* UK bank holiday on Monday [2/10]
# Progress #
* arm/aarch64 gdb bug fixing [1/10].
** TCWG-765 fails in gdb.base/coredump-filter.exp. Patch is
pushed it in.
** TCWG-767, patch is pushed it in.
* TCWG-805, aarch64 native debugging multi-arch support. [2/10].
Let arm use newer ptrace PTRACE_GETREGSET in order to align with
aarch64. Ongoing.
* Think about debugging programs on different exception levels
(EL3, EL2 and EL1). Read doc about EL in aarch64.
Looks they need multi-inferior debugging. Request more details.
[2/10]
* Misc [3/10]
** Book travel and get travel insurance. It is my first travel in ARM,
familiarise myself with the travel process.
** Visa application.
# Plan #
* TCWG-805, aarch64 native debugging multi-arch support.
* Other things needed for visa application.
--
Yao
Hi Linaro Toolchain Group,
I am new to gcc development. I am trying to write a new md file describing
pipeline information for a processor.
Please suggest some good reference document for understanding machine
description file.
Few questions from cortex-a53.md file:
For first integer pipeline following is defined - (define_cpu_unit
"cortex_a53_slot0" "cortex_a53")
Is name cortex_a53_slot0 is a keyword or it is any general string?
Is there any convention in choosing names for cpu units?
If ‘cortex_a53_slot0’ a general string, how assembler knows it is first
integer pipeline?
How these *.md files are used? When they are compiled and how they are used?
How to verify an md file for a processor is written correctly or not? How
to test it?
What other design consideration must be kept in mind while writing a new md
file?
Thanks.
with regards,
Virendra Kumar Pathak
This is a re-spin of the Linaro GCC 4.9 2015.04 source package snapshot.
The re-spin of this snapshot includes a new configure-time option to enable by
default a workaround for Cortex-A53 erratum number 843419 and options to
explicitly disable or enable it during compilation.
This snapshot tarball is available on:
http://snapshots.linaro.org/components/toolchain/gcc-linaro/4.9-2015.04-1
Original release notes for GCC 4.9 2015.04 snapshot:
The Linaro Toolchain Working Group (TCWG) is pleased to announce the 2015.04
snapshot of the Linaro GCC 4.9 source package.
Linaro GCC 4.9 2015.04 is the first Linaro GCC source package snapshot in the
4.9 series. It is based on FSF GCC 4.9.3-pre+svn222035 and includes performance
improvements and bug fixes.
With the imminent release of ARMv8 hardware and the recent release of the
GCC 4.9 compiler the Linaro TCWG will be focusing on stabilization and
performance of the compiler as the FSF GCC compiler. The Linaro TCWG provides
stable[1] quarterly releases and monthly snapshots[2].
Interesting changes in this GCC source package snapshot include:
* Linaro bugzilla PR fixed: #415, #1382, #1391
* Updates to GCC 4.9.3-pre+svn222035
* Backport of instruction scheduler improvements
* Backport of [AArch64,Neon] Add patterns + builtins for vld[234](q?)_lane_*
intrinsics
* Backport of [AArch64] Implement fusion adrp+add/movk+movk
* Backport of [AArch32] Cortex-A17 support
* Backport of [AArch64] Fix __builtin_aarch64_absdi, must not fold to ABS_EXPR
* Backport of PR rtl-optimization/63917
* Backport of PR tree-optimization/62178 tree-ssa-loop-ivopts
* Backport of [AArch64] Add TARGET_MIN_DIVISIONS_FOR_RECIP_MUL
* Backport of [AArch64] Simplify patterns for sshr_n_[us]64 intrinsic
* Backport of [AArch64] Simplify+improve patterns for ushr(d?)_n_u64 intrinsic
* Backport of [AArch32] Fix reservation pattern in cortex-a9-neon.md
* Backport of [AArch64] Don't disparage add/sub in SIMD registers
* Backport of [AArch64] Add SIMD-reg variants of logical operators
and/ior/xor/not
* Backport of [AArch64] Fix XOR_one_cmpl pattern; add SIMD-reg variants for
BIC,ORN,EON
* Backport of [AArch32] Use Cortex-A17 tuning parameters for Cortex-A12
* Backport of [AArch32] Make CLZ_DEFINED_VALUE_AT_ZERO and
CTZ_DEFINED_VALUE_AT_ZERO return 2.
* Backport of [AArch32] Minor optimization on thumb2 tail call
* Backport of [AArch64] Update APM/XGene-1
* Backport of [AArch64] Add a new scheduling description for the ARM Cortex-A57
processor
* Backport of [AArch64] Fix PR 64263: Do not try to split constants when
destination is SIMD reg
* Backport of [AArch64] Add support for -mcpu=cortex-a72
This snapshot tarball is available on:
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Hi,
We've had trouble using ABE recently.
abe$ ./abe.sh --target aarch64-linux-gnu
NOTE: Downloading md5sums to abe/snapshots
RUN: /usr/bin/wget --timeout=10 --tries=2 --directory-prefix=abe/snapshots/ http://abe.tcwglab.linaro.org/snapshots/md5sums
--2015-04-21 16:02:33-- http://abe.tcwglab.linaro.org/snapshots/md5sums
Resolving abe.tcwglab.linaro.org (abe.tcwglab.linaro.org)... 81.128.185.43
Connecting to abe.tcwglab.linaro.org (abe.tcwglab.linaro.org)|81.128.185.43|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 502 cannotconnect
2015-04-21 16:02:42 ERROR 502: cannotconnect.
Thanks,
Chris
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Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.
The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum,
a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project
== Progress ==
LLDB development
-- Wrote hardware breakpoint handlers for NativeLinuxRegisterContext
ARM [2/10] [TCWG-770]
-- Debugging for issues and code cleanup AArch64 LLDB watchpoint
support [2/10] [TCWG-771]
-- Fix, test, debug, cleanup and patch re-submission. [1/10]
-- Resubmitted, update and commited ARM SysV ABI implementation.
[TCWG-643]
-- Resubmitted, update and commit AArch64 SysV ABI
implementation. [TCWG-715]
-- Setting up android test environment [TCWG-651]
GDB development [1/10] [TCWG-677]
-- Clean-up arm-linux record replay test cases
Miscellaneous [2/10]
-- Meetings, emails, discussions etc.
-- Toolchain Sprint travel bookings and visa application preparation.
Public Holiday [2/10]
-- Friday 1st May 2015 (Labor Day)
== Plan ==
LLDB development
-- Complete work on AArch64 watchpoints and hardware breakpoints
-- Hopefully submit ARM watchpoint work may be later in the week.
-- Figure out android development
Miscellaneous
-- Complete and submit France visa application
GDB development
-- Gather ARM/AArch64 record-replay testsuite work and submit patches for yao.
- Public holiday (2/10)
== Progress ==
* Upstream GCC (3/10)
- TCWG-796 Zero/sign extension elimination with vrp.
- TCWG-555 posted patch for compiler pass to widen computation to
back-end promoted mode
* IRA (4/10)
- Looked at https://bugs.linaro.org/show_bug.cgi?id=540 (TCWG-773
Median of three has unneeded register moves)
* Misc (1/10)
- gcc-patches, gcc-bugs list
- Meetings
== Plan ==
- Continue with gcc stage1 activities
- Look at register allocation
== This week ==
* TCWG-619 (8/10)
PR65858
- workaround: add explicit casts in the file cld_generated_cjk_uni_prop_80.cc
- created reduced test case: http://pastebin.com/WJvKRjn2
- commit r222249 introduced the issue
- patch submitted upstream:
https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2015-04/msg02063.html
- Paolo Carlini pointed out it doesn't work with -w option, instead of testing
on warn_narrowing flag, he modified it to check on pedwarn()'s return
value, which
covers up for both -Wno-narrowing and -w, and committed with
this modification (r222700).
PR65837
- patch to lto-wrapper rejected.
- Another hack to pass driver's argv to lto-wrapper via another
environment variable
COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS_DRIVER rejected by Richard.
- Ramana and Richard pointed out the proper fix would be to handle
target attributes in ARM backend.
- I could try extending Christian Bruel's target attribute patches for
fpu options
after they're checked in which would then fix the PR.
chromium LTO build
- Many instances of same error message during LINK chrome:
chrome.ltrans0.s:18399164: Error: Thumb2 branch out of range
chrome.ltrans0.s:9671243: Error: branch out of range
works fine for non-lto.
A similar issue, occurred for v8 LTO build - PR65778, but
it was marked resolved invalid.
- chromium builds with LTO for chrome component.
- ld.bfd segfault while building chromium with LTO not reproducible with master.
- non-LTO build undefined reference to libattr1 functions not reproducible with
ld.bfd master. This probably was sysroot/libc issue than issue with ld.bfd.
* PR49551 (2/10)
- reverting r221297 reproduces the ICE
- tried to fix with following patch:
http://pastebin.com/knuWeY0C
- fixes the ICE but following regressions observed on arm-linux-gnueabihf:
http://pastebin.com/E1zLtq8s
== Issues ==
- Can't login to cards.linaro.org (was able to before).
I get error - "You do not have permission to login".
== Next Week ==
- Investigate testsuite failures for PR49551
- Selectively enable LTO on components in chromium.
- exams preparation