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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2024-07-08 21:14:00 +0200
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2024-07-16 17:24:53 +0200
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Linux: Make __rseq_size useful for feature detection (bug 31965)
The __rseq_size value is now the active area of struct rseq
(so 20 initially), not the full struct size including padding
at the end (32 initially).

Update misc/tst-rseq to print some additional diagnostics.

Reviewed-by: Michael Jeanson <mjeanson@efficios.com>
Reviewed-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
(cherry picked from commit 2e456ccf0c34a056e3ccafac4a0c7effef14d918)
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@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ using `glibc' in the "product" field.
 
 Version 2.37.1
 
+Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
+
+* __rseq_size now denotes the size of the active rseq area (20 bytes
+  initially), not the size of struct rseq (32 bytes initially).
+
 Security related changes:
 
   CVE-2023-25139: When the printf family of functions is called with a
@@ -58,6 +63,7 @@ The following bugs are resolved with this release:
   [31183] Wide stream buffer size reduced MB_LEN_MAX bytes after bug 17522 fix
   [31184] FAIL: elf/tst-tlsgap
   [31185] Incorrect thread point access in _dl_tlsdesc_undefweak and _dl_tlsdesc_dynamic
+  [31965] rseq extension mechanism does not work as intended
 
 Version 2.37