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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt" id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-1ac58dd8-7fff-5013-fa17-f29396f783be"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Hi,</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">I’ve submitted my GSoC proposal for the project “Fixing Fundamental Issues in LLVM IR”. </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J-_ZTkvVeVx4XPCqRt-W8l_-e6cg4KNTuUudJc1PMbY/edit">This</a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> is the link to my proposal. Please feel free to suggest changes or ask any questions.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Regards</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Krishna Kariya</span></p>

</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 5:15 PM Nuno Lopes <<a href="mailto:nunoplopes@sapo.pt">nunoplopes@sapo.pt</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_7153837823649943232WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi Krishna,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">No particular bug is a priority; they all need fixing <span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The select->and/or thing has patches under submission, so I would avoid that one.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I suggest you have a look at the proposals accepted in the previous years for inspiration. My only suggestion is that you pick one problem and focus on it. And show us you understand that issue, and what are the possible solutions (high-level).<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Let me know if you have further questions.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Nuno<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-color:rgb(225,225,225) currentcolor currentcolor;border-style:solid none none;border-width:1pt medium medium;padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Krishna Kariya <<a href="mailto:krishna17060@iiitd.ac.in" target="_blank">krishna17060@iiitd.ac.in</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> 08 April 2021 19:05<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:llvm-dev@lists.llvm.org" target="_blank">llvm-dev@lists.llvm.org</a>; <a href="mailto:nunoplopes@sapo.pt" target="_blank">nunoplopes@sapo.pt</a>; <a href="mailto:juneyoung.lee@sf.snu.ac.kr" target="_blank">juneyoung.lee@sf.snu.ac.kr</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [GSoC - 2021] Fix fundamental issues in LLVM IR<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Hello, community and mentors,</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I am Krishna Kariya, a final-year undergraduate student from India. I am applying for GSoC-2021 with LLVM for the project “Fix fundamental issues in LLVM IR.” I went through the Alive2 related slides and videos (</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-3Iiads1EM" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Video1</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, </span></b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV5jBtE35r4" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Video2</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, </span></b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paJhdBp_iA4" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Video3</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">). I have also briefly read Alive2 related papers (</span><a href="https://web.ist.utl.pt/nuno.lopes/pubs/undef-pldi17.pdf" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Paper1</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, </span></b><a href="https://web.ist.utl.pt/nuno.lopes/pubs/alive-cacm18.pdf" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Paper2</span></b></a><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, </span></b><a href="https://web.ist.utl.pt/nuno.lopes/pubs/alive-pldi15.pdf" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">Paper3</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">). </span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I am currently working on my proposal. I went through </span><a href="https://web.ist.utl.pt/nuno.lopes/alive2/index.php?hash=93f11d1b6b040bae" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204)">this list</span></b></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> of LLVM IR-related bugs identified by the Alive2 tool. I wanted to understand which issues are a priority for the GSoC project and what are some simple issues with which I should start.  </span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Also, it would be great if you can provide me with some pointers about what is expected from a good and detailed proposal from this project.</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thanks, </span><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Krishna Kariya.</span><u></u><u></u></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div>