Re: Call for Foundation-supported Project Ideas

From: Steve Kargl <sgk_at_troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2021 22:07:32 UTC
On Tue, Nov 23, 2021 at 06:41:01PM -0400, Joseph Mingrone wrote:
> Hello FreeBSD community,
> 
> The Foundation is seeking suggestions for new projects to support.  What
> gaps in the Project are not being addressed by the broader community?
> 
> You can read about past Foundation-supported projects at
> https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/projects/ and the Foundation's
> four main areas of focus in the 'Technology Roadmap' article at
> https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/technology-roadmap/.
> 
> Right now we are gathering ideas.  We will send out a call for project
> grant proposals soon.  If you prefer to send your project ideas directly
> to the Foundation, we will be monitoring responses at
> techteam@freebsdfoundation.org.
> 

1.) Replace clang with something/anything that is more performant.
Going on day 3 of "make buildworld".  Still in the lib/clang/libclang
directory.

%  ps -ww -p 77387
  PID TT  STAT     TIME COMMAND
77387  2  R    40:34.67 c++ -target x86_64-unknown-freebsd14.0 --sysroot=/usr/obj/usr/src/amd64.amd64/tmp -B/usr/obj/usr/src/amd64.amd64/tmp/usr/bin -O2 -pipe -g -O1 -fno-common -I/usr/obj/usr/src/amd64.amd64/lib/clang/libclang -I/usr/obj/usr/src/amd64.amd64/lib/clang/libllvm -I/usr/src/contrib/llvm-project/clang/lib/Basic -I/usr/src/contrib/llvm-project/clang/lib/Driver -I/usr/src/contrib/llvm-project/clang/include -DCLANG_ENABLE_ARCMT -DCLANG_ENABLE_STATIC_ANALYZER -I/usr/src/lib/clang/include -I/usr/src/contrib/llvm-project/llvm/include -D__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS -D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS -DHAVE_VCS_VERSION_INC -DLLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE="x86_64-unknown-freebsd14.0" -DLLVM_HOST_TRIPLE="x86_64-unknown-freebsd14.0" -DDEFAULT_SYSROOT="" -DLLVM_TARGET_ENABLE_X86 -DLLVM_NATIVE_ASMPARSER=LLVMInitializeX86AsmParser -DLLVM_NATIVE_ASMPRINTER=LLVMInitializeX86AsmPrinter -DLLVM_NATIVE_DISASSEMBLER=LLVMInitializeX86Disassembler -DLLVM_NATIVE_TARGET=LLVMInitializeX86Target -DLLVM_NATIVE_TARGETINFO=LLVMInitializeX86TargetInfo -DLLVM_NATIVE_TARGETMC=LLVMInitializeX86TargetMC -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -Wno-format-zero-length -fstack-protector-strong -Wno-empty-body -Wno-string-plus-int -Wno-unused-const-variable -Wno-error=unused-but-set-variable -Wno-tautological-compare -Wno-unused-value -Wno-parentheses-equality -Wno-unused-function -Wno-enum-conversion -Wno-unused-local-typedef -Wno-address-of-packed-member -Wno-switch -Wno-switch-enum -Wno-knr-promoted-parameter -Wno-parentheses -Qunused-arguments -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -std=c++14 -stdlib=libc++ -Wno-c++11-extensions -c /usr/src/contrib/llvm-project/clang/lib/Sema/SemaExpr.cpp -o Sema/SemaExpr.o

40 minutes for 1 file with many exceeding 30 minutes seems a tad bit
excessive.

-- 
Steve