On 10/1/18 2:20 AM, Richard Biener wrote: > On Fri, Sep 28, 2018 at 7:08 PM Cory Fields <li...@coryfields.com> wrote: >> >> gcc_qsort as introduced by Alexander Monakov [0] in trunk for 9.x is a >> great change that defines the order of otherwise-unbalanced internal >> sorts, some of which would otherwise cause bootstrapping failures. >> >> I would like to request that these it as well as subsequent fixups >> (all listed specifically below) be backported to the 8.x branch. They >> apply cleanly to 8.x, and I can confirm that they fix qsort-related >> bootstrap failures at least in my case of crossing x86_64-gnu to >> x86_64-musl. >> >> Would there be any downside to backporting? > > It is not something we generally backport. To add a bit more context for Cory.
Generally backports are limited to fixing regressions and serious code generation bugs. While we do make some exceptions, those are good general guidelines. I don't think the qsort changes warrant an exception. jeff
