GNU Tools Weekly News Week 38 (May 17, 2026) Release updates for GNU toolchain: * None
GNU toolchain conference reminders: * FOSSY 2026 toolchain track North America, Aug 6-9 (Vancouver, Canada) * Call for Proposals: https://2026.fossy.ca/call-for-proposals/ * GNU Tools Cauldron 2026, Fri-Sun, October 2-4 (Prague, Czechia) * https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/cauldron2026 * https://conf.gnu-tools-cauldron.org/prg26/cfp * Toolchains Track at LPC 2026, October 7th (Prague, Czechia) * https://lpc.events/event/20/abstracts/ General/big GNU toolchain news (including sourceware news): * Phoronix review of GCC 16 vs GCC 15 and LLVM * https://www.phoronix.com/review/gcc-16-vs-clang-22 * Native Thread Local Storage (TLS) in msys2 toolchain with GCC 16 * https://www.msys2.org/news/#2026-05-11-native-thread-local-storage-tls-with-gcc-16 * Sourceware @ Conservancy Year Three in review * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/ GCC easy issue to tackle of the week: * https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=109843 * signbit comparisons -> copysign optimization * Reach out to Andrea Pinski <[email protected]> for mentoring on this issue. GCC commits: * AArch64: Turn on GPR narrowing pass by default * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-445-ge7dcba03064011 * Enabling POPCNT generation for 32-bit patterns * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-489-g8ca1e887847e2f * Add __builtin_bitreverse{8,16,32,64} builtins * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-523-gc564a8be8a1538 * match.pd: Simplify ((~x) & y) ^ (x | y) * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-542-gab6c415e13ca87 * Easy issue of the week (April 12, 2026) GCC discussion: * Warnings for partially-unused structured bindings in C++26 mode * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/IwntDp_Q1VxRwhn7aMzNxnY2SVNNCEI8BMw2bMGfoymG74jx1ONjefmAtoNwjrkk2xcpHC7nBhKor_UBDinXr4qGnWi5pbKCkaK4G1RRzfQ=@nicula.xyz/T/#u * RFC: GCC support for masked compress stores and VPCOMPRESS-style codegen * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/T/#u GCC bugzilla stats * 99 new issues filed * 96 issues closed glibc commits: * arm: Enable static-pie support * https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/commit/?id=c2d6afb4a010a46e0fc73bb4619db9c3796a3077 glibc discussion: * Updated Contribution Checklist - Preference for plain text emails * https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/2198255.bB369e8A3T@noumea/T/ binutils/gdb commits: * gdb discussion: * Fixing commit dates before pushing * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gdb/[email protected]/T/ binutils discussion: * RFC: Annotate immediates in x86 disassembly (continued) * https://inbox.sourceware.org/binutils/[email protected]/T/
