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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index d64be288da..48d77d706f 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: * The function pthread_yield has been deprecated; programs should use the equivalent standard function sched_yield instead. +* The pthread cancellation handler is now installed with SA_RESTART and + pthread_cancel will always send the internal SIGCANCEL on a cancellation + request. It should not be visible to application since the cancellation + handler should either act upon cancellation (if asynchronous cancellation + is enabled) or ignore the cancellation internal signal. However there are + buggy kernel interfaces (for instance some CIFS version) that could still + see spurious EINTR error when cancellation interrupts a blocking syscall. + Changes to build and runtime requirements: * On Linux, the shm_open, sem_open, and related functions now expect the |