Re: libsanitizer sync needed for DEC Alpha support
Project / Subsystem
gcc / gcc
Date
2026-09-21
Proposer
Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Proposed
Sentiment
—/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Manual merging of external codebases can be time-consuming and error-prone.
- • Ensuring ABI and API compatibility between LLVM's libsanitizer and GCC's runtime library.
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- CAEdQ38HDKGRqLw45=96bONhEXoi=zCymaAhP05w_nHxq6T5dHw@mail.gmail.com
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- title
- Re: libsanitizer sync needed for DEC Alpha support
- headline
- libsanitizer sync needed for DEC Alpha support
- tldr
- Matt Turner has updated libsanitizer for DEC Alpha support and is seeking a maintainer to integrate it into GCC.
- proposer
- Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
- consensus
- Proposed
- outcome
- ready
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- —
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- • Manual merging of external codebases can be time-consuming and error-prone.
- • Ensuring ABI and API compatibility between LLVM's libsanitizer and GCC's runtime library.
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- • libsanitizer
- • DEC Alpha
- • synchronization
- • GCC
- • LLVM
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- https://inbox.sourceware.org/gcc/CAEdQ38HDKGRqLw45=96bONhEXoi=zCymaAhP05w_nHxq6T5dHw@mail.gmail.com
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- date
- 2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z
Re: libsanitizer sync needed for DEC Alpha support
Matt Turner reports that DEC Alpha support for libsanitizer, previously merged to LLVM, is now updated with further fixes and available in his GCC tree. He is requesting assistance from someone with commit access to merge this synchronization into GCC, as it’s necessary for testing additional Alpha-specific patches and ensuring timely inclusion before the GCC 17 release.