libsanitizer sync needed for DEC Alpha support
Project / Subsystem
gcc / libsanitizer
Date
2026-08-20
Proposer
Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Proposed
Sentiment
—/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Integrating code from another project (LLVM) requires careful merging to avoid regressions and maintain compatibility within GCC's infrastructure.
All attributes
- project
- gcc
- subsystem
- libsanitizer
- patch_id
- —
- discussion_id
- CAEdQ38Exx-Y3CEbdGbXdhamsTckcurEAfvZwMtNaqZkcgsLmww@mail.gmail.com
- source_type
- public_inbox
- title
- libsanitizer sync needed for DEC Alpha support
- headline
- libsanitizer sync needed for DEC Alpha support
- tldr
- Seeking assistance to sync DEC Alpha support for libsanitizer from LLVM to GCC in time for the GCC 17 release.
- proposer
- Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
- consensus
- Proposed
- outcome
- ready
- sentiment_score
- —
- technical_tradeoffs
-
- • Integrating code from another project (LLVM) requires careful merging to avoid regressions and maintain compatibility within GCC's infrastructure.
- series_id
- —
- series_role
- standalone
- series_parts
- []
- tags
-
- • libsanitizer
- • DEC Alpha
- • LLVM
- • synchronization
- • porting
- url
- https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/CAEdQ38Exx-Y3CEbdGbXdhamsTckcurEAfvZwMtNaqZkcgsLmww@mail.gmail.com
- bugzilla_url
- —
- date
- 2026-08-20T00:00:00.000Z
libsanitizer sync needed for DEC Alpha support
Matt Turner added DEC Alpha support to libsanitizer in LLVM and has locally integrated it into GCC with pending patches. He is requesting help to sync this change from LLVM to GCC, as it requires commit access. The goal is to complete this before the GCC 17 release cycle.