[TCWG CI] 464.h264ref slowed down by 7% after llvm: [PassManager] `buildModuleOptimizationPipeline()`: schedule `LoopDeletion` pass run before vectorization passes

After llvm commit 9c2469c1ddb34517de8dafd83d1940deada3fc22 Author: Roman Lebedev [PassManager] `buildModuleOptimizationPipeline()`: schedule `LoopDeletion` pass run before vectorization passes the following benchmarks slowed down by more than 2%: - 464.h264ref slowed down by 7% from 10836 t

[ACTIVITY] week ending Nov. 7 2021

VirtIO Initiative ([STR-9]) === - various rust-vmm discussions - [upstream rust-vmm sync meeting] - how to deal with vhost-device/vm-virtio split: [proposal] - synced with ARM on their interests - got update on Fwd: FW: [App-services] Slides from the hyp

[ACTIVITY] report week ending 5 Nov

Progress * UM-2 [QEMU upstream maintainership] + worked through the big pile of email that had built up while I was on holiday... + some long-delayed sysadmin tasks on my work machines now I have an opportunity to go into the office and do things that would be too risky with only r