GNU Tools Weekly News Week 17 (December 21, 2025) Release updates for GNU toolchain: * GDB 17.1 was released ** https://inbox.sourceware.org/gdb/[email protected]/T/#u * newlib: Holidays and Yearly Snapshot (news) * https://inbox.sourceware.org/newlib/CAOox84srVz_qVyFgSq0r1C=U9KmbOpB6qJ+c2wLke=tcxzz...@mail.gmail.com/T/
General/big GNU toolchain news (including sourceware news): * ProPolice (SSP [stack protector]) history and integration story into GCC * http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/propolice.html * Blog posting about Rust GCC backend - Why and how. * https://blog.guillaume-gomez.fr/articles/2025-12-15+Rust+GCC+backend%3A+Why+and+how * GCC RTL, GIMPLE & MD syntax highlighting for VSCode (forgot about this last week sorry about that) * https://www.reddit.com/r/Compilers/comments/1phcueo/gcc_rtl_gimple_md_syntax_highlighting_for_vscode/ * Both GNU toolchain office hours happened last week * Notes from both meetings can be found at https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/OfficeHours * FOSDEM 2026: GCC (GNU Toolchain) dev room schedule was posted * https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/track/gcc-gnu-toolchain/ * GNU toolchain related talks at LPC (Linux Plumbers Conference): * GCC BPF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHhECeeg87k * Adding C library wrappers for all Linux syscalls (glibc): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPfITyxs0w * More Forge, More Actions, More Infrastructure * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/T/ GCC commits: * analyzer: reimplement supergraph to eliminate function_point and stmt_finder (missed from last week) * vect: allow the vectorizer to handle uncounted loops * This is mostly used in connection with early break * aarch64: Add cortex-a320 core * Generate Algol68 frontend online docs * aarch64: Add support for memetag-stack sanitizer using MTE insns * libstdc++: Implement P2408R5 C++20 iterators as inputs to STL algos * x86: Add AMD znver6 processor support * GCCrs: 13 patch sync * aarch64: Add new target options for 2024 Architecture Extension and Armv9.6-A * configure: Support disabling specific languages GCC discussion: * Regarding current state of graphite in GCC * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/T/ * Requiring a BZ account as part of commit access process (continued) * https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/[email protected]/T/#m4b6151ac29053d8c06e1b06bc605005b06721678 GCC bugzilla stats * 126 new issues filed * 84 issues closed glibc commits: * Deprecate s390-linux-gnu (31bit) * malloc: Remove fastbin binutils/gdb commits: * aarch64: Add support for new BTI <target> "r"
