From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-io1-xd2a.google.com (mail-io1-xd2a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::d2a]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8B544385042B for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2021 16:20:05 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 8B544385042B Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=moxielogic.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=moxielogic.com Received: by mail-io1-xd2a.google.com with SMTP id g22so16435545iom.1 for ; Sat, 26 Jun 2021 09:20:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=moxielogic-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=N4YUUECw9A4qdG7afzjT7fJCRIpYl6+x73E1hnvtAwk=; b=VZmiFNG0SejkzoXWMUhYQ6GgMM2AsaX9vsiScwqBaUMoyBo7fSzVsQahvSP3pcK0Lf Yu4TEEP2EBtrmxexHJODG7GaIEQKeaoPsnoWKlyVcIpWFKPejuRZHdT6FoQJWbvo7AX2 kiA383HdmCuI8sWT5w13Q1+SERvxaAZcoe/A6NTiwdhmouZdUNcRKIvKET4N5mrR648r EvDx5tvbkdU6uK76FkbFka3cEL4wOECLj1dJuLvBf4ynOXrymw8I2kVpomwBoAxPX2pF Tb/oLPhqT+OpXPFTqFqupNLLYBhrvzLLtUMLsMkIRTYXsMyybVn8H88tXpdTLLNQWs6i d6kw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=N4YUUECw9A4qdG7afzjT7fJCRIpYl6+x73E1hnvtAwk=; b=UOZTKUCgV6ph0YgpK6BKmiW84czmrC665GqaMfHO+/lxRHuB2+AWTkXyaQzTAPpXiA A1syWD+bj24QH1I2dLfi6gGBPQKY71VFyS/5gLmuId/AR2hcuZ0aMgmS73kW4veh7g7W Uk+zatTFp3AswRDtRIFmTr2X2iOvxhP2Fl6273zx3Hf6hxpXDR36pKvm0Zvos7TRHbOC xtZta7gU+6lw/C6CrLW2mmdkkIoIqyy/3ErR2D5fHoHLWsLlxi6vIO4VpXupHAIZ7Dhl yK29hzsONmyO6P3ssGG350q2uNRwukMabKeFKXW09Uyz5O44CdwgDANfAHCVU30kFcDo dk9w== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531L5r1q9CHWreiWVdAoSgVGrnZvdDA1R5mBCqvGOcLNjFG+07O1 GcdqG1ln5oETukSjlLd3W6W2P1WrynfBQ3NKshGH/9QFwOPnEoGriAY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzkW51IfPlozm9NpY+5TaWoKc2otBeCwMY/RaK0cGJh3K8a00hhPEdvoswsTXsLp3bTPmgv9xTaRogJR6M1mJI= X-Received: by 2002:a6b:f914:: with SMTP id j20mr12901384iog.127.1624724404860; Sat, 26 Jun 2021 09:20:04 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Anthony Green Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2021 12:19:54 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Aiming for a libffi release in the next two weeks To: libffi-discuss , jeremyhu@apple.com Cc: jlaw@tachyum.com X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, HTML_MESSAGE, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: libffi-discuss@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Libffi-discuss mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2021 16:20:08 -0000 I've just published libffi 3.4 release candidate 1. You can download and test from here: https://github.com/libffi/libffi/releases/tag/v3.4-rc1 I'd appreciate any feedback and hope to make the final release on Monday at the latest. AG On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 3:50 PM Anthony Green wrote: > DJ brought to my attention the fact that we'll be missing important > release windows for Fedora and downstream distros if we don't get > something out the door in the next two weeks. And I'm very excited about > the improvements targeted for this release -- Madhavan's static trampoline > work in particular. > > There are a number of PR and Issues that have been sitting around for a > while. Please bump them if you think they are important. > > One area I'd like some clarity on is "apple silicon" support. Not being a > Mac user, I'm looking at Apple and Jeremy Huddleston Sequoia for guidance > here. There's a big PR WIP sitting on github. > > Also.. travis-ci testing for MacOS hasn't been working for a long time > thanks to homebrew timeouts. Something got really slow here. Does > anybody have insight into this? > > As always, thank you for your contributions and patience. Big shout out > to DJ for his recent efforts. > > AG > > In the queue for 3.4... > > Add static trampoline support for Linux on x86_64 and ARM64. > Add support for Alibaba's CSKY architecture. > Add support for Kalray's KVX architecture. > Add support for Intel Control-flow Enforcement Technology (CET). > Add support for ARM Pointer Authentication (PA). > Fix 32-bit PPC regression. > Fix MIPS soft-float problem. > Fox x86-64 nested struct varargs passing problem. > Enable tmpdir override with the $LIBFFI_TMPDIR environment > variable. > Enable compatibility with MSVC runtime stack checking. > Reject float and small integer argument in ffi_prep_cif_var(). > Callers must promote these types themselves. > >