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diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW index 3b3bfa31..469a0fa7 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW +++ b/WHATSNEW @@ -358,3 +358,33 @@ new features: bug fixes: - numerous header file typos, copy/paste errors, omissions - statfs and statvfs ABI are now LSB-conformant (and actually work) + + + +0.8.4 release notes (coming soon) + +new features: +- arm dynamic linker support +- process-shared pthread barriers now work +- more optional cancellation points are now cancellable +- printf accepts null pointers with %s, prints as "(null)" +- recursive mutexes are now fully reentrant +- __cxa_atexit support +- real vfork +- dynamic linker now gold-compatible +- prlimit syscall +- support for large limits with setrlimit/getrlimit (even on 32-bit) + +bug fixes: +- many serious issues in condition variables +- rwlock failure-to-wake deadlock issues +- various small header files bugs/omissions +- wrong failure return for pthread_create +- path handling issues on execvp +- lock count corruption with robust recursive mutexes +- integer overflows in atoi, etc. reading most-negative value +- spurious mremaps on every realloc of large memory chunks + +security: +- avoid fd_set overflow in dns lookups + |