Monday Patch Queue Review update (2023-07-31)

Monday Patch Queue Review update (2023-07-31)

[Carlos O'Donell]

Most recent meeting status is always here:
https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/PatchworkReviewMeetings#Update

Meeting: 2023-07-31 @ 0900h EST5EDT

Video/Audio: https://bbb.linuxfoundation.org/room/adm-alk-1uu-7fu

IRC: #glibc on OFTC.

Review new patches and restart review at the top.

 * State NEW and delegate NOBODY is at 412 patches.
 * Carlos's SLI at 161.3 days average patch age in queue and 67746 accumulated patch days.
 * Noted that queue has gone up a lot during the run-up to the release where we aren't reviewing as many patches as before.
 * Reviewing the status of the release.
 * SPARC 64-bit issue with fortification.
  * Not a release blocker.
  * Should be reviewed to determine why `--enable-fortify-source` causes failures.
 * IA64 GPREL22 relocations?
  * Adhemerval: A quick analysis based on our discussions 3 years ago. GCC 10 defaults to no-common for variable definitions. On IA64 it breaks depending on the gcc configuration. I don't know why Gentoo sees the issue.
  * Florian: The correct fix is likely a binutils fix.
  * Florian: We don't support static PIE on ia64?
  * Andreas: Gentoo has a workaround that keeps working over the last 3 years.
  * Workaround exists and Gentoo is applying the workaround.
  * Not a release blockers.
 * Carlos: Do we have a fix for the tst-realpath issue?
  * Florian: We have a fix for that. Patch 73331.
  * stdlib: Improve tst-realpath compatibility with source fortification (Florian)
   * Real bug in the test.
   * Will go in after the release with backports.
 * Carlos: Adhmerval, Did we review all the gcc version fixes for fortification.
  * Adhemerval: Yes, all reviewed.
 * Carlos: I owe Andreas a review of the release notes.
 * Andreas: Savannah group won't let me post news?
 * Carlos: I will double check offline to see what needs doing.

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Cheers,
Carlos.