Patches

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Contents 1 Linux Kernel 1.1 Fast Mutex (Futex) Support 2 GNU C Library 2.1 Fix floor(), ceil(), rint() functions in glibc 3 GNU ed 3.1 Fix segmentation fault in GNU ed when compiled with -O2 -finline-functions 4 GNU Compiler Collection 4.1 Fix s{4,8}{add,sub}l pattern in gcc 4.2 Fix bug uncovered by "Fix s{4,8}{add,sub}l pattern in gcc"

Linux Kernel

Fast Mutex (Futex) Support

These patches add fast mutex support to the Linux kernel, and are possibly needed in order for the glibc test suite to pass.

• Author: Ivan Kokshaysky
• Status: Committed, included in 2.6.30.
• Patch: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=77b4cf5cb0c9d6010a18030a0e0a8d2aaf6b43ec

GNU C Library

Fix floor(), ceil(), rint() functions in glibc

• Author: Aurelien Jarno
• Status: uncommitted, as there is no glibc maintainer for Alpha
• Patch: http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5350

GNU ed

Fix segmentation fault in GNU ed when compiled with -O2 -finline-functions

• Author: Antonio Diaz
• Status: Committed for ed-1.3.
• Patch: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=231893

GNU Compiler Collection

Fix s{4,8}{add,sub}l pattern in gcc

• Author: Uros Bizjak
• Status: Committed for gcc 4.3.5, 4.4.2 and 4.5.0.
• Patch: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8603#c5
• Mailing List: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2009-08/msg00593.html

Fix bug uncovered by "Fix s{4,8}{add,sub}l pattern in gcc"

• Author: Uros Bizjak
• Status: Committed for gcc 4.3.5, 4.4.3 and 4.5.0.
• Patch: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=42113#c6