GCC 6 Status Report (2015-10-16)

[Jeff Law]

On 10/20/2015 09:42 AM, Pierre-Marie de Rodat wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> On 10/16/2015 05:09 AM, Richard Biener wrote:
>> This means it is time to get things you want to have in GCC 6 finalized
>> and reviewed.  As usual there may be exceptions to late reviewed features
>> but don't count on that.  Likewise target specific features can sneak in
>> during Stage 3 if maintainers ok them.
>
> This is just to point out I have series of DWARF-related patches
> awaiting reviews for several months. I plan to rebase against trunk,
> retest and resubmit them shortly but here’s an overview:
>
>    * The patch series for transition to standard DWARF for Ada
> (https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2015-08/msg01857.html). There are 8
> patches, each one depending on the previous one, except the 6/8 one
> (https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2015-07/msg01361.html) which could
> go on its own.
>
>    * Fix DW_AT_static_link generation in DWARF
> (https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2015-08/msg01855.html). The
> corresponding support in GDB is in the development branch.
>
>    * Track indirect calls as call site information in DWARF
> (https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2015-08/msg01856.html).
>
>    * Materialize subprogram renamings in Ada as imported declarations in
> DWARF (https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2015-08/msg01854.html). The
> corresponding support in GDB is in the development branch.
I've been leaving all that stuff to Jason & Jakub.  My knowledge of 
dwarf, both the specs and our implementation is so limited that my 
review would be worthless.

jeff