Yatindra Indoria via Gcc <gcc@gcc.gnu.org> writes: > Hello, > > I am an engineering student. I’ve worked on high frequency trading systems, > and (research) on the Linux kernel I/O and memory subsystems. I am looking > to start contributing to GCC, for quite some time now, as my work utilises > it extensively :) > > But GCC is complex, I believe the mentorship from GSOC will enable me to > start. I have of course gone through the “Before you Apply” section (also > built GCC, and executed test suite). I’d also like to mention that David’s > newbie guide and Prof Uday Khedkar’s content have played a huge role in > motivating me to apply.
Those are both excellent resources! David's guide especially helped me a lot. > > I wish to know what contributions I can make towards Link-Time > Optimizations? It would be amazing if someone can point out who I should > discuss this with. You want Jan Hubicka (Honza) and Martin Jambor, CC'd. > > Additionally, I went through the linked issues in “Extend the static > analysis pass” mentored by David Malcom. Refactoring the format-string > logic will familiarise me with the GCC codebase. And my experience with > Linux kernel and CPython APIs may come of use in integrating the checker > there. > > I’m hence looking into both for now, and intend to decide as per the > information I get for LTO hereon. Thank you for your interest! > > Thanks and regards, > Yatindra Indoria
