[ping][PATCH, AVX512, x86_64] AVX-512 support in glibc for x86_64

["Zamyatin, Igor" <igor dot zamyatin at intel dot com>]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zamyatin, Igor
> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 1:50 PM
> To: Zamyatin, Igor; Joseph Myers
> Cc: libc-alpha@sourceware.org; hjl.tools@gmail.com
> Subject: RE: [PATCH, AVX512, x86_64] AVX-512 support in glibc for x86_64
> 
> Ping.
> 
> Is it ok for trunk whenever it's allowed to commit?
> 
> Thanks,
> Igor
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: libc-alpha-owner@sourceware.org [mailto:libc-alpha-
> > owner@sourceware.org] On Behalf Of Zamyatin, Igor
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 4:57 PM
> > To: Joseph Myers
> > Cc: libc-alpha@sourceware.org; hjl.tools@gmail.com
> > Subject: RE: [PATCH, AVX512, x86_64] AVX-512 support in glibc for
> > x86_64
> >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 24 Jan 2014, Zamyatin, Igor wrote:
> > >
> > > > Attached patch adds AVX512 (new Intel ISA extension, see e.g.
> > > > http://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-isa-
> > > extensions?page=1&wapkw=soft
> > > > ware%20development%20manual%20avx512#pid-16007-1495
> > > > ) support in Glibc for x86_64.
> > >
> > > Do you plan to add support for i386 as well, or is there a reason no
> > > such support is needed (that these registers are call-clobbered and
> > > not used for argument passing / return, so libc needs no special
> > > knowledge
> > of them?)?
> > > (Cf. bug 15402 suggesting running the AVX audit tests on i386, which
> > > would make sense if they are valid for x86 even if no associated
> > > changes to the dynamic linker are needed.)
> > >
> > > >         * sysdeps/x86_64/tst-audit9.c: New file.
> > > >         * sysdeps/x86_64/tst-auditmod9a.c: New file.
> > > >         * sysdeps/x86_64/tst-auditmod9b.c: New file.
> > >
> > > Any new test should have a copyright / license notice immediately
> > > following the first line saying what the function of the file is.
> >
> > Updated patch attached.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Igor
> >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Joseph S. Myers
> > > joseph@codesourcery.com

Attachment: glibc_avx512_trunk.patch
Description: glibc_avx512_trunk.patch