GNU Tools Weekly News Week 48 (July 26, 2026)

GNU Tools Weekly News Week 48 (July 26, 2026)

Release updates for GNU toolchain:
 * glibc 2.44 was released
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/[email protected]/
 * binutils 2.47 was released
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/binutils/[email protected]/

GNU toolchain conference reminders:
 * FOSSY 2026 toolchain track North America, Aug 6-9 (Vancouver, Canada)
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/fossy2026
 * 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/
  * Note the CFP deadline has past:
   * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/T/#u

General/big GNU toolchain news (including sourceware news):
 * sourceware.org is now using nginx as the proxy (TLS terminator) in
front of apache (httpd) to help the load with AI bots
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/T/
  * AI bots have gotten really aggressive lately and started to abuse
residential proxies (via smart appliances)
   * See https://lwn.net/Articles/1080822/ and other articles about this
   * https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/07/lg-to-ban-residential-proxies-from-smart-tv-apps/
  * sourceware.org worked with the developer of anubis
(https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/) for a release with improved
support here


GCC easy issue to tackle of the week:
 * `smax <smin <a, nonneg>, 0>` can be simplified into `umin<a, nonneg>` (RTL)
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=125757
  * this is a RTL one this week
  * Reach out to Andrea Pinski <[email protected]> for
mentoring on this issue.
 * Previous ones are listed on https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/EasyIssuesOfTheWeek


 GCC commits:
 * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2532 ... r17-2720 189 commits
 * RISCV: Improving atomic sequences
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2556-gb6bebf2a7326e6
 * bpf: Improve rtl costs
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2570-gc743ce6b75543f ... r17-2572-g3c71ff89bb0315
 * AArch64: use ranger to fold WHILE_ULT to ptrue
  * enable ranger in isel
   * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2600-g888b4d45e854d2
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2601-g89c55025122c0a .. r17-2602-gfe724b27ce6dad
 * match: Fold constant conditional selects
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2604-g3e2b0fcab75527
 * frange: Improvements
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2631-gd284bf3a1349c1
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2645-g93a9ff5383a253
 * phiopt: for non-diamond case, invoke a limited conditional store elimination
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2635-geb8011467d0ce7
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2634-gfd3e590360dc4f
 * match: Fold averages with equal operands
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2670-g3b126071b10e5b
 * tree-optimization: Fix strlen(s) != 0 not folded into *s [PR92408]
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2695-g1649ee187dfdb8
  * Easy issue of the week: Week 43
 * Improving floating point comparison combine with trapping math
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2707-g7d781db9c3d515
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2708-gea33efbbdcf697
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-2709-gde8be0eb05d951

GCC discussion:
 * RFC: C preprocessor extension: Multiline/block macro definition
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/CALzUo856qtVxh8PobEG7Qkf8pp3JkxCeunx7ASbDkmKSeifxbg@mail.gmail.com/


GCC bugzilla stats
 *  104 new issues filed
 *  50 issues closed

binutils/gdb commits:
 *
gdb discussion:
 *
binutils discussion:
 *

glibc commits:
 *
glibc discussion:
 * The state of the architectures
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/libc-alpha/[email protected]/