Monday Patch Queue Review update (2022-04-25)

Monday Patch Queue Review update (2022-04-25)

[Carlos O'Donell]

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

Meeting: 2022-04-25 @ 0900h EST5EDT

Video/Audio: https://bluejeans.com/9093064454

IRC: #glibc on OFTC.

Review new patches and restart review at the top.

 * NEW/NOBODY is at 324 patches.
 * Starting at 53184
 * v4 Add arc4random support (Adhemerval) 53184
  * https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2022-April/138132.html
  * Discussed arc4random support and Adhemerval's implementation.
  * Looking to get consensus from Florian Weimer.
  * Florian is the author of the previous attempt at an upstreamed impl.
  * Looking to decide as a community what direction we would go in.
 * 53169 elf: Replace PI_STATIC_AND_HIDDEN with opposite HIDDEN_VAR_NEEDS_DYNAMIC_RELOC
  * Adhemerval to look at this.
 * 53144 elf: Move post-relocation code of _dl_start into _dl_start_final
  * Adhemerval to look at this.
  * glibc lacks some clear distinctions around the loader startup.
  * Specific barriers are needed here.
 * 53127 Support DT_RELR relative relocation format (HJ)
  * Pretty much done.
  * Try to remove configure knob on this - Turn on DT_RELR by default.
 * 53117 INSTALL: Rephrase -with-default-link documentation
  * Carlos to respond.
 * 53094 Fix deadlock when pthread_atfork handler calls pthread_atfork or dlclose
  * Failed CI: Bad test.
  * Arjun: Reviewing Adhemerval's patches for this.
  * Arjun: What is the consensus for prepare/after handlers added during the fork
    in a handler? Should they just become something to use later?
  * Adhemerval: When you fork, you use the list as-is.
  * Arjun to post new version.
  * Arjun to add manual to document pthread_atfork
  * Arjun to investigate what to say to the austingroup.
   * "If any handler causes a handler to be registered to deregistered then the behaviour of the handler is implementation defined"
 * Stopped at 53091.
 * Args adjustment with ./ld.so exe [BZ #23293] (szabolcs)
  * https://patchwork.sourceware.org/project/glibc/list/?series=8562
  * Looking for review.
  * Szabolcs to look at adding a test case.
 * Sunil: Backporting code into the release branches.
  * https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2022-April/137718.html
  * Commit author remains the backpot author
  * Author remains the original commit author.
  * Cherry-pick -x notes the original commit.
 * [v2,1/6] elf: Refactor dl_new_hash so it can be tested / benchmarked (Noah)
  * Asking for Florian to review.
 * [v5] elf: Fix DFS sorting algorithm for LD_TRACE_LOADED_OBJECTS with missing libraries (BZ #28868)
  * Siddhesh to review patch 51584.

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Cheers,
Carlos.