Re: [LFS Trac] #5993: libffi-3.8.0

#5993: libffi-3.8.0
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 Reporter:  Bruce Dubbs  |       Owner:  lfs-book
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  13.1
Component:  Book         |     Version:  git
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |
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Comment (by Bruce Dubbs):

 libffi 3.8.0

 New features

 - FFI_TYPE_VECTOR (SIMD) type support with libffi-computed layout,
   for aarch64 and x86-64.
 - ffi_call_plan_size — report the total memory a reusable call plan
   owns, for embedders that account for the memory held by long-lived
 plans.
 - powerpc64 ELFv2 _Complex long double support for both IBM-128
   (double-double) and IEEE-128 formats

 Fixes


 - powerpc64 big-endian ELFv2 closures returning 5-, 6-, or 7-byte
   structs: missing return jump-table entries produced a wrong result
   and leaked a libffi code pointer.
 - ia64 return-value jump-table desync after the FFI_TYPE_LAST bump,
   which corrupted small-struct and HFA returns.
 - powerpc Darwin closure returns broken by !#951.
 - i386 FreeBSD/OpenBSD small structs now returned in registers
   (1, 2, 4, or 8 bytes), matching the platform ABI and fixing a
   segfault on struct returns through ffi_call and closures.

 Performance

 - Cache the static trampoline "unsupported" verdict on hosts
   whose page size exceeds the trampoline table mapping, avoiding
   redundant re-initialization on every closure allocation
   (e.g. 64K-page aarch64).
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