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| author | Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org> | 2020-05-18 17:05:05 -0300 |
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| committer | Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org> | 2020-07-07 14:57:14 -0300 |
| commit | bfe05aa289054744b68f136b701705cfd242c4de (patch) | |
| tree | 72dcbbc0e28edb061e7a25d22b27518acb6f3023 /NEWS | |
| parent | 4f92497488c90fea1ef6796c6d564ff5f8a3add6 (diff) | |
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string: Add sigabbrev_np and sigdescr_np
The sigabbrev_np returns the abbreviated signal name (e.g. "HUP" for SIGHUP) while sigdescr_np returns the string describing the error number (e.g "Hangup" for SIGHUP). Different than strsignal, sigdescr_np does not attempt to translate the return description and both functions return NULL for an invalid signal number. They should be used instead of sys_siglist or sys_sigabbrev and they are both thread and async-signal safe. They are added as GNU extensions on string.h header (same as strsignal). Checked on x86-64-linux-gnu, i686-linux-gnu, powerpc64le-linux-gnu, and s390x-linux-gnu. Tested-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 5d399293ba..d673531dc5 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ Major new features: instead of weak references to symbols historically defined in libpthread. +* The functions sigabbrev_np and sigdescr_np have been added. The + sigabbrev_np returns the abbreviated signal name (e.g. "HUP" for SIGHUP) + while sigdescr_np returns a string describing the signal number (e.g + "Hangup" for SIGHUP). Different than strsignal, sigdescr_np does not + attempt to translate the return description, both functions return + NULL for an invalid signal number. + + They should be used instead of sys_siglist or sys_sigabbrev and they + are both thread and async-signal safe. These functions are GNU extensions. + Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: * The deprecated <sys/sysctl.h> header and the sysctl function have been |