Google released and enhanced version of gcc-4.2.1 plus their local
patches for Android[1].
The patches are owned by Google and the license hasn't been changed
from the original GPLv2. We are only bringing a subset of the
available patches that may be helpful in FreeBSD. Changes specific
to android are not included.
From the README.google file[1].
Patches applied to google_vendor_src_branch/gcc/gcc-4.2.1:
gcc/Makefile.in
gcc/c-common.c
gcc/c-common.h
gcc/c-opts.c
gcc/c-typeck.c
gcc/cp/typeck.c
gcc/doc/invoke.texi
gcc/flags.h
gcc/opts.c
gcc/tree-flow.h
gcc/tree-ssa-alias-warnings.c
gcc/tree-ssa-alias.c
Backport of -Wstrict-aliasing from mainline.
Silvius Rus <rus@google.com>
gcc/coverage.c:
Patch coverage_checksum_string for PR 25351.
Seongbae Park <spark@google.com>
Not yet submitted to FSF.
gcc/c-opts.c
gcc/c-ppoutput.c
gcc/c.opt
gcc/doc/cppopts.texi
libcpp/Makefile.in
libcpp/directives-only.c
libcpp/directives.c
libcpp/files.c
libcpp/include/cpplib.h
libcpp/init.c
libcpp/internal.h
libcpp/macro.c
Support for -fdirectives-only.
Ollie Wild <aaw@google.com>.
Submitted to FSF but not yet approved.
libstdc++-v3/include/ext/hashtable.h
http://b/742065http://b/629994
Reduce min size of hashtable for hash_map, hash_set from 53 to 5
libstdc++-v3/include/ext/hashtable.h
http://b/629994
Do not iterate over buckets if hashtable is empty.
gcc/common.opt
gcc/doc/invoke.texi
gcc/flags.h
gcc/gimplify.c
gcc/opts.c
Add Saito's patch for -finstrument-functions-exclude-* options.
gcc/common.opt
gcc/doc/invoke.texi
gcc/final.c
gcc/flags.h
gcc/opts.c
gcc/testsuite/gcc.dg/Wframe-larger-than.c
Add a new flag -Wframe-larger-than- which enables a new warning
when a frame size of a function is larger than specified.
This patch hasn't been integrated into gcc mainline yet.
gcc/tree-vrp.c
Add a hack to avoid using ivopts information for pointers starting
at constant values.
Reference:
[1]
https://android.googlesource.com/toolchain/gcc/+/master/gcc-4.2.1/
Obtained from: Google Inc.
MFC after: 3 weeks
Bring The following revisions from the gcc43 branch[1]:
118360, 118361, 118363, 118576, 119820,
123906, 125246, and 125721.
They all have in common that the were merged long ago
into Apple's gcc and should help improve the general
quality of the compiler and make it easier to bring
new features from Apple's gcc42.
For details please review the additions to the files:
gcc/ChangeLog.gcc43
gcc/cp/ChangeLog.gcc43 (new, adds previous revisions)
Reference:
[1] http://gcc.gnu.org/viewcvs/gcc/trunk/?pathrev=126700
Obtained from: gcc pre4.3 (GPLv2) branch
MFC after: 3 weeks
