=== Work done during this past week ===
* TCWG-1428 (Support arithmetic on FileCheck regex variable): + continued cleaning up code and painfully rebased it on recent trunk * GNU-296 / GCC PR85434 / CVE-2018-12886: + fixed changes to routines for PIC access to use specified register + fixed 2 more issues in stack protector new instruction patterns + testing for arm and thumb2, now starting over due to one of the above issues * GNU-580 / PR86968: in progress + investigate, try 2 approaches, need to start looking into 3rd approach * Line management.
=== Plan for week 42 ===
* GNU-296 / GCC PR85434 / CVE-2018-12886: + finish testing, and submit new stack protector patch for upstream review * TCWG-1428 (Support arithmetic on FileCheck regex variable): + extend testcase coverage (add tests for latest syntax change and add more negative testing) + finish cleaning up the code * GNU-580 / PR86968: in progress + attempt 3rd approach * Try to reproduce perf issue mentioned in week #30's weekly report on latest perf * Line management: + continue progress on rotations + start preparing first AFDS