From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.129.124]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6EDB63858400 for ; Mon, 11 Jul 2022 04:58:24 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 6EDB63858400 Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mx3-rdu2.redhat.com [66.187.233.73]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-647-2zhEb6w7Mo6T1F2VS36Xtw-1; Mon, 11 Jul 2022 00:58:18 -0400 X-MC-Unique: 2zhEb6w7Mo6T1F2VS36Xtw-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.9]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5DE061C14482; Mon, 11 Jul 2022 04:58:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from oldenburg.str.redhat.com (unknown [10.39.192.4]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 56EDE492C3B; Mon, 11 Jul 2022 04:58:17 +0000 (UTC) From: Florian Weimer To: Fangrui Song via Libc-alpha Cc: Cary Coutant , Fangrui Song Subject: Re: [PATCH] elf.h: Add ELFCOMPRESS_ZSTD References: <20220708233233.2554110-1-maskray@google.com> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 06:58:15 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20220708233233.2554110-1-maskray@google.com> (Fangrui Song via Libc-alpha's message of "Fri, 8 Jul 2022 16:32:33 -0700") Message-ID: <871qus8cuw.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.85 on 10.11.54.9 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: libc-alpha@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Libc-alpha mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 04:58:25 -0000 * Fangrui Song via Libc-alpha: > I wish that the macro definition can catch up the upcoming > https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Release/2.36 [1], so that > projects can expect the value ELFCOMPRESS_ZSTD from elf.h. > The projects may choose to define the macro themselves, > but having the definition in an earlier release seems a good idea > anyway, and it the glibc definition makes it clearer ELFCOMPRESS_ZSTD > is standard and vendors can start adding support. > > [1]: https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2022-July/140352.html > ("Release of glibc 2.36 in 1 month! Please add blockers and desirable for release.") This looks quite backportable to me, so it should not be a release blocker. It's only a blocker if we apply the patch today, then we'd have to wait until the gABI assignment actually happens as expected. Thanks, Florian