GNU Tools Weekly News Week 44 (June 28, 2026)

GNU Tools Weekly News Week 44 (June 28, 2026)

Release updates for GNU toolchain:
 * GCC 14.4.0 was released
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/aj5L4BbnW8XMF7GQ@tucnak/

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/

General/big GNU toolchain news (including sourceware news):
 *


GCC easy issue to tackle of the week (2 this week):
 * ICE with return type of typedef of void and `#pragma omp declare simd`
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=111856
  * Reach out to Andrea Pinski <[email protected]> for
mentoring on this issue.
 * For RISC-V, prefer li+slli rather than lui+add for some constants
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=126022
  * Reach out to Jeff Law <[email protected]> for mentoring
on this issue.
 * Previous ones are listed on https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/EasyIssuesOfTheWeek

GCC commits:
 * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1733 ...  r17-1943  211 commits
 * RTL: add dependent filter handling
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1779-g9d82914d073e2e ...
https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1783-gc23f20c10d89af
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc-patches/[email protected]/
 * AArch64/SVE: Optimize vec_init for partial SVE vector modes
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1799-gb3acc5dd98f44d
 * rs6000: Add Future Vector Integer Arithmetic Instructions
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1800-ga3b8e252101ada
 * OMP improvements
  * De-duplicate libgomp entry points for OMPT
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc-patches/[email protected]/
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1803-g37c96bf08325bf ...
https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1806-gd50e9f17fffa9b
 * rs6000: Builtins for ECC cryptography instructions
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1856-g2b3c882b5b8e96
 * RISC-V: GLIBC's setjmp preserves callee-saved registers
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1857-g21dad398994ff5
 * GCC rust sync
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1863-g5333e241a36912 ...
https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1904-g30a64527c56af9
 * match: Use ranges for int-float comparisons
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1931-g8351875a5e2c52
 * Use tree_expr_nonnegative_p instead of TYPE_UNSIGNED for MAX (A, B)
(==,!=) 0 -> (A|B) (==,!=) 0
  * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1938-g61b702d88c8e55
 * Remove BOOL_BITFIELD define from system.h and update its uses
 * https://gcc.gnu.org/r17-1943-g08944b70002610

GCC discussion:
 * [RFC TREE-WIDE] gcc: stop using 'int' to represent sets of qualifiers
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/
 * RFC: Allow "(mem:<vectype> (reg:<vectype>))"
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/
 * [RFC] LRA: Carrying hard registers around
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/
 * RFC: Bump minimum GNU Make version to 3.81
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/CAH6eHdRuOhrEEYp6jmGZgq6QXUsMe4kr66LY62uk59MpYnTauw@mail.gmail.com/
 * [RFC] Add simple forwprop across edges (PHIs)
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc-patches/[email protected]/


GCC bugzilla stats
 *  101 new issues filed
 *  76 issues closed

binutils/gdb commits:
 * binutils: RISC-V: Add some extensions
  * Zalasr
  * SpacemiT vendor extension xsmtvdot
  * SpacemiT vendor extension xsmtvdotii
  * Svrsw60t59b
  * Zvabd
  * https://sourceware.org/cgit/binutils-gdb/log/?qt=range&q=d3b84dac949ac10f8736c85253b4a1073d244ac1...d26861e53c74d54be86149dd5b78d339487bebb4
  * Smpmpmt
   * https://sourceware.org/cgit/binutils-gdb/commit/?id=e56bd09181016800870de47c1f3a1091f71d9120
 * gdb: Handle nested Ada functions with gnat-llvm
  * https://sourceware.org/cgit/binutils-gdb/commit/?id=26d17a9b24dfd4a3894bc19ac752466ea10e80b2
 *

gdb discussion:
 * Adding architecture-specific commands in GDB
  * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gdb/[email protected]/

binutils discussion:
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glibc commits:
 * manual: Document indirect functions (IFUNC)
  * https://sourceware.org/cgit/glibc/commit/?id=657fe73fb1ce09c109fffafb16d565eedbbe05ed

glibc discussion:
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