The Linaro Toolchain Working Group (TCWG) announces the 2016.01-1 snapshot of the Linaro GCC 5 source package.

This package is a respin of 2016.01 source package and contains a fix for Linaro bugzilla’s PR #2001:

* [AArch64] ICE in final_scan_insn on aarch64-linux-gnu.

This snapshot tarball is available on: http://snapshots.linaro.org/components/toolchain/gcc-linaro/5.3-2016.01-1/

Original release notes from 2016.01 source package can be find below:

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The Linaro Toolchain Working Group (TCWG) is pleased to announce the 2016.01 snapshot of the Linaro GCC 5 source package.

This monthly snapshot[1] is based on FSF GCC 5.3+svn232321 and includes performance improvements and bug fixes backported from mainline GCC. This snapshot contents will be part of the 2016.02 stable [1] quarterly release.

Interesting changes in this GCC source package snapshot include:

* Updates to GCC 5.3+svn232321 * Fixes Linaro Bugzillas: #1982, #1980 * Backport of [BugFix] [AArch32] PR 68149 Fix ICE in unaligned_loaddi split * Backport of [BugFix] [AArch32] PR target/68214: Delete IP-reg-clobbering call-through-mem patterns * Backport of [BugFix] [AArch32] PR target/68390 * Backport of [Bugfix] [AArch64] PR rtl-optimization/68796 Add compare-of-zero_extract pattern * Backport of [BugFix] [AArch64] PR target/68696 FAIL: gcc.target/aarch64/vbslq_u64_1.c scan-assembler-times bif\tv 1 * Backport of [BugFix] PR rtl-optimization/68381 * Backport of [ARMv8.1] [AArch32] Add ACLE feature macro for ARMv8.1 instructions * Backport of [ARMv8.1] [AArch32] Add ACLE intrinsics vqrdmlah and vqrdmlsh * Backport of [ARMv8.1] [AArch32] Add ACLE intrinsics vqrdmlah_lane and vqrdmlsh_lane * Backport of [ARMv8.1] [AArch32] Add patterns for new instructions * Backport of [ARMv8.1] [AArch32] Add support for ARMv8.1 * Backport of [ARMv8.1] [AArch32] Multilib support for ARMv8.1. * Backport of [ARMv8.1] [AArch32] Support ARMv8.1 ARM tests * Backport of [AArch32] [AArch32] Fix armv8.1 support at configure time * Backport of [AArch32] Add attribute for compatibility with ARM pipeline models * Backport of [AArch32] Fix vector TYPE_MODE in streaming-out * Backport of [AArch64] 1/7 Add support for ARMv8.1 Adv.SIMD instructions * Backport of [AArch64] 2/7 Add sqrdmah, sqrdmsh instructions * Backport of [AArch64] 3/7 Add builtins for ARMv8.1 Adv.SIMD instructions * Backport of [AArch64] 4/7 Add ACLE feature macro for ARMv8.1 Adv.SIMD instructions * Backport of [AArch64] 5/7 Dejagnu support for ARMv8.1 Adv.SIMD * Backport of [AArch64] 6/7 Add NEON intrinsics vqrdmlah and vqrdmlsh * Backport of [AArch64] 7/7 Add NEON intrinsics vqrdmlah_lane and vqrdmlsh_lane * Backport of [AArch64] Documentation fix for -fpic * Backport of [AArch64] fix 3/7 Add builtins for ARMv8.1 Adv.SIMD instructions * Backport of [AArch64] Fix a few failures with LSE enabled * Backport of [AArch64] Improve add immediate expansion * Backport of [AArch64] Improve comparison with complex immediates followed by branch/cset * Backport of [AArch64] Rework ARMv8.1 command line options * Backport of [AArch64] Update patterns to support FP zero * Backport of [AArch64] Use aarch64_sync_memory_operand in atomic_store<mode> pattern * Backport of [AArch64] Use vector wide add for mixed-mode adds * Backport of [Misc] Only restrict pure simplification in mult-extend subst case, allow other substitutions * Backport of [Testsuite] [AArch64] Skip big-endian as well for gcc.target/aarch64/got_mem_hoist_1.c * Backport of [Testsuite] Make stackalign test LTO proof * Backport of [Testsuite] Testcase for PR rtl-optimization/68381 Feedback and Support

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[1]. Stable source package releases are defined as releases where the full Linaro Toolchain validation plan is executed.

[2]. Source package snapshots are defined when the compiler is only put through unit-testing and full validation is not performed.