64 implementations of memcpy, memset, strcmp

by Marcus Shawcroft

This patch adds aarch64 implementations of memcpy, memset and strcmp to cortex strings. /Marcus

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FPU error with arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc 3.7.3

by Zhangfei Gao

We met build error when using arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc 3.7.3 for Huawei s40v200 kernel, which is 3.0.8, log is below. HAVE issue: gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.7-2012.11-20121123_linux.tar.bz2 gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.7-2012.10-20121022_linux.tar.bz2 gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabi-2012.03-20120326_linux.tar.bz2, with build flag *--with-float=softfp* NO issue: arm-eabi-gcc 4.4.0, which comes from android package. Any suggestion? Thanks make[1]: `include/generated/mach-types.h' is up to date. CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh CHK include/generated/compile.h AS arch/arm/mach-godbox/hi_pm_sleep.o arch/arm/mach-godbox/hi_pm_sleep.S: Assembler messages: arch/arm/mach-godbox/hi_pm_sleep.S:456: Error: selected processor does not support requested special purpose register -- `mrs r10,FPEXC' arch/arm/mach-godbox/hi_pm_sleep.S:456: Error: selected processor does not support requested special purpose register -- `msr FPEXC,r2' arch/arm/mach-godbox/hi_pm_sleep.S:456: Error: selected processor does not support requested special purpose register -- `mrs r2,FPSCR' arch/arm/mach-godbox/hi_pm_sleep.S:546: Error: selected processor does not support requested special purpose register -- `msr FPEXC,r2' arch/arm/mach-godbox/hi_pm_sleep.S:546: Error: selected processor does not support requested special purpose register -- `msr FPSCR,r10' arch/arm/mach-godbox/hi_pm_sleep.S:546: Error: selected processor does not support requested special purpose register -- `msr FPEXC,r9' make[1]: *** [arch/arm/mach-godbox/hi_pm_sleep.o] Error 1 make: *** [arch/arm/mach-godbox] Error 2 make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....

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[PATCH] Cortex Strings and configury for AArch64

by Marcus Shawcroft

Following this mornings set of patches, this patch adds configury for aarch64 support. /Marcus

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[PATCH 5/5] cortex strings preparation for aarch64

by Marcus Shawcroft

This patch adds --std=gnu99 to CFLAGS for the tests. This is necessary because some of the test code use the following c99 idiom: for (int x=....) /Marcus

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[PATCH 4/5] cortex strings preparation for aarch64

by Marcus Shawcroft

Adding definitions for LDADD and CFLAGS when building strchr and memchr tests. /Marcus

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[PATCH 2/5] cortex strings preparation for aarch64

by Marcus Shawcroft

This patch adds support for --host=TRIPLE to configure which is convenient for cross building. /Marcus

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[PATCH 1/5] cortex strings preparation for aarch64

by Marcus Shawcroft

This patch is just a minor whitespace cleanup. /Marcus

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[MINUTES] Toolchain main Call 2012-12-10

by Michael Hope

The minutes of the main call held on 10 December 2012 can be found at: https://wiki.linaro.org/WorkingGroups/ToolChain/Meetings/2012-12-10 In summary the actions from the meeting are: * ACTION: Yvan to post mail to linaro-toolchain(a)lists.linaro.org re: 4.6 armv5 sync failures * ACTION: Matt review 4.7 AArch64 merge * ACTION: Michael to check that the GDB snapshots claiming to be 7.7 are actually 7.6 * ACTION: everyone update the Linaro Leaves calendar for Christmas * ACTION: Matt to look inside ARM re: EEMBC Office gs8 failures * ACTION: Matt will send Ilias the KVM person names * ACTION: re: left over branches: Michael to send an email and Ramana follow up Thanks, -- Michael

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regression of x86 gcc bootstrap with Linaro sourcebase

by Robert Schiele

Hi Ulrich, Before I build the cross compiler for ARM target I do a bootstrap process of an i686 compiler on the same code base to use that one building the cross compiler to reduce the chance of seeing subtle problems late in the game. This process unveiled a x86 bootstrap regression with some of your changes on the Linaro 4.7 branch. It all boils down to the following set of changes you did: commit c904094f2421bbd5d2cab6d7fbccecf055509629 Author: Ulrich Weigand <uweigand(a)de.ibm.com> Date: Mon Jul 16 16:31:58 2012 +0200 Update to exactly reflect upstream version. commit bf378903a1b749b904ae64635182e7fc9b43e0e4 Author: Ulrich Weigand <uweigand(a)de.ibm.com> Date: Tue Jul 10 15:46:51 2012 +0200 Fix backport. commit e0c3b0a21916ffafc058cd88d82423d87ce77b50 Author: Ulrich Weigand <uweigand(a)de.ibm.com> Date: Mon Jul 9 22:52:10 2012 +0200 Fix LP 1020601. This is the introduction of optimize_unreachable in gcc/tree-ssa-ccp.c. When configuring with ../gcc/configure --host=i686-build_pc-linux-gnu --build=i686-build_pc-linux-gnu --target=i686-build_pc-linux-gnu --prefix=/ --libexecdir=//lib --program-prefix=i686-build_pc-linux-gnu- --with-sysroot=/user/rschiele/l/builddir/i686-build_pc-linux-gnu/sysroot --with-local-prefix=/user/rschiele/l/builddir/i686-build_pc-linux-gnu/sysroot --with-gmp=/user/rschiele/l/builddir/i686-build_pc-linux-gnu/sysroot/usr --with-mpfr=/user/rschiele/l/builddir/i686-build_pc-linux-gnu/sysroot/usr --with-mpc=/user/rschiele/l/builddir/i686-build_pc-linux-gnu/sysroot/usr --with-cloog=/user/rschiele/l/builddir/i686-build_pc-linux-gnu/sysroot/usr --with-ppl=/user/rschiele/l/builddir/i686-build_pc-linux-gnu/sysroot/usr '--with-host-libstdcxx=/user/rschiele/l/builddir/i686-build_pc-linux-gnu/tools/lib/libstdc++.a -lm' --disable-multilib --disable-checking --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-libmudflap --enable-libgomp --enable-libssp --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-threads=posix --disable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-c99 --enable-long-long --disable-shared It fails in the bootstrap at /user/rschiele/l/src/gccbuild/./prev-gcc/g++ -B/user/rschiele/l/src/gccbuild/./prev-gcc/ -B//i686-build_pc-linux-gnu/bin/ -nostdinc++ -B/user/rschiele/l/src/gccbuild/prev-i686-build_pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -B/user/rschiele/l/src/gccbuild/prev-i686-build_pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/.libs -I/user/rschiele/l/src/gccbuild/prev-i686-build_pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/include/i686-build_pc-linux-gnu -I/user/rschiele/l/src/gccbuild/prev-i686-build_pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/include -I/user/rschiele/l/src/gcc/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++ -L/user/rschiele/l/src/gccbuild/prev-i686-build_pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -L/user/rschiele/l/src/gccbuild/prev-i686-build_pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/.libs -c -g -O2 -gtoggle -DIN_GCC -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -W -Wall -Wno-narrowing -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -Wmissing-format-attribute -pedantic -Wno-long-long -Wno-variadic-macros -Wno-overlength-strings -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../gcc/gcc -I../../gcc/gcc/. -I../../gcc/gcc/../include -I../../gcc/gcc/../libcpp/include -I/user/rschiele/l/builddir/i686-build_pc-linux-gnu/sysroot/usr/include -I/user/rschiele/l/builddir/i686-build_pc-linux-gnu/sysroot/usr/include -I/user/rschiele/l/builddir/i686-build_pc-linux-gnu/sysroot/usr/include -I../../gcc/gcc/../libdecnumber -I../../gcc/gcc/../libdecnumber/bid -I../libdecnumber -I/user/rschiele/l/builddir/i686-build_pc-linux-gnu/sysroot/usr/include -I/user/rschiele/l/builddir/i686-build_pc-linux-gnu/sysroot/usr/include ../../gcc/gcc/sel-sched.c -o sel-sched.o ../../gcc/gcc/sel-sched.c: In function 'void sel_sched_region_2(int)': ../../gcc/gcc/sel-sched.c:7472:1: error: mismatching comparison operand types struct rtx_def * bool if (insn_1716 == 0) ../../gcc/gcc/sel-sched.c:7472:1: internal compiler error: verify_gimple failed Please submit a full bug report, with preprocessed source if appropriate. See <http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions. Note, that the --disable-checking is essential to reproduce. As soon as you do --enable-checking the bootstrap completes successfully. I would assume that you then still have the bug in the compiler but it is just subtle enough not to be triggered then. Reverting your mentioned changes fixes this problem. If you need further information about my environment to reproduce the problem feel free to contact me. Greetings, Robert

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[MINUTES] Toolchain Performace Call 2012-12-11

by Yvan Roux

The minutes of the performance call held on 11 December 2012 can be found at: https://wiki.linaro.org/WorkingGroups/ToolChain/Meetings/2012-12-11 In summary the actions from the meeting are: * ACTION: Matt update meeting template attendees - to include Yvan * ACTION: mgrettondann split LRA blueprint * ACTION: Christophe to update Hot/Cold partitioning bugzilla * ACTION: mgrettondann: benchmark on Hold/Cold partitioning * ACTION: Christophe to look at the loop peeling cost Thanks, Yvan

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[PATCH 3/5] cortex strings preparation for aarch64

by Marcus Shawcroft

This patch provides support to detect the host architecture in configure.in use the detected architecture to conditionalize parts of the Makefile.am. The intention is that we retain a single top level Makefile which contains rules relevant to all supported architectures, each gated by the AM_CONDITIONAL infrastructure. /Marcus

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[PATCH 0/5] cortex strings preparation for aarch64

by Marcus Shawcroft

Folks, In preparation for adding aarch64 string functions into cortex-strings, I'd like feed back on the following series of patches. 1/5 Trivial whitespace cleanups. 2/5 Autotools foo for cross building support. 3/5 Autotools foo for architecture detection. 4/5 Missing LDADD and CFLAGS setting. 5/5 Use --std=gnu99 I'm particularly interested in views on 3/5. This patch sets direction for autoconf detection of the host architecture. The intention is that we retain the single toplevel Makefile.am which gains AM_CONDITIONAL support for the detected host triple. The aarch64 specific code will follow in a different patch set. Cheers /Marcus

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4.6 merge: ARMv5 sync_synchronize failures

by Yvan Roux

Hi, the issue seems indeed to be introduced by r193959 and fixed in r194161, as it is reported in: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55571 Unfortunately, my merge attempt was at r190461 :( I redo the merge... Yvan

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[ACTIVITY] 3-7 December 2012

by Yvan Roux

== Progress == * 4.6 and 4.7 merges - Many merge attempts - 4.7 merged - 4.6 under approval * Boehm GC AArch64 support: - Resume the libatomic work - started the garbage collector configuration * Internal support. == Next == * Do GCC-linaro releases * Boehm GC

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[ACTIVITY] week 49

by Mans Rullgard

* https://blueprints.launchpad.net/linaro-toolchain-misc/+spec/webp-upsamplin… - working 'fancy' upsampling, actual yuv-rgb conversion still major time hog - next: do yuv-rgb conversion in neon * reported valgrind bug https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311318 * implemented runtime cpu feature (neon, vfp, etc) detection in Libav * ongoing: tracking gcc trunk on Libav test systems, no ARM regressions this week * user support on irc -- Mans Rullgard / mru

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[Activity] Week 49

by Zhenqiang Chen

Summary: * Validate RM toolchain, Linaro QENU 2012.12 and Linaro aarch64 2012.11. * Collect performance data for different branch cost. Details: * Validate RM toolchain release. * Set up test environment with the help of Michael and validate Linaro QEMU 2012.12 release. * Validate aarch64 toolchain 2012.11. From 2012.12, it will be released regularly like arm-linux-gnueabihf toolchain. * Collect denbench and spec2000int performance data for branch cost tuning. * Investigate how to do copy propagation for shrink-wrap to optimize 453.povray benchmark. Will reuse current codes in pass_cprop_hardreg. Plans: * Performance reports for branch cost tuning. * Fix README issue (lp:1068402) in Linaro crosstool-ng. Best regards! -Zhenqiang

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What tools can be used to protect the KVM and qemu quality？

by chenq

Hi all， I am a rookie, and now I'm focusing on ARM virtualization. As we know,KVM (for Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution. KVM-Autotest is a set of virtualization tests for X86 platform, but it may not be suitable for ARM.I want to know, in the linaro , what tools can protect the KVM and qemu quality ? Thanks and Regards,Qun Chen

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[ACTIVITY] report week 49

by Peter Maydell

* usual set of meetings etc * rebased qemu-linaro on upstream 1.3, rolled tarball for 2012.12; Zhenqiang has tested it and it should be ready to go next week * qemu arm patch catchup; pinging or resending some patches of mine from before upstream freeze * applied a set of boot-wrapper patches from tixy * virtio patch code review: design definitely coming together now KVM blueprint progress tracker (note new url): http://cbuild.validation.linaro.org/helpers/backlog?group_by=topic&colour_b… -- PMM

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[ACTIVITY] 3-7 December 2012

by Christophe Lyon

== Progress == * Turn off 64-bits bitos in Neon: Ping-ed patch proposal. * Disable peeling: benchmarks show good results; sent a proposal upstream to discuss preliminary implementation & needed testsuite modifications. * builtin_bswap16 backport to linaro-4.7: need to investigation an unexpected regression reported for i686 target. * Updated gdb linaro sources to 7.5.1, exercising the release process. * Trying to bootstrap gcc-linaro/4.7 on board: need to retry with a different rootfs distribution. == Next == * handle 64-bits bitops in Neon and disable-peeling feedback from upstream if any. * finish builtin_bswap16 backport

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[ACTIVITY] 3-7 December 2012

by Matthew Gretton-Dann

== Blueprints == Initial Current Actual initial-aarch64-backport 31 Oct 2012 14 Dec 2012 aarch64-baremetal-testing 31 Oct 2012 14 Dec 2012 fix-gcc-multiarch-testing 31 Dec 2012 31 Dec 2012 backport-fma-intrinsic 31 Dec 2012 31 Dec 2012 fused-multiply-add-support 31 Dec 2012 31 Dec 2012 gcc-investigate-lra-for-arm 31 Dec 2012 31 Dec 2012 == Progress == * Admin * Interviewing * Took over from Michael * Preparation for taking over from Michael * re-PINGed triplet backport patches upstream * Patch review * Initial thoughts about cards == Next Week == * initial-aarch64-backport and aarch64-baremetal-testing * Complete documentation * gcc-investigate-lra-for-arm * Analyse benchmarks * Run HOT/COLD partitioning benchmarks * Analyse ARM results * On x86_64 to see what the actual benefit we could get * fix-gcc-multiarch-testing * Come up with strawman proposal for updating testsuite to handle testing with varying command-line options. == Future == * backport-fma-intrinsic & fused-multiply-add-support * Backport patches once fix-gcc-multiarch-testing has been done. -- Matthew Gretton-Dann Linaro Toolchain Working Group matthew.gretton-dann(a)linaro.org

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selected processor does not support Thumb mode `smc 0'

by Shivamurthy Shastri

Hi, I am trying to compile UEFI code with linaro toolchain version: # arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc --version arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.1-5ubuntu1~ppa1) 4.7.1 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. I got the erros as follows: "/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc" -mthumb -march=armv7-a -I/home/shiva/workspace/arndale/edk2/SamsungPlatformPkg/ExynosPkg/Exynos5250/Include/Platform -g -Os -fshort-wchar -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Werror -Wno-missing-braces -Wno-array-bounds -c -include AutoGen.h -mword-relocations -mlittle-endian -mabi=aapcs -mapcs -fno-short-enums -save-temps -fsigned-char -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -fomit-frame-pointer -Wno-address -O0 -o /home/shiva/workspace/arndale/edk2/Build/Arndale-Exynos/DEBUG_ARMLINUXGCC/ARM/SamsungPlatformPkg/ExynosPkg/Exynos5250/Sec/Sec/OUTPUT/./Smc.obj -I/home/shiva/workspace/arndale/edk2/SamsungPlatformPkg/ExynosPkg/Exynos5250/Sec -I/home/shiva/workspace/arndale/edk2/Build/Arndale-Exynos/DEBUG_ARMLINUXGCC/ARM/SamsungPlatformPkg/ExynosPkg/Exynos5250/Sec/Sec/DEBUG -I/home/shiva/workspace/arndale/edk2/MdePkg -I/home/shiva/workspace/arndale/edk2/MdePkg/Include -I/home/shiva/workspace/arndale/edk2/MdePkg/Include/Arm -I/home/shiva/workspace/arndale/edk2/MdeModulePkg -I/home/shiva/workspace/arndale/edk2/MdeModulePkg/Include -I/home/shiva/workspace/arndale/edk2/ArmPkg -I/home/shiva/workspace/arndale/edk2/ArmPkg/Include -I/home/shiva/workspace/arndale/edk2/ArmPlatformPkg -I/home/shiva/workspace/arndale/edk2/ArmPlatformPkg/Include -I/home/shiva/workspace/arndale/edk2/SamsungPlatformPkg/ExynosPkg/Exynos5250 -I/home/shiva/workspace/arndale/edk2/SamsungPlatformPkg/ExynosPkg/Exynos5250/Include /home/shiva/workspace/arndale/edk2/SamsungPlatformPkg/ExynosPkg/Exynos5250/Sec/Smc.c Smc.s: Assembler messages: Smc.s:51: Error: selected processor does not support Thumb mode `smc 0' Is there any issue with the toolchain or any flags I am using? -- Thanks and Regards, Shiva.

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Scheduler tweaks

by Michael Hope

I've done a couple of tweaks to the scheduler. You now see pending jobs by the class of machine they'll run on. Clicking a job takes you to the detail, which includes a link to drop/cancel the job. -- Michael

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Toolchain Working Group Meeting Times

by Matthew Gretton-Dann

All, As I mentioned on Monday, due to new members of the team coming on board I am going to rejig the meeting times from 18th December. My proposal is as follows (all times UK Local - UTC+0h winter, UTC+1h summer): 0. These changes will come into effect the week commencing 18th December. 1. The weekly call will happen on a Monday, at 0930 and 1600. You only need to make it to one instance of the call. For those who are physically near each other arranging it so that both calls get attended would be good and notes shared would be good. 2. The Stand-up call will happen on a Thursday, alternating between 0930 and 1600. This is 'best effort' - but please try to attend at least every other week. 3. The performance call will go weekly, and will happen on a Thursday, alternating between 0930 and 1600. If you are on the invite list to this call again please try to attend at least every other week, but if you can manage every week that would be great. If you have any comments on these please can you raise them by the end of the week as I would like to confirm what we are going to do at the call on Monday (at the normal time of 0915UTC). Thanks, Matt -- Matthew Gretton-Dann Linaro Toolchain Working Group matthew.gretton-dann(a)linaro.org

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[MINUTES] Toolchain Performace Call 2012-12-03

by Michael Hope

The minutes of the performance call held on 3 December 2012 can be found at: https://wiki.linaro.org/WorkingGroups/ToolChain/Meetings/2012-12-03 In summary the actions from the meeting are: * ACTION: Yvan will do the trunk merge this week * ACTION: Yvan to do the GCC release next week * ACTION: Christophe to do the GDB release branch merge * ACTION: Matt volunteered Zhenqiang as the QEMU manual tester this month * ACTION: Matt: want shrinkwrap to go upstream * ACTION: Matt - Can blueprint improvements in shrink wrap past that * ACTION: Matt to create a blueprint on aarch32 ARMv8 instructions in QEMU * ACTION: Matt to decide if aarch32 ARMv8 instructions in QEMU needs a card * ACTION: Christophe to send Michael cross build failures to investigate Thanks, -- Michael

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[ACTIVITY] 26-30 November

by Christophe Lyon

== Progress == * Turn off 64-bits bitops in Neon: patch proposed upstream after positive benchmarking. Re-submitted after request to add testcases and documentation for the new option. * Disable peeling: running benchmarks with peeling completely disabled to see the impact. * PGO/hot-cold partitioning: tested new patch from google, which solves some of the ICEs, but makes new ones appear. * builtin_bswap16 backport to Linaro-4.7: checking if there would be a possibility to keep the testcase which fails in one of our configurations, after rebasing my branch. * Trying to bootstrap gcc-linaro/4.7 on board * Internal support == Next == * Follow-up on 64-bits bitops in Neon * Look at benchmarks results with peeling disabled * finish builtin_bswap16 backport

12 years, 8 months

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random corruption while doing popen pclose

by Ajeet Yadav

Linux version 3.0.33 (Cortex A15) Below program crashes with 2.14.1 glibc but runs fine with 2.11.1 glibc. #include <pthread.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <signal.h> #include <string.h> #include <errno.h> #define MAX_LINE_SIZE 80 #define MAX_THREAD 20 #define MAX_POPEN 10 #define MALLOC_SIZE 16 void* pipe_thread(void *arg) { int i; char *p = NULL; FILE *fp[MAX_POPEN]; char shellCommand[MAX_LINE_SIZE]; memset(shellCommand, 0x00, MAX_LINE_SIZE); sprintf(shellCommand, "mount"); signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN); while (1) { for (i = 0; i < MAX_POPEN; ++i) { fp[i] = popen(shellCommand, "r"); } if (p) { free(p); } for (i = 0; i < MAX_POPEN; ++i) { if (fp[i]) pclose(fp[i]); } p = malloc(MALLOC_SIZE); if (p) memset(p, 0, MALLOC_SIZE); } return NULL; } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int i; pthread_t tid; for (i = 0; i < MAX_THREAD; ++i) { pthread_create(&tid, NULL, &pipe_thread, (void*)NULL); } sleep(60); } gdb logs: (gdb) bt #0 0x4014f998 in _IO_new_fclose (fp=0x1) at iofclose.c:74 #1 0x4015b59c in fwide (fp=0xb8, mode=<optimized out>) at fwide.c:47 #2 0x00008a6c in ?? () Cannot access memory at address 0x8 #3 0x00008a6c in ?? () Cannot access memory at address 0x8 Backtrace stopped: previous frame identical to this frame (corrupt stack?)

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[Activity] Week 48

by Zhenqiang Chen

Summary: * Verify shrink-wrap related bugs. * Validate and release Linaro toolchain binary 2012.11 release. * Collect performance data for different branch costs. Details: * Validate and release Linaro toolchain binary 2012.11. * Test aarch64 toolchain. All the basic tests PASS except gdbserver. * Collect performance data for branch cost combination. For eembcv1, some combinations have more than 2% performance improvement on PandaBoard THUMB mode. More test results will come later. * Verify shrink-wrap related bugs (http://goo.gl/6fGg5). All pass with the new patch. Native tests are ongoing. Identify the root cause why the copy, which blocks the shrink-wrap optimization for 453.povray benchmark, is not optimized. Plans: * Finalize the aarch64 toolchain binary release plan. * Collect performance data for branch cost tuning. * Enhance shrink-wrap to optimize the copy. Best regards! -Zhenqiang

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[ACTIVITY] 26-30 November

by Yvan Roux

== Progress == * Boehm GC AArch64 support: - Read wikis and papers on the memory model - Reported an issue with the current ARMv7 atomic builtins - Submitted the fix, which was approved - Improving libatomic-ops AArch64 support with load-acquire/ store-release usage. == Next == * Continue on the Boehm GC AArch64 support.

12 years, 8 months

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corruption while doing open close

by Ajeet Yadav

Linux version 3.0.33 (Cortex A15) Below program crashes with 2.14.1 glibc but runs fine with 2.11.1 glibc. #include <pthread.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <signal.h> #include <string.h> #include <errno.h> #define MAX_LINE_SIZE 80 #define MAX_THREAD 20 #define MAX_POPEN 10 #define MALLOC_SIZE 16 void* pipe_thread(void *arg) { int i; char *p = NULL; FILE *fp[MAX_POPEN]; char shellCommand[MAX_LINE_SIZE]; memset(shellCommand, 0x00, MAX_LINE_SIZE); sprintf(shellCommand, "mount"); signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN); while (1) { for (i = 0; i < MAX_POPEN; ++i) { fp[i] = popen(shellCommand, "r"); } if (p) { free(p); } for (i = 0; i < MAX_POPEN; ++i) { if (fp[i]) pclose(fp[i]); } p = malloc(MALLOC_SIZE); if (p) memset(p, 0, MALLOC_SIZE); } return NULL; } int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int i; pthread_t tid; for (i = 0; i < MAX_THREAD; ++i) { pthread_create(&tid, NULL, &pipe_thread, (void*)NULL); } sleep(60); } gdb logs: (gdb) bt #0 0x4014f998 in _IO_new_fclose (fp=0x1) at iofclose.c:74 #1 0x4015b59c in fwide (fp=0xb8, mode=<optimized out>) at fwide.c:47 #2 0x00008a6c in ?? () Cannot access memory at address 0x8 #3 0x00008a6c in ?? () Cannot access memory at address 0x8 Backtrace stopped: previous frame identical to this frame (corrupt stack?)

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[ACTIVITY] report week 48

by Peter Maydell

[Short week: 3 days] * looked at (but failed to reproduce) a hang in QEMU reported by Christoffer when shutting down a KVM ARM guest using TUN/TAP networking * investigated LP:1084148 (segfault in qemu usermode) sufficiently to diagnose it as probably another of qemu's "can't handle multithreaded guest programs" bugs * fixed some problems with QEMU's secondary CPU boot code which were masked by errors in QEMU's GIC model but revealed by real hardware (ie KVM); fixed the GIC model bugs as well * investigated LP:955379 (cmake hangs under qemu-arm-static). Tracked down to a race condition involving signal delivery, the fix to which would require the significant redesign I sketched out here a year or so ago: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2011-12/msg00384.html KVM blueprint progress tracker: http://ex.seabright.co.nz/helpers/backlog?group_by=topic&colour_by=state&pr… -- PMM

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[ACTIVITY] 26-30 November

by Matthew Gretton-Dann

== Blueprints == Initial Current Actual initial-aarch64-backport 31 Oct 2012 7 Dec 2012* aarch64-baremetal-testing 31 Oct 2012 7 Dec 2012* fix-gcc-multiarch-testing 31 Dec 2012 31 Dec 2012 backport-fma-intrinsic 31 Dec 2012 31 Dec 2012 fused-multiply-add-support 31 Dec 2012 31 Dec 2012 gcc-investigate-lra-for-arm 31 Dec 2012 31 Dec 2012 == Progress == * Admin * Interviewing * Preparation for taking over from Michael * Investigate patches for literal pool layout bug * Applied * PINGed triplet backport patches upstream * Other bug issues * Including an issue running SPEC2K on x86 with recent trunk * And a 4.6 gcc-linaro only issue == Next Week == * Start leading Toolchain team * Run HOT/COLD partitioning benchmarks * Analyse ARM results * On x86_64 to see what the actual benefit we could get * initial-aarch64-backport & aarch64-baremetal-testing * Finish documentation * gcc-investigate-lra-for-arm * Analyse benchmarks * fix-gcc-multiarch-testing * Come up with strawman proposal for updating testsuite to handle testing with varying command-line options. == Future == * backport-fma-intrinsic & fused-multiply-add-support * Backport patches once fix-gcc-multiarch-testing has been done. == Planned Leave == * Monday 24 December - Monday 31 December -- Matthew Gretton-Dann Linaro Toolchain Working Group matthew.gretton-dann(a)linaro.org

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Atomic builtins questions

by Yvan Roux

Hi, I think I have identified some issues with the atomic builtins, but I want your advises. For instance : A: __atomic_store_n (addr, val, __ATOMIC_SEQ_CST); gives the armv7 code: DMB sy STR r1, [r0] DMB sy but if I have well understood, the DMBs instructions only provide the property that the code is sequentially consistent, but not the atomicity for which we have to use the LDREX/STREX instructions. Thus I think that the code should be : DMB sy 1: LDREX r2, [r0] STREX r1, r2, [r0] TEQ r1, #0 BNE 1b B: __atomic_load_n (addr, __ATOMIC_ACQUIRE); gives the armv7 code: DMB sy LDR r0, [r0] but the load-acquire semantique specifies that all loads and stores appearing in program order after the load-acquire will be observed after the load-acquire, thus the DMB should be after the LDR, no ? -- Yvan

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ARMv8 load acquire / store release question

by Yvan Roux

Hi, I'm working on the libatomic-ops (part of the Boehm gc) AArch64 support, I mainly use GCC's __atomic builtins to do this, but in our 4.7 version they don't use the load acquire / store release instructions now available in the ARMv8 ISA. These instructions are used in the mainline GCC (in atomic.md) but not in their exclusive form, I understand that it should be due to the performance penalty, but I want your feeling on that point as I don't find the ARMv8 ISA really clear. If we want to implement an atomic load acquire, is LDAR x1, [x0] sufficient, or do we have to write it like that : L: LDAXR x0, [x3] STEX x1, x0, [x3] CBZ x0, L1 Thanks Yvan

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[MINUTES] Toolchain Performace Call 2012-11-27

by Matthew Gretton-Dann

All, [Editiorial: Michael & I discussed making what we do as a working group more visible at Connect. One thing we discussed was making our meeting minutes more visible by emailing actions out after each meeting. This will be part of the job of the 'minuter' - a job I plan to spread around as I am useless at it whilst also running a call - more info on the Wiki: https://wiki.linaro.org/WorkingGroups/ToolChain/Meetings] The minutes of the performance call held on 27 November 2012 can be found at: https://wiki.linaro.org/WorkingGroups/ToolChain/Meetings/2012-11-27 In summary the actions from the meting are: * mgrettondann split LRA blueprint * Christophe to update Hot/Cold partitioning bugzilla * mgrettondann: benchmark on Hold/Cold partitioning * Michael to log a ticket to improve reporting of benchmarks when the run complete. * Ramana to log EEMBC failure with Hot/Cold partitioning into bugzilla. * Christophe to backport bswap16 builtin, except for the testcase which fails in one of our configurations (Thumb1 + hard FP ABI) The next performance call will be on 11 December 2012 and the agenda can be found at: https://wiki.linaro.org/WorkingGroups/ToolChain/Meetings/2012-12-11 Thanks, Matt -- Matthew Gretton-Dann Linaro Toolchain Working Group matthew.gretton-dann(a)linaro.org

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[ANNOUNCE] Linaro Toolchain Binaries 2012.11 released

by Zhenqiang Chen

The Linaro Toolchain Working Group is pleased to announce the 2012.11 release of the Linaro Toolchain Binaries, a pre-built version of Linaro GCC and Linaro GDB that runs on generic Linux or Windows and targets the glibc Linaro Evaluation Build. Uses include: * Cross compiling ARM applications from your laptop * Remote debugging * Build the Linux kernel for your board What's included: * Linaro GCC 4.7 2012.11 * Linaro GDB 7.5 2012.09 * A statically linked gdbserver * A system root * Manuals under share/doc/ The system root contains the basic header files and libraries to link your programs against. The Linux version is supported on Ubuntu 10.04.3 and 12.04, Debian 6.0.2, Fedora 16, openSUSE 12.1, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5.7 and later, and should run on any Linux Standard Base 3.0 compatible distribution. Please see the README about running on x86_64 hosts. The Windows version is supported on Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Vista Business SP2, and Windows 7 Pro SP1. The binaries and build scripts are available from: https://launchpad.net/linaro-toolchain-binaries/trunk/2012.11 Need help? Ask a question on https://ask.linaro.org/ Already on Launchpad? Submit a bug at https://bugs.launchpad.net/linaro-toolchain-binaries On IRC? See us on #linaro on Freenode. Other ways that you can contact us or get involved are listed at https://wiki.linaro.org/GettingInvolved.

12 years, 8 months

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[Activity] Week 47

by Zhenqiang Chen

Summary: * Investigate shrink-wrap result. * Prepare for Linaro toolchain binary release, script merge and aarch64 test. Details: 1. Investigate shrink-wrap result of function Ray_In_Bound. By default, ARM/MIPS/PPC/X86 toolchain can not shrink-wrap the function. For ARM, there is copy "r6 = r1" which blocks the optimization. By hacking the assemble code, I got ~3% performance improvement for 453.povray benchmark. 2. Setup AARCH64 simulation environment by following http://www.linaro.org/engineering/armv8. 3. Write scripts to collect branch cost performance. It will take weeks to get all the benchmark results. 4. Smoke test Linaro toolchain binaries 2012.11 release. 5. Try export crosstool-ng trunk to a bzr project. bzr fast-import always fail on Ubuntu 10.04, but it works on 12.04. 6. RM toolchain related work. Plans: * Collect performance data for branch cost tuning. * Linaro binary toolchain 2012.11 release. * Verify shrink-wrap bugs. Best regards! -Zhenqiang

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[ACTIVITY] 19-23 November 2012

by Yvan Roux

== Progress == * Infrastructure: - Upgraded my laptop. * Boehm GC AArch64 support: - Added basic aarch64 support to libatomics (by use of GCC's atomics builtins). - Analysed testsuite results and the generated code. - Identified potential builtins' issues. * Some internal support. == Next == * Re-work libatomics support.

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