GNU Tools Weekly News Week 37 (May 10, 2026)

GNU Tools Weekly News Week 37 (May 10, 2026)

Release updates for GNU toolchain:
 * GDB 17.2 was released
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gdb/[email protected]/

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)
  * Officially announced
   * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/cauldron2026
  * https://conf.gnu-tools-cauldron.org/prg26/cfp
 * Toolchains Track at LPC 2026, October 7th (Prague, Czechia)
  * Right after the Cauldron
  * https://lpc.events/event/20/abstracts/
  * See https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/

General/big GNU toolchain news (including sourceware news):
 * Sourceware held a looking backward, looking forward meeting on Fri
8, 15:00 UTC
  * notes can be found at
https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/
 * SPEC CPU 2026 was released (an updated version of GCC is included)
  * https://www.spec.org/cpu2026/docs/overview.html

GCC easy issue to tackle of the week:
 * `a == INT_MIN ? INT_MIN : -a` is not converted into `(signed)-(unsigned)a`
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=125050
  * Reach out to Andrea Pinski <[email protected]> for
mentoring on this issue.

GCC commits:
 * match: Optimize `A > B ? ABS(A) : B` to `MAX(A, B)` when B >= 0 [PR116700]
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-292-ge0c4c4cb02382b
  * Easy issue of the week (April 26, 2026)
 * phiprop improvements for skipping over one store and over clobbers
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-304-g143bb738d4f17b
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-313-g1d63e50467f140
 * m32c: Remove all support for M32C target
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-320-g94ec11b5e58a6b
 * middle-end: Doubleword multiplication improvements
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-383-g1a06a37611e3b2
 * cfghooks: constifify cfg_hooks
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-423-gfe440c99d6a964
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-422-g43ba6ca0ef72d6
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-421-g19808ef87a7862
 * Xtensa: "force_l32" (namespace) feature
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-298-g9ae50cbca946ae
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-297-g45f1fed76d90cd
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-296-g9eba97e412ce65
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-295-g2379d07acec0e5
 * c++: Constant evaluation of __builtin_{,dynamic_}object_size
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-379-gce93e13e31a488

GCC discussion:
 * GSoC 2026 project discussions from participates
 * new wasm backend was posted
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc-patches/[email protected]/
 * Transitioning libgomp from C to C++ implementation
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/CAMfHzOtrYmGunGWQQJWr6-aAODFy6G1DvX89OR7d4oB4pG06bA@mail.gmail.com/T/

GCC bugzilla stats
 * 88 new issues filed
 * 68 issues closed

glibc commits:
 * riscv: Add RVV strlen, strcmp, and strncmp for both multiarch and
non-multiarch builds
  * https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/commit/?id=07122a9d8d4597321e77d97f9ba18c11a42d8b5b
  * https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/commit/?id=d62f110fd1d158ca912f944072fe5750b6f09155
  * https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/commit/?id=9b8ff36d0c881bfa08dfece10df89b1c199b23ee

glibc discussion:
 * Contribution guidelines update regarding tool usage
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/[email protected]/

binutils/gdb commits:
 * gdb: Remove support for the Common Trace Format (CTF)
  * https://sourceware.org/cgit/binutils-gdb/commit/?id=305ad81ae664965897d12e50205db1344b6f4bf8

gdb discussion:
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binutils discussion:
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