diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index baf46bd4ad..43d4e300b2 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ Version 2.25 * The functions strfromd, strfromf, and strfroml, from ISO/IEC TS 18661-1:2014, are added to libc. They convert a floating-point number into string. +* The function explicit_bzero, from OpenBSD, has been added to libc. It is + intended to be used instead of memset() to erase sensitive data after use; + the compiler will not optimize out calls to explicit_bzero even if they + are "unnecessary" (in the sense that no _correct_ program can observe the + effects of the memory clear). + * On ColdFire, MicroBlaze, Nios II and SH3, the float_t type is now defined to float instead of double. This does not affect the ABI of any libraries that are part of the GNU C Library, but may affect the ABI of other |