Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH v2] ArmPkg/CompilerIntrinsicsLib: provide atomics intrinsics

["Laszlo Ersek" <lersek@redhat.com>]

On 05/21/20 16:16, Leif Lindholm wrote:

> OK, then I would vote *for* merging the patch regardless. We know how
> long some toolchain versions can stick around simply because they were
> mentioned in some blog post somewhere that ended up high in search
> rankings.
> 
> Once gcc 10.2 is released (and we have verified the problem can be
> worked around elsewhere), I guess we could add a note saying "once all
> gcc 10.0 and 10.1 toolchains are considered obsolete, this file can
> be deleted".

I think we can expect all distros that ship gcc-10 to eventually migrate
to gcc-10.2+. Until then, this patch should hopefully work. (I'm quite
annoyed by having to call the patch "temporary", as it feels very
technically impressive.)

So I think I agree with Leif, with a small modification to the idea:
rather than a *note* saying "back this out once 10.0 and 10.1 have been
replaced by 10.2+ in all 'large' distros", I would suggest filing a *BZ*
for the same. And I recommend making the new BZ dependent on
TianoCore#2723 (i.e. the present BZ).

Thanks!
Laszlo