Update.

1998-10-02  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/swap.h (SWAP_FLAG_PREFER,
	SWAP_FLAG_PRIO_MASK,SWAP_FLAG_PRIO_SHIFT): Added.
	Remove inclusion of <linux/swap.h>.

1998-10-05  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* io/sys/stat.h: Use __P in definitions of inline stat functions
	so that they match the declaration.

1998-10-02  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/quota.h (Q_RSQUASH): Added.

1998-10-02  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/acct.h: Bring in sync with current
	linux 2.1 version.

1998-10-02  Philip Blundell  <pb@nexus.co.uk>

	* sysdeps/arm/dl-machine.h: Fix typo in last change.

	* sysdeps/arm/bits/huge_val.h: New file.

1998-10-02  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/reboot.h (RB_POWER_OFF): Added.

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sys/ptrace.h (PTRACE_SYSCALL): Add
	define.

1998-10-05  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* sysdeps/posix/getcwd.c (__getcwd): Use temporary variable to
	store result of realloc instead of using BUF.

1998-10-04  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>

	* misc/sgtty.h (_SGTTY_H): Correct spelling.
	Reported by Rouben Rostamian <rostamian@umbc.edu> [PR libc/817].

1998-10-04  Andreas Jaeger  <aj@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>

	* manual/memory.texi (Obstacks): Document
	obstack_alloc_failed_handler usage.

	* malloc/obstack.h: Enhance comment about
	obstack_alloc_failed_handler usage.
	* malloc/obstack.c: Likewise.

1998-10-05  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@cygnus.com>

	* misc/sys/cdefs.h (__extension__): Define as empty if no gcc or
	gcc before 2.8 is used.

1998-10-01  Philip Blundell  <pb@nexus.co.uk>

	* sysdeps/arm/machine-gmon.h: Correct args to mcount().  Patch
	from Scott Bambrough.

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/arm/register-dump.h: New file.

	* libio/libioP.h (FILEBUF_LITERAL) [! _IO_MTSAFE_IO]: Don't
	include the lock member.

1998-09-03  Philip Blundell  <pb@nexus.co.uk>

	* sysdeps/arm/fpu/__longjmp.S: Cope with fussy assembler.

1998-09-29  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>

	* string/bits/string2.h (__string2_1bptr_p): Don't use a statement
	expression.
	(__mempcpy, strcpy, __stpcpy, strcmp, strcspn, strspn, strpbrk,
	__strsep): Greatly reduce size of expansion by combining common
	expressions.
	(__mempcpy_small, __strcpy_small, __stpcpy_small): Convert to
	inline function.
	(__mempcpy_args, __strcpy_args, __stpcpy_args): New macros, used
	by the above definitions.

1998-09-27  Geoff Keating  <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/bits/ipc.h: New file, use
	correct struct ipc_perm definition.

1998-09-29  Thorsten Kukuk  <kukuk@vt.uni-paderborn.de>

	* nis/ypclnt.c (yp_all): Close UDP socket und give CLIENT handle free.

	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/alpha/ioperm.c: List Ruffian in platforms[].
	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/net/if_shaper.h: New file.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/malloc/obstack.c b/malloc/obstack.c
index a192441a49..76b7a95cd4 100644
--- a/malloc/obstack.c
+++ b/malloc/obstack.c
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ union fooround {long x; double d;};
 
 /* The functions allocating more room by calling `obstack_chunk_alloc'
    jump to the handler pointed to by `obstack_alloc_failed_handler'.
-   This variable by default points to the internal function
+   This can be set to a user defined function which should either
+   abort gracefully or use longjump - but shouldn't return.  This
+   variable by default points to the internal function
    `print_and_abort'.  */
 #if defined (__STDC__) && __STDC__
 static void print_and_abort (void);
@@ -142,9 +144,8 @@ struct obstack *_obstack;
    CHUNKFUN is the function to use to allocate chunks,
    and FREEFUN the function to free them.
 
-   Return nonzero if successful, zero if out of memory.
-   To recover from an out of memory error,
-   free up some memory, then call this again.  */
+   Return nonzero if successful, calls obstack_alloc_failed_handler if
+   allocation fails.  */
 
 int
 _obstack_begin (h, size, alignment, chunkfun, freefun)